Compare 1587 edition: 1 Many of the Pictes reioyced greately,The picts ſom doe reioyce, and ſome my|ſtruſt of the engliſhe mens aſsiſtaunce. that they ſhould haue ayde thus of the Engliſhmen, hoping therby to haue aſſured victorie of theyr aduerſaries. Other myſtruſted not a little the Engliſhmens offers, by reaſon of the olde enimi|tie betwixt the Pictes and them.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In this meane ſeaſon the Scots take & ſeaze vpon all the countrey of Angus,The Scotes take Angus. euen from the mountain of Granzebene vnto the riuer of Tay, wherof Brudus being certified, ſendeth a poſte with all ſpeede vnto king Edwin king of Nor|thumberland, requiring him to ſend to his ayde,Brudus ſendeth vnto Edwin for ayde. a power of Engliſhmen, to helpe to reſiſte the Scottes, whiche at that preſente inuaded his countrey.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Vnto which demand,Edwyn defer|reth his ayde. Edwyn made this an|ſwere, that he was not only troubled with ciuile warre made againſt him by other Engliſhmen, but alſo had bin requeſted by Lewes ſurnamed Pius, as then French king in no wyſe to endo|mage the Scottes his confederates, ſo that for EEBO page image 172 that yeare preſent he might not cõueniently ſend to him any ſuccoures, but if he wold deferre the warres till the nexte yeare, he ſhoulde haue the beſte helpe that he were able to ſhewe hym.