Compare 1577 edition: 1 Cesar hauing thus conquered the Britains, sent his ambassadors vnto the kings of the Scotishmen Iulius Cesar his message to the Scots and Picts. and Picts, requiring them to submit themselues as Cassibilane had doone, or else he had them looke for o|pen warres at the Romans hands, which they might assure themselues they should in no wise be able to susteine, considering their mightie and huge puis|sance, hauing the most part of the whole world at The answer of the Scots and Picts vn|to Cesar his ambassadors. their commandement alreadie. Wherevnto aswell the one king as the other made this or much-what the like answer, that they were bent sooner to lose their liues than their libertie. Which their resolution, if they were put to the triall, should be euidentlie prooued by the déed it selfe.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Cesar hauing receiued this answer from these Cesar sendeth new messen|gers vnto the Scots and Picts, but they spéed much like to the former. two nations, he sendeth new messengers vnto them with a more rough message, who not onlie by threats but also by great reasons went about to persuade them vnto submission. But they persisting in their former opinion for defense of their liberties, and vt|terlie refusing all maner of bondage, would incline by no meanes to come in any bond of fréendship with the Romans. After the returne of these last messengers, Cesar was fullie resolued to enter into their countries, to force them vnto that by dint of sword, wherevnto by treatie he might not induce them: and had set forward on that iournie shortlie after indéed, if he had not béene called backe into France, to pacifie sundrie commotions there raised by the reuolting of the people inhabiting in those countries, where the Picards and Normans, with other the inhabitants néere about Chartres doo now dwell.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The common Scotish chronicles record, how Iu|lius Cesar came as far as Kalendar wood, and there wan by force the citie of Camelon, where the Pictish Kalendar or Caledon wood This cannot be true, for Cesar came not néer Scot land, as in the historie of England it appéereth. kings vsed most to soiourne. Herevnto the same chronicles adde, that Cesar builded a great stone|house of 24 cubits in heigth, & of 12 cubits in bredth, of square hewen stones, right workemanlie framed, which house they saie Cesar caused to be vsed in steed of a iudgement hall, and here placed it néere the ri|uer of Caron, ouer against the forenamed citie of Camelon, as a witnesse that the Romans armie had béene so far forward within that countrie. Such an house there remaineth to be séene euen vnto this daie, and is called Iulius hoff, that is Iulius hall, Iulius hoff. or Iulius court. Howbeit, other more agréeable to the likeliehood of a truth, write that this house was sometimes a temple builded to the honor of Claudi|us Cesar, and of the goddes Uictoria, by the Romane capteine Uespasian, at such time as he made wars in that countrie, before his aduancement to the empire.