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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Whyleſt the Pictes through theyr owne fault, are thus brought into moſte miſerable ſub|iection of the Romaines, the Scottiſhe men as is ſayde) beeing baniſhed the lande,The Scottes liue in other Countreys. lyue in o|ther Countreyes by ſhyfting oute the tyme ſo well as they myght, ſome continuing wyth theyr wyues and children, gotte a poore lyuing wyth theyr hande, as exercyſing ſome Sci|ence or occupation. Other there were that followed the warres, and ſerued vnder ſundrye woorthie Captaynes here and there as occaſion ſerued.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Ethodius bro|ther vnto Eu|genius, late king of Scot|lande.But Ethodius the brother of Eugenius commaunded (as is ſayde) to goe into Den|marke, was ioyfully receyued of the King there. Who alſo gaue hym an office, therewyth to mainteyne hys degree, ſo that hee lyued there certayne yeares in ryght honourable eſtate, and begatte of his wyfe whom he brought thy|ther wyth hym foorth of Albanie, a ſonne na|med Erthus,Eith the ſonne of Ethodius, begot Ferguſe who after his fathers deceaſſe hadde iſſue by hys wyfe called Rocha (a Ladie of highe Parentage amongeſt the Nobles of Denmarke, as daughter to one Rorichus ſe|cond perſon of the Realme) a ſonne named Fer|guſe, whoſe chaunce was afterwardes to reſtore the Scottiſh nation againe to their former eſtate and Kingdome.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In his yong yeares,The Gorthes make an expe|dition againſt the Empyre of Rome. hee was appoynted to ſerue vnder Alaryke the Gottiſhe King in that famous voyage which he tooke in hande agaynſt the Romaine Empyre. For ſuche was the hate as then of all the Northerne Regions and Kingdomes towardes the Romaine name, that by generall agreement they conſpyred togy|to the vtter ruyne and finall deſtruction there|of. And ſo eche of them ſente forth a power in ayde of the ſayde Alaryke choſen by com|mon conſent as Generall of the whole enter|pryſe.

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