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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Brechus came into Irelande.This Simõ being glad of theſe tidings, ſayled quickly into Irelande, and brought thither with him amongſt other princely iewels and regall monuments, the fatal ſtone of marble, wherein he cauſed himſelfe to be crowned, in token of his full poſſeſſion, and eſtabliſhment ouer that kingdo [...].