Compare 1587 edition: 1 But where as the truthe concernyng the tyme of the firſte comming into this Iſle, aſwell of the Scottes as Pictes reſteth doubt|full, and that aſwell by authoritie of appro|ued wryters, as by reaſonable coniectures, wee haue in the Hiſtorie of Englande more largely EEBO page image 180 written thereof. Wee referre thoſe that bee deſi|rous to ſee further of that mater, vnto the ſame, following here in this hiſtorie of Scotlande the report moſt an ende, as we finde it in Hector Boetius, and other the Scottiſhe wryters, not taking vpon vs ſo frankely to ſet downe our owne opinion in this Scottiſhe, as in the En|gliſhe hiſtorie through want of ſuche helpes in the one as we haue got in the other.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 There was ſeene the ſame yeare two [...] co|metes,Prodigious tokens ſeene in the ayre. or blaſing ſtarres of dreadfull aſpect to the beholders, the one went before the ſunne ryſing in harueſt ſeaſon, and the other followed the go|ing downe thereof in the ſpryng of the yeare. There was often times ſeene alſo in the ayre a viſion of fi [...]ie armies, runnyng togither with brennyng ſtaues, and the one being vanquiſhed, they ſodenly bothe of them vaniſhed away. Al|ſo at Camelon as the Biſhoppe was at ſeruice holding his croſier ſtaffe in his hande, it was kindeled ſo with fire, that by no meane it coulde be quenched til it was brent euen to aſhes. About noone dayes, the ayre being fayre and cleare, as well in the countreys of the Scottes as of the Pictes, there was heard ſuch a noyſe & clattering of weapons and armure with braying of horſes, as though twoo armies ſhoulde haue bene togi|ther in fight, whereby many of eyther nation which heard it, were put in great feare.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The interpre|tation of theſe tokens.Theſe vnkouth wonders were interpreted by deuinors diuerſly: ſome affirming the ſame to betoken ioy and happie proſperitie, and other al|ledgyng, how they ſignified rather miſhap and vtter calamitie.