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Compare 1587 edition: 1 This was the .lxxxj. yeare after the birth of our Sauiour,75. H.B. 6. of Veſpa|ſian. H.B. being the firſte of the Emperour Domitian, and the fourth complete of his owne raygne ouer the Scottiſh men.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 [figure appears here on page 46] COrbreide Galde being thus choſen (as I haue ſayde)Corbreid Galde. to ſucceede in the gouern|ment of Scotland af|ter Dardane,Gald [...] [...] wi [...]e [...] Galgacus, [...] a [...] but a Brytaine as o|ther thinke Seaſhore of [...] Engliſh is called by Cornelius Tacitus Galgacus, a prynce of comely perſonage, and of right noble porte. In the firſte beginning of his raygne he puniſhed ſuche as had bene furthe|rers of his predeceſſours miſgouernment, and afterwardes hee paſſed ouer into the Weſterne Iſles, where he appeaſed certayne rebelles, which went aboute to diſquiet the ſtate of the common wealth there.Galfe puniſh|eth ſuch as di|ſturbe the quiet ſtate of his ſubiectes. From thence he ſayled vnto the Iſles of Lewys and Skie, and put to death cer|taine offenders that woulde not be obedient vn|to their gouernours and iudges. After this hee returned by Roſſe, and ſet a ſtay alſo in that countrey, touching certaine miſdemeanours of the people there.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 To bee ſhorte, hee purged the whole realme of all ſuche robbers, theeues, and other the lyke offenders agaynſt the quiet peace of his ſubie|ctes, as were hugely increaſed by the licencious rule of his predeceſſour Dardane, and here|vnto hee was mightely ayded by the Mora|uians,The Morauians help to appre|hende theeues and offenders. who purſued ſuche offenders moſte ear|neſtly, and brought in vnto him no ſmall num|ber of them, euer as they caught them.

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