Compare 1587 edition: 1 After this king Ewin came to an enteruiew with the king of Pictes in the borders of Gallo|way,An enteruiew betwixt the kings of S [...] and Picte. and there renued the auncient league be|twixt the Scottiſhe men and Pictes. For more corroboration whereof, Sijora the daughter of Gethus the thirde king of the Pictes, was ioyned in maryage with Ederus, the ſolemnization be|ing kept at Epiake.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe things thus accompliſhed, Ewin re|turned vnto Dunſtafage, where beeing certified by letters from the Lieutenant of Roſſe, that the Ilanders of Orkney had paſſed Pictland Fyrth,The people of Orkney in| [...]de Cath|ne [...]. and were entered into Catheneſe, robbing and ſpoyling that Countrey with a greate part of Roſſe, he leuied an armie with all ſpeede, and ha|ſted towardes the enimies, conſtrayning them by his ſodaine comming to fight whether they woulde or not, hauing no leyſure to gette away, ſo that with ſmall reſiſtaunce they were vanqui|ſhed and chaſed, ſome into the mountaynes, and other to the Sea ſide: of whome part eſcaped by Boates ouer into their Countreys, the reſidue of them in this their ſodaine ouerthrow being ey|ther ſlaine,Bladus king of Orkney ſlea|eth himſelfe. drowned, or taken. But Bladus the king of Orkney, for that he woulde not come into his enimies handes, ſlue himſelfe. And thus ended this enterpriſe againſt the enimies of Orkney: greatly to the encreaſe of Ewins fame amongſt the Scottiſh nation.