Compare 1587 edition: 1 The ſucceſsion of the gouern|ment.Alſo it was accorded, that if at any tyme it were doubtfull who ought to ſucceede in the go|uernment of the Pictiſhe kingdome, ſome o [...]e diſcended of thoſe Scottiſh women ſhould be ad|mitted to the throne.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This allyaunce was euen at the firſt miſ|lyked of the Brytaynes,Their alli [...] miſliked. who doubted that if theſe two Nations ſhoulde once bee ioyned in|ſeparatly togyther, they might in tyme to come, [...]ncreaſe to greater puiſſaunce than ſhould ſtand well with the ſuretie of their eſtate. There|fore ſtudying howe to preuent that daunger,Diſſ [...]ti [...] a preſent de|ſtroyer. they thought the readyeſt meane to deſtroy both thoſe Nations was (if they might bring it to paſſe) to ſette them firſte togither by the eares amongeſt themſelues, that afterwardes when their powers were by ſuche meanes ſor [...] abated, they might the more eaſily ſubdue them at their pleaſures.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This deuiſe the Brytaynes kept ſecrete for a time, till occaſion ſerued to worke theyr in|tent. In whiche meane while the affinitie be|twixt the Scottes and Pictes increaſed to the welth of both nations, and for the iſſue ſake great loue and friendſhippe was mainteyned amongſt them: the Pictes applyed themſelues to tyl|ling the grounde, and buylding of fortreſſes:The Pictes good huſ|bandmen. the Scottes ſette all their delighte in hunting and fowling,The Scottes giuen to hun|ting and fow|ling. Good bow [...]. vſing about the ſame to go armed in Iackes and light ieſternes with bowe and ar|rowes, no otherwyſe than if it had beene in o|pen warre: For in this exerciſe they placed all the hope of the defence of their poſſeſſions, lands, and liberties.