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Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 54The Romaine mariners therfore finding cer|taine huſband men in the next Iſles, conſtreines them to go a ſhipborde, and to guide them tho|row that ſtreyte, promiſing them high rewardes for theyr labour: but they vpon a malicious in|tent not paſſing for their owne liues, ſo they might be reuenged of theyr enimies in caſting away ſuche a notable number of them togither with theyr veſſels, entred the fireyte at ſuche an inconuenient time,The Romaine ſhips through want of pylots are loſſe in Pictlãd Firth. that the ſhippes were borne with violence of the ſtreame againſt the rockes and ſhelues, in ſuche wiſe that a number of the ſame were drowned and loſte without reco|uerie.

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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Agricola ma|king a bridge ouer Tay wa|ter, paſſeth by the ſame with his hoſte, and encampeth neare to the foote of the mountayne of Granzbene.Some of them that were not ouer haſtie to follow the firſte, ſeeing the preſent loſſe of theyr fellowes, returned by the ſame way they came vnto Agricola, who in this meane tyme had cauſed a bridge to be made ouer ye riuer of Tay, by the whiche hee paſſed with his whole armie, and encamped on the further ſide thereof neare to the rootes of the mountayne of Granzbene, leauing the bridge garniſed with a competent number of ſouldiers to defende it againſt the e|nimies.

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