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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Pictes hauing atchieued this great and ioyfull victorie, aſſembled at Camelon by com|maundement of their king, where cauſing a ſo|lemne proceſſion to be made,The Picts giue thankes vnto God, for their victorie. in rendring thanks to almightie God for their good ſucceſſe in theyr paſſed iourney: they take a generall othe vppon the Goſpell booke, that from thencefoorth they would not ceaſſe to make the Scottes warre,They make a vowe to con|tinew the war. til they had vtterly deſtroyed the race of them: and herewith ordeyned a law, that if any man made EEBO page image 173 mencion of any peace or league to be had wyth the Scottes, he ſhould loſe his head for it.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The good counſel of graue men is deſpiſed.There were in deede ſome auncient perſona|ges amongſt them, that ſpake againſt this inſo|lent outrage of the people, alledging that in time of proſperous ſucceſſe men ought to vſe a mode|ſtie: but certain youthfull perſons offended with ſuch graue aduiſe, thruſte the authors therof out of the Churche, within the whiche they were as then aſſembled.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Scots are animated.The Scottes being certified hereof, were no|thing therewith diſcouraged, but rather put in good hope of better ſucceſſe, ſith the enimies a|buſed themſelues thus in tyme of felicitie.

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