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Compare 1587 edition: 1 There were ſlayne on the kings parte three thouſand men, and .ij. thouſand taken priſoners: amongſt whom were .xxx. perſonages of hono|rable eſtate togither with the king himſelf being woũded ſo ſore,Donald depar|teth this worlde. that he died within .iij. dayes af|ter the battell, rather through anguiſh of minde than of his hurtes, as ſome haue written, in the ſame yeare that he began his raigne.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Donalde of the Iſles taketh vpon him as king.Donald of the Iſles hauing thus got the vi|ctory, tooke vpon him as king, accordingly as he had cauſed himſelf at the firſt to be proclaymed.

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