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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe newes being reported vnto Agricola,Agricola pre|pareth to goe againſt the Scottes. he made his prouiſiõ with al ſpeede to go againſt them. And firſt entring into the borders of Pure lande, he reduced ſuch as inhabited about the cõ|fines of Barwike to their former ſubiection, and after marching foorth towardes the citie of Ca|melone, Karanach king of the Picts encountred him by the way,Karanath king of the Picts is diſcomfited by the Romains. but being fiercely beaten off by the Romain [...], he fled backe into the citie, & with|in three daies after hauing reenforſed his power, he eftſoones gaue battayle againe to his enimies, but then alſo being vanquiſhed, hee loſt the moſt parte of al his men, & ſo immediately there vpon was Camelone wonne by force,Camelone ta|ken by force. & a great num|ber of the Citezens ſlaine.

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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Agricola cau|ſeth it to be fortified.Agricola cauſed it to be newly fortified, and further through ſame of this victorious begin|ning, he recouered the moſt parte of al the caſtels and fortreſſes of Picte lande.

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