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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Fyfe is put to the fyre and ſworde.Kenneth wonderfully kindled in wrathe for the newes, left off his treatie which thẽ he had in hande with the people of Menteth and Ster|lingſhire for their ſubmiſſion, and returned in greate haſt towardes Fyfe, where being arriued, he put all to the fire and ſword, not leauing one alyue of the Pictiſhe nation within all thoſe quarters.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Merns & An|gus is cruelly puniſhed.The lyke crueltie was ſhewed thorough the whole countreys of Mernes and Angus, for an enſample to other to beware howe they falſifyed their fayths once giuen by way of allegiance.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Druskene cõ|meth to reſ| [...]ue his peo|ple.In the meane tyme that Kenneth with hys Scottes raged in ſuche wyſe throughe thoſe countreys, Druſkene aſſembling all the power of his countreyes, came foorthe into the fielde, to meete the Scottes, meaning eyther to put them backe out of the confines of his dominion, eyther elſe to dye with honoure in the attempte therof.

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