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Caratake answered, that he had iust cause to doo that which he did, considering the iniu|ries which his sister Uoada with hir sonne Guide|rius Caratake his
[...]er vnto [...] ambassa|dors. had and were like to receiue by their counsell and meanes: and therefore he
was so little minded to make anie amends for that was doone, that hee thought it more reason that the Romans
should clearelie auoid out of the whole possession of Bri|taine, either else they might assure themselues to
haue aswell the Britains, as also the Scots & Picts to be their perpetuall enimies, and that onelie
for the chalenge of their ancient liberties and fréedome. The Romane
ambassadors being returned with this answer, Planctius tooke no small indignation there|at, sore menacing to
be reuenged of so high and con|tumelious words pronounced against the maiestie of the Romane empire.
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same time Aruiragus, vpon trust con|ceiued by ioining his power with the other confede|rate Britains, to
expell the Romans quite out of the realme, and so to recouer the intire estate, reuolting from them, fled
into Shrewsburie, where, at the same Aruiragus reuolteth. time such British lords
as were enimies to the Ro|mans, were assembled againe in councell, by whom Aruiragus was receiued with great
gladnesse (ye maie be sure) of those lords, trusting by his meanes to haue their force in maner doubled. His
wife Ge|nissa being at the same season great with child, tooke such thought for this reuolting of hir
husband, that Genissa the wife of Arui|ragus d [...]th. trauelling before hir time, she immediatly died ther|with. But Aulus Planctius,
perceiuing now tho|roughlie how little trust there was to be put in the Britans, dispatched a messenger in
all hast with A messenger sent vnto Claudius the emperor from Planctius. letters
vnto Claudius the emperour, who as then so|iourned at Rome, signifieng vnto him in what dan|ger the state of
Britaine stood, if timelie prouision were not the sooner made.
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weieng the matter by good aduise of councell, ordeined by decrée of the senate, that Ues|pasian (of whome ye
haue heard before) should be sent hither with an armie, to tame the proud and loftie stomachs of the
Britains, with their confederats the Scots & Picts. Uespasian herevpon departing Uespasian commeth into Britaine. from Rome, came into France, & increasing his le|gions,
with a supplie of such souldiers as he found there, passed ouer into this our Britaine, where con|trarie to
the report which he had heard afore his com|ming, he found euerie fortresse so well furnished af|ter the
warlike order of the Romane vsage, and moreouer all such companies of men of warre as kept the field so well
appointed and ordered, that he could not but much praise the great diligence and politike gouernement of
Planctius.