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.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 54The Romaine mariners therfore finding cer|taine huſband men in the next Iſles, conſtreines them to go a ſhipborde, and to guide them tho|row that ſtreyte, promiſing them high rewardes for theyr labour: but they vpon a malicious in|tent not paſſing for their owne liues, ſo they might be reuenged of theyr enimies in caſting away ſuche a notable number of them togither with theyr veſſels, entred the fireyte at ſuche an inconuenient time,The Romaine ſhips through want of pylots are loſſe in Pictlãd Firth. that the ſhippes were borne with violence of the ſtreame againſt the rockes and ſhelues, in ſuche wiſe that a number of the ſame were drowned and loſte without reco|uerie.