Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Metellanus mainteyned his ſubiects in great quietneſſe and reſt, without any maner of warres, either forraine or Ciuill.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 31Such wicked lawes as his predeceſſour had eſtabliſhed, he did what he could to aboliſhe. But ſuch yong Gentlemen as delited in ſenſuall luſt, and licentious libertie, ſtoode ſo ſtiffely therein a|gaynſt him that in the ende he was glad to leaue off his purpoſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Kymbaline king of the Brytaynes.About the ſame time alſo there came vnto Kymbaline king of the Brytayns an Ambaſſa|dor [figure appears here on page 31] from Auguſtus the Emperour, with thanks, for that entring into the gouernment of the Bri|tiſh eſtate, he had kept his allegeance towarde the Romaine Empyre: exhorting him to keepe hys ſubiects in peace with all their neighbours, ſithe the whole worlde through meanes of the ſame Auguſtus, was now in quiet, without al warres or troubleſome tumults.