Compare 1587 edition: 1 Other were of a contrarie minde, eſteeming that in no wiſe the Scottiſh mens friendſhippe ought to be refuſed, vnleſſe they would determin to ſeeke newe dwellings in ſome other forrayne parties, ſith the Brytaines would not fayle, but vpon occaſion take what vantage they could to expulſe them both, aſwel Scottes as Pictes, out of the countreys now by them poſſeſſed. And as for that, which was alledged touching the pro|phecie, if the Goddes had ſo determined, then might no policie of man preuent it: and if there were no ſuch thing appointed by the ſame gods, what follye then were it to caſt ſuche dreadfull doubtes where no cauſe was. Ouer and beſides this, they had taken them wiues of the Scottiſh nation, and therby ingraffed their ſeede (the hope of their poſteritie) in that ſtock, which is the nea|reſt meane and forcibleſt occaſion to nouriſhe friendſhip, that is or may be amongſt people de|uiſed: therefore it ſhould not be onely profitable but neceſſary alſo, to haue peace with the Scots, to renue againe with them the former league to the perpetual ſtrengthning and aduancement of both the nations.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Whileſt the Picts were thus in debating the matter,The Pictes admoniſhed by their wiues to peace. their wiues alſo being preſẽt there in the armie, came in amongeſt them with their chil|dren, & in moſt lamentable wiſe beſought their huſbands to haue pitie vpon them, in their ſo ſo|rowfull caſe, and not to ſuffer their handes to be defiled with vnnaturall murther, ſithe it were leſſe diſcõfort to them with their ſillie little ones to die any kynd of death whatſoeuer it were, ra|ther than to behold theyr huſbands with their fa|thers, their brethren, and other kinneſfolke ioyne togyther in battaile, and there to kill one another wythout all mercie and compaſſion.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Nobles and Gentlemen of the Pictes hearing the cries of theſe women,The Pictes [...] moued to pitie: and being now ſomewhat moued to pitie, conſented at laſte to haue peace with the Scottiſh men, and to renew againe the olde league that was heretofore be|tweene them: And for mutuall iniuries hereto|fore committed, that there ſhould be had a mu|tuall recõpence according as might ſtande with equitie & reaſon. So that where the Bryttains had bene the chiefe procurers of all that miſchiefe EEBO page image 9 and diſcorde betwixt them, in hope therby to de|ſtroy bothe the parties, they ſhould now be repu|ted from hencefoorth as cõmon enimies to them both:Bryttaines re|puted as eni|mies. as for all other articles or conditions of a|greement, it was ordeined that their king ſhould do therein as vnto him might ſeeme good.