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Compare 1577 edition: 1 Agricola vnderstanding that by winning him fame in the beginning, it should be no small furthe|rance vnto him for the atchiuing of other enterpri|ses in time to come, determined to pursue his good fortune, and therevpon prepared to subdue the Ile Here is a ma|nifest error in the Scotish writers, ta|king Man for Anglesey. Agricola as|saileth the Ile of Anglesey and not Man as Hector Boe [...]ius mistaketh it. of Man; but wanting vessels to conuey his armie ouer, he found meanes that such as could swim, and knew the shallow places of that coast, made shift to passe the goolfe, and so got on land, to the great woon|der and amazing of the inhabitants, who watched the sea coasts, to resist such ships as they looked for to haue arriued vpon their shore: but now despairing to resist such kind of warriors as indangered them|selues to passe the seas in that maner of wise, they submitted themselues vnto Agricola.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Who taking pledges of them, and appointing cer|teine garisons to kéepe diuers holds and places of defense within that Ile, passed ouer with the residue The Ile of Ang [...]sey is subdued by Agricola. of his people into Galloway, where he soiourned all the winter following: which being passed, and sum|mer once come, he assembled his men of warre a|gaine, and visited a great part of that countrie with Kile, Carrike, and Coningham, the inhabitants whereof he put in such feare with the onelie shew of his warlike armie, disposed in such politike order and wise conduct, that there was none to be found that durst aduance themselues to incounter him, so that he spent that summers season in kéeping such of the Scots as had beene aforetime subdued, from at|tempting any commotion. And when winter was come, he assembled the nobles of the countrie, ex|horting Agricola stu|dieth to bring the Scots vnto [...]itie. them by gentle persuasions, to frame them|selues to a ciuill trade of liuing, as well in building of temples, houses, and other ed [...]ces after the Ro|man maner, as also in wearing of comelie and de|cent apparell; and aboue all things to set their chil|dren to schoole, to be brought vp in eloquence and good nurture. By this meanes he thought to traine them from their accustomed fiercenesse, and to win them the sooner to be content with bondage, though he coloured it with neuer so faire a glose of huma|nitie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The third winter being thus spent, and the next summer commen vpon, Agricola inuaded such coun|tries as were yet vndiscouered by the Romans, en|tring Kalenda [...] wood. Agrico|la commeth to Sterling. by the nether side of Calidon wood, euen vnto the dolorous mounteine, which afterwards by the Scots was cleped Sterling. It was called the do|lorous mounteine, for that in the night season there was heard right lamentable noise & cries, as though the same had béene of some creatures that had be|wailed their miserable cases: which vndoubtedlie was the craftie illusions of wicked spirits, to kéepe mens minds still oppressed in blind errors and su|perstitious fantasies.

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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Agricola vnderſtanding that by winning him EEBO page image 50 ſame in the beginning, it ſhould be no ſmall fur|therance vnto him for the atchieuing of other en|terpriſes in time to come, determined to purſue his good fortune.

Here is a ma|nifeſt errour in the Scottiſh writers, taking Man for An|gleſey.

Agricola aſ|ſayleth the Iſle of Angleſey, and not Man as Hector Boe|tius miſtaketh it.

And thervpon prepared to ſub|due the Iſle of Man, but wanting veſſels to cõ|uey his armie ouer, he found meanes that ſuch as could ſwimme, and knew the ſhallow places of that coaſt, made ſhifte to paſſe the goulfe, and ſo got a land, to the great wonder and amazing of the inhabitants, who watched the ſea coaſtes, to reſiſt ſuche ſhippes as they looked for, to haue ar|riued vpon theyr ſhore: but nowe diſpayring to reſiſt ſuch kind of warriours as endaugered thẽ|ſelues to paſſe the ſeas in that maner of wiſe, they ſubmitted thẽſelues vnto Agricola.

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The Iſle of An|gleſey is ſub|dued by Agri|cola.

Agricola win|tereth in Gal|loway.

Who taking pledges of them, and appoyn|ting certaine garriſons to keepe diuers holdes and places of defence within that Iſle, paſſed o|uer with the reſidue of his people into Galloway, where he ſoiourned all the winter followyng: whiche being paſſed, and ſommer once come, he aſſembled his men of warre againe, and viſited a great parte of that countrey with Kyle, Carrike and Coningham, the inhabitants wherof he put in ſuch feare with the onely ſhewe of his warlike armie, diſpoſed in ſuche politike order and wiſe conducte, that there was none to be founde that durſt aduaunce themſelues to encounter him, ſo that heſpẽt that ſommers ſeaſon in keeping ſuch of the Scottes as had bene aforetime ſubdued, from attempting any commotion, & when win|ter was come, he aſſembled the nobles of the coũ|trey, exhorting them by gentle perſwaſions, to frame themſelues to a ciuill trade of liuing, aſ|well in buylding of temples,Agricola ſtu|dieth to bring the Scots vnto ciuilitie. houſes, and other e|difices after the Romaine maner, as alſo in wea|ring of comely and decent apparell, and aboue all things to ſet their childrẽ to ſchole, to be brought vp in eloquence and good nurture.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 By this meanes he thought to traine them frõ their accuſtomes fierceneſſe, & to winne them the ſooner to be cõtẽted with bõdage, though he colo|red it with neuer ſo fayre a gloſſe of humanitie.