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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Picts de|ſire ayde of the Scots againſt the RomainsIn the meane time came certaine Ambaſſa|dours from the Pictes vnto this Mogall, re|quyring him of ayde agaynſt the Romaines and Brytayns, who by a ſodaine inuaſion had done much hurt in Pictlande, to the great diſtreſſe of the inhabitants.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The ſame time they of Galloway certified him alſo by letters,The Romains inuade the Scottiſh bor|ders. that the ſame Romains had made a rode into theyr Countrey, and ledde away a great bootie of goodes and priſoners.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Mogall hauing a mynde no leſſe gyuen to deedes of chiualrie, than to the ſtudie of ciuill go|uernment and religious deuotion,Mogall re|quireth reſti|tution of wrongs done by the Ro|maines. reioyſed that he had iuſt occaſion giuen him to ſhewe ſome proufe of his valiant inclination, and ſo herevp|pon ſent an Herald at armes vnto the Romains, requyring to haue reſtitution and amendes for the iniuries thus by them committed.

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