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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Hereof they aduertiſed their princes,Reuther, or Reuda. name|ly Reuther or Reuda, who beeing deſcended of Ferguſe, determined to inueſt himſelf in cer+taine portions of lande beſide the Pictes. He therfore wel appointed, paſſed ouer, and part|ly by compoſition, & partely by force, got poſ|ſeſſion of thoſe quarters, whiche were deſo|late, and began to erecte a kingdome there, by little and little encreaſing his limites: and fi|nally got betwixte the Pictes and Britayns, poſſeſſing that countrey which tooke the name of him called Rheuderſdahal, and now Rid|deſdale, (as you would ſay) Rhendas part, for dahal in ye old Scottiſh tong, ſignifieth a part.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In theſe quarters he coulde not ſettle hym|ſelfe, but that he was oftentymes aſſayled by the Britons that bordered next vnto him, and at length his chaunce was to be ſlayne, but the kingdome continued ſtill in the handes of his ſucceſſours:The amitie be|tvvixt Scottes and Picts. and the Pictes and Scottes grew in frendſhip togither, permitting eche other to lyue in quyet.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Scots neſtled them ſelues in the Iles and coaſts alongſt the ſea ſide. The Picts held the middle part. But ſhortely after, the peace began to hang doubtfull betwixt them: for the diuerſitie of people, place, cuſtom & language,Their fallyng out. together with the memorie of olde grudges, moued ſuch iealoſy and inward hate betwixte thoſe nations, that it ſeemed they were redy to breake out into open diſſention vpon the firſte occaſion. And as in ſuche caſes there neuer wanteth one deuiſe or other to rayſe tumults: it chaunced that certaine of the Scottiſh no|bilitie had got out of Greece (as ſome write) a Moloſſian hound, which both in ſwiftneſſe of foot, and pleaſantneſſe of mouth, was accomp|ted peerleſſe.

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