Compare 1587 edition: 1 Ambaſſadors ſent vnto Ca|ratake.That done, he ſent Ambaſſadours vnto Ca|ratake, to trie if he might perſwade him by any meanes to become friende vnto the Romaine Empyre, in acknowledging ſome maner of ſub|iection therevnto: but this deuiſe was to ſmall purpoſe,Caratake vt|terly refuſeth to become a ſubiet. for Caratake was determined rather to ende hys lyfe as a free Scottiſhe man in de|fence of libertie, than to become thrall vnto any forrayne Nation, in hope to liue long tyme in ſeruitude, doubting leaſt if he came any wayes forth within the daunger of the Romaines, they woulde vſurpe the whole dominion vnto them|ſelues.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Whoſe mynde when Veſpaſian vnderſtood by his anſwer made to the Ambaſſadours which were ſent vnto him, he was minded to haue gone with an armie vnto Dunſtafage where Cara|take lay, but that he was infourmed what daun|gerous paſſages he muſt marche through, all full of deſart Mountaynes, bogges and quauenyres, without any prouiſion of vitailes or forrage to be found by all the way as the army ſhould paſſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Leauing therefore this enterpryſe, hee cau|ſed ſo many veſſelles to be aſſembled, as coulde bee prouided on all partes, purpoſing to haue paſſed ouer into the Iſle of Man, into the which there were gotten togither a great ſort of Brytaynes and Pictes, that had eſcaped the Ro|maines handes. But this iourney was alſo bro|ken by an other incident,The Iſle of Wight re|belleth. for euen the ſame tyme newes were broughte that the Brytaynes of the Iſle of Wyght, with the Kentiſh men, and diuerſe other the inhabitantes vppon the South coaſt, were reuolted, and had ſlaine diuerſe, Ro|maines, which lay in gariſons in thoſe partes.