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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 It is ſayde, that the Scottiſhemen encoun|tred with the Picts that day ſeuen ſundry times, and in ſeuen ſundry places, and ſtill the victorie aboade with the Scottes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The day after the battaile ſuche as had fol|lowed in the chaſe returned to the camp, where they preſented vnto Kenneth their king, the ar|mure and other ſpoyle of Druſkene the Pictiſh EEBO page image 177 king, which they brought with the, beſides great ab [...]dance of other pillage and riches, whiche they had got of the enemies that were ſlayne. Draſkones armure and other things belonging to his owne bodie, was offered vp to S. Colme, in the Churche dedicated to his name within the Iſle of Colmekill, there to remaine as a monu|mẽt of this victory to ſuch as ſhould come after.

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