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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Then did the Scottiſhe Lordes repaire vnto Dongall, who the ſame tyme laye in Carryke caſtell, and there taking counſell for the mayn|tenance of theſe warres, not one was founde a|mongeſt them which offered not to ſpende both lyfe, landes, and goodes in Alpines ryghtuous quarell.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 By this means was great preparation made on both ſydes for the warre,The Scottes willingly giue them ſelues vnto the war. the Scottes myn|ding to ſet Alpine in his right, and the Picts de|termining not to receyue any prince of a ſtrange nation to reigne ouer them. But whileſt Don|gall goeth about to prouide all things readye for his enterpriſe, be chaunced to be drowned in the [figure appears here on page 169] riuer of Spey, as he was about to paſſe the ſame in a boate.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This miſhap hapned him in the .vj. yeare of EEBO page image 170 his reigne, and after the birthe of our Sauiour, 830. His bodie was buryed in Colmekill,930. with all funerall obſequies.

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