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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Ederus went into the weſtern Iſles.After this, he paſſed ouer into ye weſtern Iſles, where hee did execution vpon ſuch as had ayded Bredus, putting ſome to death, and cauſing o|ther to fine at his pleaſure, and depriuing ſome vtterly of all that euer they had.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At his returne againe into Scotlande, there met him Ambaſſadours ſent from Caſſybilane king of the Brytaynes,Caſſybilane king of the Brytaynes, re|quireth of the Scottiſh men ayde agaynſt the Romaines requyring him of ayde agaynſt Iulius Ceſar, who (as the ſame king had perfite vnderſtanding) was appoynted very ſhortly to paſſe the ſeas from Fraunce, ouer into this Iſle, with a mightie power of Romaynes, to ſubdue the Inhabitants vnto the ſeigniorie and iuriſdiction of Rome.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Ederus receyued theſe Ambaſſadours very courteouſly:Androgeus chiefe Ambaſ|ſadour of the Brytaynes, de|clareth the ef|fect of his meſſage. and forſomuch as their mayſters requeſt requyred counſell, hee cauſed his Lordes whiche were then preſent, to aſſemble togy|ther the nexte daye, afore whome he willed that Androgeus chiefe of the Britiſh Ambaſſadours, ſhoulde declare the effect of his meſſage, which he did ſo eloquently and vttering ſuch ſenſible mat|ter, how it ſtoode the Scottiſh men vpon, to ayde the Brytaynes agaynſt ſuche common enimies to all nations as the Romaynes were, that in the ende it was concluded by the king with the ad|uice of his nobles, that he ſhoulde not onely ſende a power to ayde the Brytaynes agaynſte the Romaynes,The Scottes graunt to ayde the Brytaynes agaynſt the Romaynes. but alſo ſende ſome of his Lordes with Androgeus and his aſſociates vnto Gethus king of the Pictes, to moue him to doe the lyke: who hearing howe reaſonable their demaundes were, promiſed further to accompliſh the ſame.

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