Compare 1587 edition: 1 After his deceaſſe the Emperour Ne [...]o who ſucceeded Claudius,Verannius is made Lieute|nant of Bry|taine. appointed one Verannius to be lieutenant of Brytaine, a man very ambi|tious and muche deſirous of honour, by meanes wherof, in hope to aduaunce his name, he ſought occaſiõs to haue warres with the Scottiſh men: And at length hearing that certaine of them be|ing borderers had fetched booties out of Picte land, he ſent a great power of Romains to make a rode into the nexte Marches of the Scottes, from whence they brought a great ſpoyle, bothe of men and goodes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 With which iniuries the Scottes being mo|ued, ſought dayly in ſemblable ſorte to be reuen|ged, ſo that by ſuche meanes the warre was re|newed.Verannius de|parteth this lyfe. But before any notable encounter chaũ|ced betwixte them, Verannius died. His laſte woordes were full of ambitious boaſtes, wiſhing to haue liued but twoo yeares longer, that hee might haue ſubdued the whole Iſle of Albion vnto the Romaine Empyre, as if he might haue had ſo muche tyme he doubted not to haue done.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Paulinus Suetonius ſucceeded in his place,Paulinus Sue|tonius. a man of an excellent witte and very deſirous of peace. He firſt cõfirmed the auncient league with Corbreide king of Scotlande: a recompence be|ing made in euery behalfe for all wrongs and iniuries done on eyther parte.Angleſey and not Man, was thus inuaded by Suetonius.