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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Claudius therefore leauing this Iſle, paſſed into Pomonia the chiefeſt of all the Orkneys,Now Kirke|wale. where diſcomfiting ſuche as appeared abrode to make reſiſtance, he beſieged the king of theſe Iſles named Ganus,Claudius ta|keth the king of the Ork|neys. within a Caſtel whither hee was withdrawne, and finally cauſing him to yeelde himſelfe priſoner, led him with other nobles of Brytayne (whome hee had for pledges) vnto Rome, the more to ſet forth the glorie of his tri|umph at his returne vnto the Citie.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The doubt of Claudius go|ing into the Orkneys.But whatſoeuer Hector Boetius and others write of this paſſage of Claudius into the Ork|neys, it is not like that he came there at all, for if he ſtayed not paſt .xvj. dayes in Brytayne,Dion Caſsius. as by Dion Caſſius it appeareth that hee did not in deed, how ſhould we ymagin that he coulde both pacifie the South partes of Brytayne, and after go into Orkney and conquere the ſame with [...] ſo ſmall a time, being readie to returne towardes Rome at the ende of thoſe .xvj. dayes, as the ſayd Dion affirmeth? But this diſcourſe haue I made according to their owne Hiſtories, leaſt I ſhould ſeeme to defraude them of whatſoeuer glory [...] be gotten by errours, as the maner is of them as well as of other Nations, whiche to aduaunce their antiquities and glorie of theyr auncetou [...] take the aduantage oftentymes of wryters ſtand worthie of credite.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But nowe againe to our purpoſe. [...] Ar [...]irag [...] being eſtabliſhed in the kingdome of Brytayne vpon ſome priuate diſpleaſure forſooke his wyfe named Voada, the ſiſter of Caratake king of the Scottiſh men, and maryed one Geniſſa a Ro|maine Ladie, whiche acte manye of the Bry|taynes diſallowed, the more in deede, bycauſe he had fayre iſſue alreadie by Voada, as a ſonne and two daughters. But this was done, as all men iudged, by the counſell of Aulus Planctius, thereby to breake all friendſhip and alliaunce be|twixt the Brytaynes and Scottes, to the ende that in no caſe of rebellion they ſhould ioyne their powers togither.

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