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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Galde being thus certified of the Romains approche towardes his countrey,Galde deter|mineth to fight with the Roma [...]s. determined to giue them battayle before they entred into the inner partes of his Realme, and therefore with all ſpeede hee aſſembled his people, to the num|ber of fiftie thouſande menne, all ſuche as were able to beare armor, being readie to repayre vnto him in ſuche preſent neceſſitie for defence of theyr countrey.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 It hath bene reported, that as hee marthed foorth towardes his enimies, ſundrie ſtraunge ſights appeared by the way.Strange ſights appeare to the Scottiſhe armie. An Egle was ſeene almoſt all a whole day, flying vp and downe o|uer the Scottiſhe armie, euen as though ſhe had laboured hyr ſelfe weary.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Alſo an armed man was ſeene flying round aboute the armye, and ſuddenly vaniſhed a|way.

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