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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Vnto the Picts fell for their portion Queene Guaynore, with the Ladies and gentlewomen, and diuerſe other of the Noble men, beſides a greate quantitie of other riche pray and booties. Theſe priſoners which the Pictes had, were con|ueyed vnto a Caſtel in Angus,Dunbarre in Angus, not that in Lou|thian. called Dunbarre, a place of great ſtrength in th [...]ſe dayes, thoughe at this preſent there remayneth nothing but the name with the ruynes thereof. In whiche Ca|ſtell they were deteyned vnder ſure warde, du|ring the reſidue of theyr naturall lyues. In wit|neſſe whereof there be remayning vnto this day, the graues and monuments where manye of thoſe captyue Brytaynes were buryed in the fieldes of a towne in that Countrey called Me|g [...], not paſt ten myles from Dundee. But a|mongeſt the reſidue, that of Guaynore is moſte famous.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The fable of Queen Guay|nores graue buried in Angus.There goeth a plaine tale ouer all that coun|trey, tolde for an aſſured truth, that if any womã chaunce to treade vpon that graue, they ſhall re|maine barren withoute bringing forth any iſſue more than the ſayd Guaynore did. But whether this be true or not, certaine it is, as Boetius wri|teth, that there dare no women come neare, that graue: not only eſchuing it themſelues, but alſo commaunding their daughters to beware therof.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This bloudie battaile weakened ſo much the forces both of the Scots, Pictes and Brytaynes, that many a day after they were not able to reco|uer againe their former eſtates or dignities.

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