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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Ferguſe alſo repayred ſuche Temples and Churches as the warres had defaced,Ferguſe re|payreth chur|ches, and pro|uideth liuings for religious perſons. and reſto|red again Churchmen vnto their former liuings: and further encreaſed the ſame where hee ſawe cauſe, and builded certaine Celles and Chappels for religious perſons to inhabit in, aſſigning vn|to them large reuenues for their finding.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The firſt foun|dation of the Abbay within the Ile of Iona now Colmkil.He alſo layde the foundation of that famous Abbay within the Ile of Iona, now Colmkill, appoynting the ſame for the burial of kings, with certaine ordinaunces and cuſtomes to be vſed a|bout the ſame.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Moreouer, in the time of peace hee was not negligent in prouiding for the defence of his realme.Ferguſe re|payreth his Caſtels. Such Caſtels as were decayed and ouer|throwne by the enimies in the warre time, he re|payred, and in thoſe which ſtoode towardes the borders of the Brytiſh countreys, he placed ſun|drie garriſons of ſuch ſouldiers as wanted teades to gette theyr lyuing nowe, in tyme of peace, aſſigning them ſufficient ſtypendes to lyue vpon.

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