Compare 1587 edition: 1 Aboute the ſame ſeaſon there arriued in the Frithe a number of Dutche ſhips,Dutchmen ar|riue in Scot|land. fraught with people of Merherne or Morouia, a regio in Ger|manie ſituate betwixt Boheme and Hungarie. They were driuen out of theyr owne countrey by the Romains, and aſſembling togither vnder a famous captaine named Roderike, came down to the mouth of ye Rhine, where making ſhift for veſſels, they tooke the ſeas to ſeke them ſome new habitations: and thus arriuing in Picte lande, were ioyfully receyued of the Pictes and Scots, for that they were reputed right valiant men, & glad to reuenge theyr owne iniuries againſt the Romains. Namely with the Pictes they were much eſteemed, for that they came foorth of the ſame countrey from whence theyr auncetours were diſcended.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 Merhernes were men of goodly ſtatureTheyr huge bodies and mightie limmes did greatly commend them in the ſight of all men before whom they muſtered, ſo that comming to the place where the kings of Scottes and Pictes were encãped with their people ready to marche foorth towardes the enimies, they were highly welcomed and vpon theyr offer receyued into companie and appoynted to goe foorth in that iourney, in ayde of Queene Voada againſt the Romains.