Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 Theſe ſouldiers accordyng to that whiche they had in commaundement, ſhortely after the breake of day, hearyng that Kenneth had begon the aſſault on his parte, quickely came foorth of the wood, and hauing theyr ladders ready, came to the walles,The Scottes enter the citie. reared them vp, and ſwiftely get|ting into the citie, opened one of the gates where one parte of the army entred, the cytezins ſtan|ding in no doubt at all of any attempt on that ſide, ſo as beyng gotten togither to defende the walles on that parte where Kenneth gaue the approche, and now hearing how the enimies were got into the citie, and comming on theyr backes they were wonderfully amazed, but yet ſo long as they were able to make any reſiſtãce, they did what lay in theyr vttermoſte power to beate backe the Scots, & to dryue them out of the citie againe.The Pictes are miſerably ſlaine without regard of per|ſon. The ſlaughter therefore was great whiche the Scottes made of the Pictes in euery corner of the ſtreetes, in ſo muche that the Scottiſhe Lordes and other Captaynes in reuenge of the late receyued loſſe of theyr men through the falſe practiſed policie of the Pictes, commaunded in a greate furie to ſette fire on the houſes, and to kill and ſlea all ſuche of the Pi|ctiſhe nation as came in theyr way.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus the murder proceeded vpon al eſtates, aſwell religious as other, and lykewiſe vppon women and chyldren without any difference.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Ladies and Gentlewomen deſire the king to bee par|doned of their liues.A number of Ladyes and Gentlewomen, gettyng them into the preſence of kyng Ken|neth, beſought him in moſte lamentable wiſe, to haue pytie vpon theyr wofull eſtate, and to ſaue theyr lyues from the handes of his moſte cruell ſouldiers. But ſuche was the rage kind|led in the Scottiſhmens hartes, that there was no more fauour ſhewed towardes them than to|wardes the other, and ſo immediatly were they alſo ſlayne without all comp [...]lſion.