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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Whoſe mynde when Veſpaſian vnderſtood by his anſwer made to the Ambaſſadours which were ſent vnto him, he was minded to haue gone with an armie vnto Dunſtafage where Cara|take lay, but that he was infourmed what daun|gerous paſſages he muſt marche through, all full of deſart Mountaynes, bogges and quauenyres, without any prouiſion of vitailes or forrage to be found by all the way as the army ſhould paſſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Leauing therefore this enterpryſe, hee cau|ſed ſo many veſſelles to be aſſembled, as coulde bee prouided on all partes, purpoſing to haue paſſed ouer into the Iſle of Man, into the which there were gotten togither a great ſort of Brytaynes and Pictes, that had eſcaped the Ro|maines handes. But this iourney was alſo bro|ken by an other incident,The Iſle of Wight re|belleth. for euen the ſame tyme newes were broughte that the Brytaynes of the Iſle of Wyght, with the Kentiſh men, and diuerſe other the inhabitantes vppon the South coaſt, were reuolted, and had ſlaine diuerſe, Ro|maines, which lay in gariſons in thoſe partes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Veſpaſian therefore mynding to cure thys wounde ere it ſhould throughly [...]eſter,Veſpaſian ap|peaſeth the Rebelles. haſted thi|ther with al ſpeed, & with little ad [...] pacifying the EEBO page image 38 rebelles, cauſed the chiefe offenders to be puniſhed in his reſpect according to their deſerts.

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