Compare 1587 edition: 1 But Aulus Planctius perceyuing now tho|rowly how little truſt there was to be put in the Brytaynes,A meſſenger ſent vnto Clau+dius the Em|perour from Planctius. diſpatched a meſſenger in all haſte with letters vnto Claudius the Emperour, who as then ſoiourned at Rome, ſignifying vnto him in what daunger the ſtate of Brytaine ſtoode, if tymely prouiſion were not the ſooner made.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Claudius waying the matter by good aduiſe of counſaile, ordeyned by decree of the Senate, that Veſpaſian (of whom ye haue heard before) ſhould be ſent hither with an armie to tame the prowde and loftie ſtomackes of the Bry|taynes, with their confederates the Scottes and Pictes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Veſpaſian herevpon departing from Rome,Veſpaſian commeth in|to Brytayne. came into Fraunce, and encreaſing his legions, with a ſupplie of ſuch ſoldiers as he found there, paſſed ouer into this our Brytaine, where con|trarie to the report which he had heard afore hys comming he founde euery fortreſſe ſo wel furni|ſhed after y^e warlik order of the Romaine vſage, and moreouer all ſuche companies of menne EEBO page image 35 of warre as kept the field ſo well appoynted and ordered, that he coulde not but much prayſe the greate diligence and politike gouernment of Planctius.