Compare 1587 edition: 1 In this meane while, the Engliſh men and Welch Brytaynes through multitude of kings and rulers warring eche agaynſt other, had no leyſure to attempt any enterpriſe againſt ſtraun|gers. Neither were the Pictes free of ſome ſecrete diſpleaſures, which one part of them had cõceiued againſt another, ſo that the Scottiſh men were not troubled at all by any forraine enimies.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And ſo Soluathius hauing continued his raigne the ſpace of .xx. yeares,Soluathius de|parteth this lyfe. aboute the ende of that tearme departed this life, in the yeare of our ſaluation 788.

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Achaius

Compare 1587 edition: 1 [figure appears here on page 158] THen after Soluathi+us was once buried in Colm kill amõgſt his aunceſters, Achaius crea|ted king of Scotlande. A|chaius the ſon of king Ethfin (a man highly renowmed for his erneſt zeale to iuſtice and vpright dealing, was aduanced to the gouernance of the realme: who for that by his former conuerſation amõgſt the nobilitie, he per|fectly vnderſtood what grudge and ſecrete hatred remayned in their heartes, one wiſhing anothers deſtruction. He forſaw what daunger the com|mon wealth ſtoode in, if the ſame were not by ſome good meanes qualified:He maketh the nobilitie to agree. and therevpon cal|ling them togither, hee handled the matter wyth ſuche wiſdome and dexteritie, that before theyr EEBO page image 159 departure from him, all the rootes of former diſ|pleaſures beeing vtterly extirped and auoyded, they were made friendes on eche ſide, and promi|ſed in his preſence ſo to continue.