Compare 1587 edition: 1 Such Brytains alſo as eſcaped out of theyr enimies handes, gote them togither in the nexte morning, & perceyuing what loſſe they had ſu|ſteyned not only by the death of their Prince, but alſo in the ſlaughter of a greate parte of theyr whole armie,Peace conclu|ded. ſent an Herault vnto the Scottes & Pictes to require a peace, which though the moſt part of the people were not in will to haue cõſen|ted vnto, yet perſwaded in the end by their Prin|ces, they were contented to yeeld thereto: ſo that a generall peace was concluded, and ſpeedily pu|bliſhed betwixt them.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Immediatly herevpon the Pictes with theyr part of the ſpoile gotten at this iourney departed to their homes, & Ferguſe returned into Argile: where ſtudying daily for the quiet aduancement of the Scottiſh cõmune wealth,A parliament. he called a par|liament of his nobles, & firſt declaring to the aſ|ſembly how much bound they were to the Gods for giuing them this victory ouer ſo puiſſant eni|mies as the Brytains were,An exhorta|tion vnto qui|etneſſe and peace. he exhorted them to liue in friendly concord amongſt themſelues, and to abſtaine frõ violating the leagues, now con|cluded, aſwell with the Brytains, as before hand with the Pictes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Alſo for the auoyding of enuious conten|tion, and for the better aſſurance of euery mans eſtate,The lande is parted. he iudged it neceſſary to haue a particion made of al the landes belongyng to the Scottiſh dominion. For before they occupied the whole as in commune, without knowyng to whom this peece or that did belong. Whiche politike aduiſe of Ferguſe, the Scottiſh men praiſed moſt high|ly,Obedient ſub|iectes. promiſing not onely to follow his counſayle herein, in all that he ſhoulde wiſhe, but alſo in all that he ſhould otherwiſe commaunde.