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You are here: 1577 > Volume 2 > Body Text: Section 2 of 2: THE HISTORIE of Scotlande.
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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Wonders ſeen in the firma|nent.In Auguſt following, many marueylous ſightes were ſeene about Striueling, as Candels burning vpon the toppes of hilles in the nightes, and in the morning afore Sunne ryſing: diuerſe armed men appeared fighting vpon the ground, which was taken to be a foretoken of ſome trou|ble to enſue in thoſe parties.

You are here: 1577 > Volume 2 > Body Text: Section 2 of 2: THE HISTORIE of Scotlande.
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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The .xv. day of Auguſt, a greate number of people being aſſembled at the Market in Camp|ſcenneth .lij. perſons were drowned in the Ferrie boate:A Ferrie boat drowned. amongſt the which were diuerſe honeſt men and women of the countrey.

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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The firſt of Marche, in the yeare .1530. the Abbot of Culroſe called Inglis,

1530

An Abbot murthered.

was crueltye murthered by the Lorde of Tulliallan and hys ſeruants, amongeſt whome there was a Prieſt called ſir William Louthien, for the which they were apprehended, and the ſayde ſir William the xxvij. of the ſame moneth, vpon a publike ſhal|folde in Edenbourgh was degraded, (the King, Queene, and a great companie of people beeing preſent) and after his degradation, he was dely|uered to the Earle of Argile high Iuſtice, and the next day the ſayd Tulliallan, and the ſame prieſt were beheaded.

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