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Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the meane time they tooke order for the furniture of all things neceſſarie for the warres,They deter|mine to reſt al the winter, & make fronter warre onely. to haue the ſame in a perfite readineſſe agaynſt the next ſpring, and till then they did appoynt onely to keepe fronter warke, that the Romains ſhould not ſtray abroade to fetche in vittayles and other prouiſions, to theyr owne gaynes and the vndoing of the poore inhabitants.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Vpon this determination when the coun|ſell was broake vp, Gal [...]e withdrewe into A|tholl, to defende thoſe parties, and Garnarde with the Daniſhe generall Gildo, furniſhed all the Caſtels and holdes in Angus, ouer agaynſt the riuer of Tay, to ſtoppe the paſſages of the ſame, that the enimies ſhoulde enter no further on that ſide. Thus paſſed the winter for that yeare, without any griat exployte on either part atchieued.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the beginning of the nexte ſommer,Agricola ſen|deth forth his nauie of ſhips, to diſcouer the furtheſt poynt of Brytaine northwarde. Agri|cols appointed his nauie of ſhips to ſayle aboute the coaſtes of the furtheſt partes of Albion, ma|king diligent ſearch of euery creeke and hauen a|longſt by the ſame. The Mariners execũting his commaundement, [...]ayled rounde aboute the Northe coaſte, and diſcoueryng many of the Weſterne Iſles, and likewiſe thoſe of Dr [...]ney, till at length they founde out Picte lande Firth, being a ſtreyte of Sea, of twentie miles in breadth, whiche ſeparateth the Iſles of Orkney from the poynt of Cathineſſe, paſſing with ſo ſwifte a courſe, that without an expert pylote the ſhippes that ſhall paſſe the ſame are often|times in great daunger, by reaſon of the contre|ry courſe of the tydes.

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