Compare 1577 edition: 1 This ouerthrow being reported in France, cau|sed the Galls to staie their intended rebellion. Short|lie EEBO page image 46 after Claudius himselfe came ouer into Bri|taine, and receiuing the Britains vnder his obei|sance, The empe|rour Claudi|us commeth into Britaine. ordered things among them at his pleasure. And after preparing his nauie and armie with all purueiance conuenient, he set forward towards the Iles of Orkneie, purposing to conquere the same, Claudius sai|leth into the Orkenies. for that they had aided the Britains in these last warres against the Romans. But approching neere to those Iles, he was in danger to haue beene cast awaie by a tempest rising by chance, euen as he was entred the streict betwixt the Orkenies and Dungisbie head in Cathnesse called Pictland frith; yet at length getting to land, he found in that Ile where he first arriued, no bodie at home, all the peo|ple through seare vpon the first fight of the great multitude of ships being fled to hide themselues in caues and dens amongest the rocks & [...].

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Claudius therefore leauing this Ile, passed into Pomonia the chiefest of all the Or [...]nies, where Now Kirke|wale. discomfiting such as appeared abroad to make resi|stance, he besieged the king of those Iles named Ga|nus, Claudius ta|keth the king of the Orke|nies. within a castell where he was withdrawen, and finallie causing him to yeeld himselfe prisoner, led him with other nobles of Britaine (whome he had for pledges) vnto Rome, the more to set forth the glorie of his triumph at his returne vnto the citie. ¶ But whatsoeuer Hector Boetius and others write The doubt of Claudius go|ing into the Orkenies. Dion Cassius. of this passage of Claudius into the Orkenies, it is not like that he came there at all, for if he staied not past 16 daies in Britaine, as by Dion Cassius it appeareth that he did not in déed; how should we imagine that he could both pacifie the south parts of Britaine, and after go into Orkenie and conquere the same within so small a time, being readie to re|turne towards Rome at the end of those 16 daies, as the said Dion affirmeth? But this discourse haue I made according to their owne histories, least I should séeme to defraud them of whatsoeuer glorie is to be gotten by errours, as the maner is of them as well as of other nations, which to aduance their antiquities and glorie of their ancestors, take the aduantage oftentimes of writers scant woorthie of credit.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 But now againe to our purpose. Aruiragus be|ing established in the kingdome of Britaine, vpon Aruiragus forsaketh his lawfull wife. some priuat displeasure forsooke his wife named Uo|ada, the sister of Caratake king of the Scotishmen, and maried Genissa a Romane ladie, which act ma|nie of the Britans disallowed; the more in deed, be|cause he had faire issue alreadie by Uoada, as a son and two daughters. But this was doone, as all men iudged, by the counsell of Aulus Planctius, there|by to breake all friendship and aliance betwixt the Britains and the Scots, to the end that in no case of rebellion they should ioine their powers togither. Neither did he onelie refuse Uoada, whome all men knew to be his lawfull wife, but also caused hir Uoada impri|soned. to be kept in prison, till that the Britains (hauing indignation thereat) got hir out of the place where Uoada is de|liuered out of prison, and conueied into wales. she was kept, and conucied hir into Wales togither with hir children.