Compare 1587 edition: 1 Sundrie times he attempted to haue wonne the citie by force of aſſaulte,The conſtãcie of the Pictes whẽ they were beſieged. but the Pictes ſtill defended theyr walles ſo ſtoutly, that he coulde not atchieue his purpoſe. Wherevpon the ſiege continued the ſpace of foure moneths togither. So that ſuche ſcarcetie of all kindes of vitayles ſtill roſe amongſt them, that the wretched Ci|tezins abſtayned from nothing that might in a|ny wiſe be eaten, though it were neuer ſo much to be abhorred. And yet although they were brought vnto ſuche miſerable ſtay, that there was no hope longer to defende themſelues, if a|ny man notwithſtanding all ſuche extremitie were hearde to make mencion of ſurrendring, he was foorthwith ſlayne by his fellowes, as an enimie to his nation and friend vnto the Scots. It was thought that Kenneths othe made them ſo obſtinate in theyr wilfull contumacie, by|cauſe they ſawe nothing but death whiche way ſo euer they inclined.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length when the citie was thus reduced into all extreeme miſery,A prety crafte vſed by Ken|neth. & the diches filled with faggottes and other ſuche ſtuffe, Kenneth one night appoynted ſixe hundreth of his choyſeſt Souldiers to lie in ambuſhe within a wood, adioyning neare to one ſide of the Citie, ſo EEBO page image 179 that in the mornyng when he ſhoulde gyue the aſſaulte on the contrary ſide, they might ſo|denly come foorth and ſkale the walles on that other.