Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the begynning of his raigne there was no trouble towardes, the publike ſtate of the Realme being maynteyned by vpright iuſtice, and all tranſgreſſions through terrour of due pu|niſhmente politikely repreſſed.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 The firſt that went about to put him to any notable trouble,Bredus inua|deth the Scots. was one Bredus of the Iſles, neare of kinne to Giſius that vſurper and mur|therer, who with a power of Iriſh men and other of the weſterne Iſles landed in Argyle, waſting and ſpoyling the countrey with fire and ſworde, whereof Ederus being aduertiſed (who was the ſame time in thoſe partes a hunting amongſt the mountaynes) gathered an armie with all ſpeede, and haſting to the place where his enimies ſhips lay at ancre,Ederus bur|neth his eni|mies ſhips. he firſt burned ye ſame, to take away all meane from them to eſcape by flight.