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You are here: 1577 > Volume 2 > Body Text: Section 2 of 2: THE HISTORIE of Scotlande.
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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The yeare in the whiche the Scottiſhmen were thus vanquiſhed by the Romaines and Pictes,

The time that the Scottes were thus confined.

5547. H.B. 379. H.B. 710. H.B.

The ſecond yeare of Iu|lian the Apo|ſtata. H.B. Straunge viſions.

and finally confined out of theyr ſeates, was from the creation of the worlde 4319, after the byrth of our Sauiour 352. from the begin|ning of the Scottiſhe kingdome 679. and the thirde yeare of Magnentius.

You are here: 1577 > Volume 2 > Body Text: Section 2 of 2: THE HISTORIE of Scotlande.
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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The ſame yeare before Eugenius gaue bat|tail vnto Maximus, many ſtraunge ſights were ſeene in the furtheſt partes of Albion, ſtryking a wonderful dread into many mens hearts.

You are here: 1577 > Volume 2 > Body Text: Section 2 of 2: THE HISTORIE of Scotlande.
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Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the night ſeaſon in the ayre were ſeene firie ſwordes and other weapons moue in a long ranke, after comming togither on a heape,Swordes and weapons ſeene in the ayre. and being chaunged into an huge flame as it had ben a firebrande, it then vaniſhed away. The waters of the ryuer of Dune ran with bloud, the bankes of the ſame ryuer flaſhed oft tymes as they had beene all on a fire.It rayneth byrdes. There were ſeene alſo a num|ber of ſmall byrdes fall out of the ayre ſo thicke, that it ſeemed it had rayned byrdes, and inconti|nently came a great number of Rauens that de|uoured vp the ſame.

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