Compare 1587 edition: 1 Agricola vnderſtanding that by winning him EEBO page image 50 ſame in the beginning, it ſhould be no ſmall fur|therance vnto him for the atchieuing of other en|terpriſes in time to come, determined to purſue his good fortune.

Here is a ma|nifeſt errour in the Scottiſh writers, taking Man for An|gleſey.

Agricola aſ|ſayleth the Iſle of Angleſey, and not Man as Hector Boe|tius miſtaketh it.

And thervpon prepared to ſub|due the Iſle of Man, but wanting veſſels to cõ|uey his armie ouer, he found meanes that ſuch as could ſwimme, and knew the ſhallow places of that coaſt, made ſhifte to paſſe the goulfe, and ſo got a land, to the great wonder and amazing of the inhabitants, who watched the ſea coaſtes, to reſiſt ſuche ſhippes as they looked for, to haue ar|riued vpon theyr ſhore: but nowe diſpayring to reſiſt ſuch kind of warriours as endaugered thẽ|ſelues to paſſe the ſeas in that maner of wiſe, they ſubmitted thẽſelues vnto Agricola.

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The Iſle of An|gleſey is ſub|dued by Agri|cola.

Agricola win|tereth in Gal|loway.

Who taking pledges of them, and appoyn|ting certaine garriſons to keepe diuers holdes and places of defence within that Iſle, paſſed o|uer with the reſidue of his people into Galloway, where he ſoiourned all the winter followyng: whiche being paſſed, and ſommer once come, he aſſembled his men of warre againe, and viſited a great parte of that countrey with Kyle, Carrike and Coningham, the inhabitants wherof he put in ſuch feare with the onely ſhewe of his warlike armie, diſpoſed in ſuche politike order and wiſe conducte, that there was none to be founde that durſt aduaunce themſelues to encounter him, ſo that heſpẽt that ſommers ſeaſon in keeping ſuch of the Scottes as had bene aforetime ſubdued, from attempting any commotion, & when win|ter was come, he aſſembled the nobles of the coũ|trey, exhorting them by gentle perſwaſions, to frame themſelues to a ciuill trade of liuing, aſ|well in buylding of temples,Agricola ſtu|dieth to bring the Scots vnto ciuilitie. houſes, and other e|difices after the Romaine maner, as alſo in wea|ring of comely and decent apparell, and aboue all things to ſet their childrẽ to ſchole, to be brought vp in eloquence and good nurture.