Compare 1587 edition: 1 Euge|nius.THis Eugenius at his cõming into Albanie was inueſted king of the Scots by cõmon conſent of all the nation. About the ſame ſeaſon Maximus the Romaine lieutenãt in Brytain, vnderſtanding of the late diſſention betwixt the Scottiſh men & Picts,Eugenius is inueſted king. deuiſed whiche wayes he might beſt ſubdue both thoſe nations, therby not onely to enlarge the boundes of the Romaine Empyre, & to deliuer the Brytains from inua|ſions of thoſe ſo cruell enimies, but alſo to haue the ſouth part of the Iſle more obedient & loyall vnto the ſame Empyre than heretofore it had bene.The practiſe of Maximus to deſtroy the Scottes. He thought good therfore in y^e beginning to aſſay if he might ioyne in friendſhip with the one of the natiõs, til he had deſtroyed the other: for he cõſidered it would be an harde peece of worke to haue to do with them both at one inſtant time.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Whervpõ directing his letters vnto Hierguſt king of the Pictes,He ſendeth vn|to Hierguſt king of the Pictes. he required to renewe the old league with him & his people, promiſing to ayde him againſt the Scots, cõmon enimies not only to the Pictiſh natiõ, but alſo to all ſuch people as loued reſt & quietneſſe, as might eaſily be percei|ued by their continuall practiſe & vſage, euer ſee|king to diſturbe their neighbours with rodes and forrayes, ſo that it ſtood with a general common wealth to haue thẽ vtterly diſtrayed & extirped.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Hierguſt right ioyful of theſe newes, gaue har|tie thanks vnto almightie God, that had moued the Romaine lieutenant to make ſuch offer vnto him, wherby the furious rage of y^e Scots might be once repreſſed, & put away frõ his people, and therfore willing to cõfirme a friendſhip with the ſame lieutenãt, he promiſed to renew the aunci|ent league betwixt the Romains & Picts,Hierguſt his anſweare vnto Maximus his meſſage. vpon any reaſonable cõditiõs, which he ſhould deuiſe, not only requiring his ayde at this time againſt the ſayd Scots, but alſo at all other as occaſion ſhould demaund.Maximus and Hierguſt ioyne in friendſhip, and the Scottes proclaymed enimies to thẽ both. Maximus hauing receyued this anſweare, he foũd meanes alſo to come to a cõmunication with Hierguſt neare vnto Yorke, where the league was cõfirmed betwixt them, & therein y^e Scots not only adiudged for cõmon e|nimies, both to y^e Romains & Brytains, but alſo to the Picts. And further therwith were certaine orders appoynted how the warre ſhould be pur|ſued with al expeditiõ againſt thẽ. Theſe things thus finiſhed, & both the Princes returned to their homes,An Herald ſent frõ Maximus vnto Eugenius Maximus ſente an Heralde vnto Euge|nius the Scottiſh king, cõmaunding him on the behalf of the Romaine Empire, to make reſtitu|tiõ for al wrõgs & iniuries done vnto the Pictiſh nation. And further to deliuer into the handes of Hierguſt the king of the Picts the authors of the ſame wrõgs & iniuries, to be puniſhed at his diſ|cretiõ, or if he would refuſe thus to do, that thẽ he ſhould looke to haue the Emperour and the Ro|maine people enimies vnto him & all his nation.