Compare 1587 edition: 1 [figure appears here on page 4] IN the meane whyle that theſe things were thus a doo|ing in Spaine,Heme|cus. Heme|cus beeing left,Hemecus king in Irelande. as is be|fore remembred in Ire|lande, to haue the go|uernaunce there, ru|led bothe the people of Scottiſhe men, and the former Inhabi|taunts, with as muche indifferencie as was poſſible: yet coulde he not ioyne them ſo in one,Diſſention. but that after his deceaſſe eyther of them woulde haue ſeuerall Rulers of their owne Nation to gouerne them: by reaſon whereof, falling eftſoo|nes at diſcorde amongſt themſelues, there enſued ſharpe and cruell warres betwixte them, whiche beeing ended ſome tymes by truce (when bothe partyes happilye were throughlye wearyed,) they renued notwithſtanding theyr malicious ſtryfe agayne, ſo ſoone as they had once recoue|red theyr decayed ſtrengthes, ſo that the one ſee|king the others deſtruction, they continued in great diſquiet for a long time.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe Scottiſh men being thus troubled in Irelande,The Scottes ſ [...]a [...]e Am|baſſadour vn|to Metellus in Spaine. finally addreſſed an Ambaſſade vnto Metellus, who as then raigned amongeſt the Scottiſhe menne in Spaine, requiring him of ayde and ſuccour agaynſte theyr enimyes, who went aboute wyth toothe and nayle to ex|pell all the Scottiſhe Nation out of Irelande, EEBO page image 5 which they were like ynough to bring to paſſe, if in time there were not ſpedy remedie through his ayde prouided for the contrarie.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 Metellus hearing theſe newes, as a man mo|ued with a naturall zeale towarde all the Scot|tiſh linage, ga [...]e eare to their requeſt, ſuppoſing it ſhould be his part to defende his kinneſ folke from all wrong and iniuries:Ayde ſent to aſsiſt the Scots in Irelande. immediately therefore he ſent his thre ſonnes, Hermoneus, Ptolomeus, and Hibertus, with a choſen power of warriours ouer into Irelande, where vanquiſhing the eni|mies with fierce and cruell battailes, they ſet the Scottiſhmen in ſure and quiet poſſeſſion of all their lands and liuings. This done, Ptolomeus, and Hibertus remayned there to rule and inha|bite the countrey,Hermoneus returned into Spaine againe. but Hermoneus who was the eldeſt brother, returned backe againe into Spain, there to ſucceede his father when time ſhoulde ſerue thereto. After this the Scottiſhe eſtate con|tinued many yeares in good quiet in Ireland, the people ſtill increaſing in welth and puiſſance, till proſperitie the mother of contention, ſtirred vp grudge and partialities amongſt them, whiche ſhortly would haue decayed the force of y^e Scot|tiſh nation; if the auncient Lords had not proui|ded redreſſe in time, which was to perſwade the people to haue a king of theyr owne, who beyng partaker with none of them in their factions, might haue the abſolute gouernãce of the whole: ſo that by common cõſent they ſent into Spaine for one Simon Brek,Symon Brek. whoſe name was right famous amongſt them in that ſeaſon, both aſwel for that hee was lineally deſcended of the bloud royall, as alſo for that he had ſhewed many pro|ues of his noble valiancie in ſundrie affayres and buſineſſe.