Compare 1587 edition: 1 Brudeus at the firſte gaue no eare vnto his EEBO page image 140 earneſt mocions and large offers, but at length through the councell and procurement of ſome of his nobles, corrupted by brybes receyued at Ethelfredes handes, and ſtill putting into the kings head ſundry forged informations of the Scottiſh mens daily attempts againſt the Pi|ctiſhe nation, hee determined to ioyne with the Saxons againſt them, and cauſed therevppon warre to be proclaymed againſt the Scottes, as thoſe that had ſpoyled and robbed his ſubiects, contrarie to the league & all bandes of old frend|ſhip and former amitie betwixt them.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 A league con|cluded be|twixt the Scots & Bry|tons, with the articles of the ſame.The Scottiſhe king Aydan perceyuing the practiſe of the Saxons, and togither therewith the vntruth of the Pictes, the better to be able to reſiſt theyr malice, ioyneth in league with the Brytons: This article beyng chiefeſt in the whole couenant: that if the enimies firſt inua|ded the Brytons, then an armie of Scots ſhould be ſent with all ſpeede into Brytaine, to helpe to defend the countrey againſt ſuch inuaſions: but if the Scottes were firſt inuaded, then ſhould the Brytons in ſemblable maner come ouer to their ayde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Saxons hauing knowledge of this ap|poyntment betwixte Scottes and Brytons, to draw the Scottes foorth of theyr countrey, and ſo to haue them at more aduauntage, procured the Pictes to ioyne with them:The Picts and Saxons enter into the lands of the Brytõs. and ſo bothe their powers being vnited togither, entred into the Brittiſh confines.