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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Ceſar hauing receyued this anſwere from theſe two nations,Caeſar ſendeth new meſſen|gers vnto the Scottes and Picts, but they ſped muche like to the former. he ſendeth newe meſſengers vnto them with a more roughe embaſſie, who not onely by threates, but alſo by great reaſons went about to perſwade them vnto ſubmiſſion. But they perſiſting in their former opinion for defence of their liberties, and vtterly refuſing all EEBO page image 29 maner of bondage, would encline by no meanes to come in any bonde of friendſhippe with the Romaynes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After the returne of theſe laſt meſſengers, Ce|ſar was fully reſolued to enter into their Coun|treys, to force them vnto that by dynt of ſworde, wherevnto by treatie he might not enduce them:The rebellion of the Gaules breaketh Cae|ſar his pur|poſed iourney agaynſt the Scottes. and had ſet forwarde on that iourney ſhortly af|ter in deede, if he had not beene called backe into Fraunce, to pacifie ſundrie commotions there rayſed by the reuolting of the people inhabiting thoſe Countreys, where the Picardes and Nor|mans, with other the inhabitantes neare aboute Chartres, now dwell.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The common Scottiſhe Chronicles record, howe Iulius Ceſar came as farre as Kalendar wood,Kalendar or Caledon wood & there wan by force the citie of Camelon where the Pictiſh kings vſed moſt to ſoiourne.

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