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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 They alſo confirmed the former league with the Scots, and by theyr procurement ſent meſ|ſangers vnto the Norwegians and Danes, re|quiring them of ayde againſt the Romains the common enimies of all ſuch nations as loued to l [...]ue in libertie, where ſo euer the ſame were inha|biting in any part on the whole face of the earth.