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Compare 1587 edition: 1 At this time alſo were the names of diuerſe Countreys and people chaunged in the parties of Scotlande, vpon ſundrie conſiderations,The names of diuerſe places in Scotlande chaunged. as Cor|nana a part of Scotlande, lying in the furtheſt ende of all the Countrey,Cathneſſe, whereof it is ſo named. tooke a newe name of one Cathus, a valiant Captaine, and of the pro|montorie there ſhooting forth into the ſea called Neſſe: ſo that beeing compounde togither, that countrey was cleped Cathneſſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Alſo of certaine Iriſhe men called Roſſians,Roſſe. the countrey of Roſſe tooke that name, beeing a|fore named Lugia.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 That part of the Countrey aunciently cal|led Thezalia, which lyeth on the Sea coaſt,Buthquhane. be|ganne to be called Buthquhane, of the trybute v|ſed to be payed there for ſheepe,The ſignifica|tion of the name of Buth|quhane. of the which kind of Cattell there is greate ſtore in that Prouince. For Quhane in the olde Scottiſhe tongue ſig|nifyed trybute: and Buth, a flocke of ſheepe.

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