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Compare 1587 edition: 1 This miſchiefe Kenneth perceyuing,Kenneth cau|ſeth the re|treate to bee ſounded. cõman|deth to ſound the retreat, & ſo gathering his peo|ple about their ſtanderdes, he appointed certaine cõpanies in warlyke order to purſue in chaſe of the enemies, whileſt he himſelfe with the reſidue aboade ſtill in the place (where the fielde was fought) al that day & the night nexte folowing.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Scottiſhe captaines that were ſente to followe the chaſe, earneſtly in executyng theyr kinges commaundement, made greate ſlaugh|ter of the Pictes in all places where they might ouertake them.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Druſkene the Pictiſhe king himſelfe beeyng purſued to the riuer of Tay,The king of the picts ſlain. for that he could not paſſe the ſame, was there ſlaine with the whole retinue which he had about him.

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