Compare 1577 edition: 1 In the yeare of the world 2436, after the vniuer|sall floud 780, whilest the Israelits serued in Egypt, 2436 Gathelus the sonne of one Neale, a great lord in Grecia, was vpon disfauor exiled his countrie with a number of his factious adherents and friends. This noble gentleman being right wise, valiant, Sée more of this matter in the beginning of the Scotish historie. and well spoken, comming into Egypt, got honora|ble interteinment of Pharao surnamed Orus, as in the Scotish historie more plainelie appeereth. And af|terwards departing that countrie, trauersed the seas, and landing first in Portingall, after some bic|kering with the inhabitants; at length yet he got by their consent a portion of the countrie, lieng by the banks of the riuer ancientlie called Munda, & now The riuer of Munda, now Mondego. Brachara now Braga. Mondego, where shortlie after he began to build a citie first named Brachara, but now Barsalo, as Hector Boetius hath. After this, when Gathelus his people began to increase in power, through persua|sion of the Spaniards their neighbors, they remoo|ued into Galicia, where they also builded a citie na|med Brigantium, which is now called Coruna. Fi|nallie, Brigantium. Sée more her [...]ol in Scotland. Gathelus [...] into Ireland. when they grew into such an huge multitude, that Galicia was not able to susteine them, Gathe|lus with a certeine number of them passed ouer into Ireland, and there grew into such estimation with the barbarous people, that for his knowledge speci|allie in all languages, he was highlie honored: for he not onelie inriched and beautified the Irish toong, but also taught them letters, sought vp their anti|quities, practised their youth in warlike feats after the maner of the Greekes and Egyptians, from whense he descended.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 To conclude, he was so acceptable to them, that The n [...]mes of Ireland, & whereof the same were de|riued, as they hold opinion. to gratifie such a benefactor, they agreed to name the Iland after him Gathelia, and after his wife Scotia. This is one opinion but yet incredible, not onelie to Humfreie Lhuid, but also to other learned men, and diligent searchers of antiquities, by reason of the sundrie arguments of improbabilitie, aswell in the miscount of yeares as other vnlikelihoods found therein, when the circumstances come to be dulie ex|amined, throughlie weied, and well considered. Yet certeine it is, that Ireland was ancientlie named Sc [...]tia, and the people Scots, as by diuerse old wri|ters it may be sufficientlie prooued: albeit by what occasion it first tooke that name, or from whense they came, it is as yet doubted. But to proceed with the historie as we find it. The residue of Gathelus his people, which remained in Spaine, founded the citie of Baion in the con [...]ines of Gascoigne, and repleni|shed the seacoa [...]s of Spaine with store of inhabi|tants, and welnéere about two hundred yeares af|ter their first arriuall there (when they were e [...]tsoones pestered with multitude of people) they began to fansi [...] a new voiage, but whether at that time they passed ouer into Ireland, or some whither else, it is vncerteine.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 Notwithstanding sure it is, that in the daies of Gurguntius king of the Britons, the chiefe gouer|nour of Baion with foure brethren Spaniards, of the which two are said to be Hiberus and Hermion, not the sonnes (some thinke) of Gathelus (as Hector Boetius affirmeth) but some other perhaps that were descended from him, who vnderstanding that diuerse of the westerne Iles were emptie of inhabitants, as|sembling a great number of men, women, and chil|dren, imbarked with the same in thrée score great vessels, and directing their course westward, houe|red a long time in the sea about the Iles of Orke|ncie, vntill by good hap they met with Gurguntius Gurguntius. then returning from the conquest of Denmarke (as in the British historie it appéereth) whom they be|sought in consideration of their want of vittels and other necessaries, being such as they were not able longer to abide the seas, incumbred with a sort of women and children, to direct and appoint them to some place where to inhabit; promising to hold the same of him, and to become liege people to him and his heires for euer.