Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Corbreid being thus ouerthrowne, and hauing his power greatlie inféebled thereby, passed the re|sidue of his life in quietnesse. For the Romans be|ing troubled with ciuill warres, medled neither with the Scots nor Picts, but onlie studied to kéepe the south parts of Britaine in due obedience. Finallie Corbreid departed this world, after he had reigned Corbreid dead Anno Christi, 71. H. B. 34 yeares, and was buried amongest his elders néere vnto Dunstafage, with manie obelisks set vp about him.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 AFter Corbreid succéeded one Dardan, which Dardan. for his huge stature was afterward surnamed the great. He was lineally descended frõ Metellane, who was his great grandfather. The nobles and commons of the realme chose him to be their king, onelie for the good opinion they had conceiued of him in his predecessors daies, by whome he was had in great estimation, and had atchiued vnder him ma|nie worthie enterprises, so that he was thought most meetest for the roome, considering the sonnes of Corbreid were not as yet come vnto ripe yeares to inioy the same. For the said Corbreid had three sons Corbreid his thrée sonnes. in all, Corbreid, Tulcane, and Bréeke. The eldest had beene brought vp with Uoada, quéene of the Britains, whereby he had learned the maners and vsages of the British nation, and therevpon was surnamed Gald; for so doo the Scotishmen vse euen vnto this day to name anie of their owne countrie|men that hath learned the courtesie and maners of strange countries.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 But to returne to Dardan, in the beginning of his reigne he gouerned the estate by good indifferent iustice, but after he had continued therein by the space of two yeares, he began to fall into all kinds Dardan fal|leth into all kind of vices. of vices, remoouing from offices such as were vp|right bearers of themselues in the same, and ad|uancing to their places bribers and extortioners. The nobles he had in suspect, fauoring onelie such as thorough flatterie were by him preferred. And where he was drowned beyond all the terms of hone|stie in fleshlie and sinfull lust, yet was his couetous|nesse so great, that all was too little which he might lay hands vpon. He also put to death diuers hono|rable personages, such as he perceiued to grudge at His cosin Ca|dorus and o|ther. his dooings. He likewise purposed to haue made a|way the sonnes of his predecessor Corbreid, but his traitorous practise being disclosed, the most part of the nobles and commons of the realme rebelled a|gainst The com|mons rebell. him, and sending for Corbreid Gald the eldest sonne of the former Corbreid, remaining as then in the Ile of Man (where he should haue béene mur|thered) they chose him to their king. And at length beating downe all such as made resistance, they got that cruell tyrant Dardan into their hands, & brin|ging Dardan is beheaded. 75. H. B. 6 of Vespa|sian. H. B. him foorth before the multitude, they caused his head to be openlie stricken off. This was the 81 yeare after the birth of our Sauiour, being the first of the emperour Domitian, & the fourth complet of his owne reigne ouer the Scotishmen.