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Compare 1587 edition: 1 A rebellion a|gainſt Natho|locus.Whiche wicked deede being once notified a|broade, moued ſo the hartes of theyr friends and alies, that they procured the people to rebell: and ſo gathering them togither, they rayſed open and cruell warres againſt him.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Natholocus enformed of their determinati|ons, withdrewe himſelfe priuily into Murray lande, there to get togither an armie to reſiſt his enimies, and for that he was deſirous alſo to vn|derſtande ſomewhat of the iſſue of this trouble,Natholocus ſendeth vnto a witche, to know the con|cluſion of his enimies at|temptes. he ſent one of his truſtie ſeruaunts being a gen|tleman of that countrey, vnto a woman that dwelt in the Iſle of Colmkil (otherwiſe called Iona) eſteemed very ſkilfull in foreſhewing of things to come, to learne of hyr what fortune ſhould happe of this warre, whiche was already begunne.

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