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Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 31Such wicked lawes as his predeceſſour had eſtabliſhed, he did what he could to aboliſhe. But ſuch yong Gentlemen as delited in ſenſuall luſt, and licentious libertie, ſtoode ſo ſtiffely therein a|gaynſt him that in the ende he was glad to leaue off his purpoſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Kymbaline king of the Brytaynes.About the ſame time alſo there came vnto Kymbaline king of the Brytayns an Ambaſſa|dor [figure appears here on page 31] from Auguſtus the Emperour, with thanks, for that entring into the gouernment of the Bri|tiſh eſtate, he had kept his allegeance towarde the Romaine Empyre: exhorting him to keepe hys ſubiects in peace with all their neighbours, ſithe the whole worlde through meanes of the ſame Auguſtus, was now in quiet, without al warres or troubleſome tumults.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe Ambaſſadours went alſo vnto Me|tellanus the king of the Scottiſh men, exhorting him to acknowledge a ſuperioritie in the Ro|maine Emperour, vnto whome the people inha|biting in the furtheſt partes of the Eaſt, had ſent their ambaſſadors with rich iewels to preſent his perſon withall.Metellanus becommeth friend to the Romaines. Wherewith Metellanus beeing partly moued to haue a friendly amitie with the Romaines, he ſent vnto Rome certaine rich pre|ſents to the Emperour, and to the Goddes in the Capitoll, in ſigne of honour, by whiche meanes he obteined an amitie with the Romaines, which continued betwixt them and his kingdome for a long time after.

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