Compare 1587 edition: 1 Galde with his Scottes now being thus diſappointed of the Pictes his chiefeſt ayde durſt not leoparde to trie the chaunce of battayle with the enimies, but determined with lighte ſkir|miſhes, and by withdrawing of vitayles out of their walke, to ſtoppe them from f [...]rther procee|ding in conqueſt of the countrey, and in the meane tyme to prouide agaynſt the nexte ſom|mer newe ayde and ſuccours to keepe the fielde, and ſo to encoũter with them, puiſſance againſt puiſſance, if they remayned ſo long in the coun|trey.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 An ambaſſage from the Scots vnto the Picts. The Scots reſting, vpõ this reſolutiõ, thought good to ſend ſome honorable ambaſſade vnto the Pictes to moue thẽ vnto mutual agreemẽt & cõ|cord amõgſt thẽſelfs, wherby they might be able EEBO page image 52 to reſiſt the common ruine of their countrie as then in preſent daunger to be oppreſſed by the Romaines.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Pictes brought to a|greement a|mongſt them|ſelues.Thoſe that were ſente on this meſſage dyd ſo dilygently behaue them ſelues, in bringing their purpoſe to paſſe, that the Pictes in the ende a|greed to ioyne in friendly amytic one with an o|ther, and to chooſe one Garnard to their king to ſuccede in the counte of Karanach.