Compare 1577 edition: 1 About the time of whose arriuall into Britaine, Aulus Planctius departed out of this world at Ca|melon, where he then soiourned. His bodie was bur|ned, Aulus Plan|ctius dieth. and according to the vsage of the Romans in those daies, the ashes were closed in a chest, and buri|ed within the church of Claudius and Uictoria, which (as is said) Uespasian builded néere vnto Camelon, vpon the riuers side there. Hereof was a custome The vsage a|mongst the Scots to burne the deadbodie. taken vp amongst both Scots and Picts (as some thinke) to burne the bodies of the dead, and to burie the ashes: whereof there haue bene found diuerse to|kens and monuments in this our age. As in the yere 1521 at Fi [...]dor a village in Merne, fiue miles distant from Aberdine, there were found in an old graue two chests of a strange making full of ashes, either of them being ingrauen with Romane letters, which so soone as they were brought into the aire, fell to dust. Likewise in the fields of another towne called Kenbacten in Marre, ten miles distant from Aberdine, about the same time were found by cer|teine plowmen two sepulchres made of cut and squared stones, wherein were foure chests, of worke|manship, bignesse and inscription like to the other two. Manie the semblable monuments haue béene found in diuerse places in Scotland in times past: but it is to be thought, that in these sepulchres there were Romans buried, and neither Scots nor Picts.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 But now to our purpose. Immediatelie vpon the comming of Ostorius into Britaine, the people of the west countries rebelled, procuring the nor|therne The Bri|tains yet eft|soones rebell. The Bri|tains require aid of Cara|take. men with the Scots of Galloway, and all the Picts to doo the like. They sent also vnto Caratake, requiring him in this common quarell against the Romans to put to his helping hand for recouerie of the ancient libertie of the whole land of Albion, considering it was like they should match well i|nough with this new Romane capteine Ostorius Scapula, that vnderstood little of the maners and vsages of the Britains. But this notwithstanding, Ostorius being informed of all these practises, and remembring what furtherance it were for a cap|teine in the begining to win a name by some praise|woorthie The Bri|tains of the west part are chased. enterprise, he made first towards the we|sterne Britains, whome he thought to surprise yer they should assemble with the other rebels, and so méeting with them, he chased and tooke a great num|ber of them, as they fled here and there out of all order.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 After this, he went against the people called Ice|ni, Iceni. Oxfordshire is assailed. Some take the Iceni to be the North|folke men. which (as some thinke) inhabited the countrie now called Oxfordshire, but other take them to be North|folke men, who being gathered togither, were gotten into a strong place, inclosed about with a great ditch as they vse to fense pasture grounds, that no horsse|men should breake in vpon them: yet this notwith|standing, Ostorius assailed them within their strength, & in the end breaking downe the rampire, with such aid as he had, burst in at length amongst them, sleaing and taking the most part of them: for few or none escaped, they were so kept in on ech side. But of this battell, and likewise of other enterpri|ses, which Ostorius and other of the Romane lieute|nants atchiued here in Britaine, ye shall find more thereof in the historie of England according to the true report of the Romane writers, the which verelie make no mention either of Scots or Picts till the yéere of our Lord 320, at the soonest. And as for the Silures and Brigants remooued by Hector Boetius so farre northward, it is euidentlie prooued by Hum|frey Llhoid, and others, that they inhabited coun|tries conteined now within the limits of England. The like ye haue to vnderstand of the Ordouices where Caratake gouerned as king, and not in Car|rike, as to the well aduised reader I doubt not but it may sufficientlie appeare, as well in the descrip|tion as in the historie of England aforesaid.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 About the tyme of whoſe arriuall into Bry|tayne,Aulus Planc|tius dyeth. Aulus Planctius departed out of thys worlde at Camelon, where hee then ſoiourned. Hys bodye was burned, and according to the vſage of the Romaines in thoſe dayes, the aſhes were cloſed in a Cheſt,The vſage a|mong Scottes to burne the deade bodie. and buryed within the Church of Claudius and Victoria, which (as is ſayde) Veſpaſian buylded neare vnto Camelon, vpon the Riuer ſide there. Hereof was a cuſtome taken vp amongſt both Scottes and Pictes, as ſome thinke, to burne the bodies of the deade, and to burie the aſhes. Whereof there hath beene founde diuerſe tokens and monuments in thys our age. As in the yeare 1521. at Findour a vil|lage in Merne, fiue miles diſtant from Aberdine there were founde in an olde graue two Cheſtes of a ſtraunge making ful of aſhes, either of them being engrauen with Romaine letters, whiche ſo ſoone as they were brought into the ayre, fell to duſt. Likewiſe in the fieldes of an other town called Kenbacten in Marre a ten myles diſtant from Aberdyne, about the ſame tyme were found by certayne Ploughmen two Sepulchres made of cut and ſquared ſtones, wherein were a foure Cheſtes, of workemanſhippe, bigneſſe and in|ſcription lyke to the other two. Many the ſem|blable monumentes haue beene founde in diuerſe places in Scotlande in tymes paſt: but it is to be thought, that in theſe Sepultures there were Romaynes buryed, and neyther Scottes nor Pictes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But nowe to our purpoſe. Immediately vp|pon the comming of Oſtorius into Brytayne, EEBO page image 39 the people of the weſt Countreys rebelled,The Brytayns yet eftſoones rebell. pro|curing the Northren men with the Scottes of Galloway, and all the Pictes to doe ſhe like.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Brytayns require ayde of Caratake.They ſent alſo vnto Caratake, requyring him in this common quarell agaynſt the Romaines to put to his helping hande for recouerie of the auncient libertie of the whole lande of Albion, conſidering it was like they ſhoulde matche well ynough with this new Romain captaine Oſto|rius Scapula, that vnderſtoode little of the ma|ners and vſages of the Brytaynes.