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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Their captain was one Caldorus a Pict born.The Brytiſhe Cõmons riſe againſt Tre|bellius, one Caldorus a Pict beeing their captaine. There were alſo diuerſe of the Britiſhe nobilitie amongeſt them not knowne, for they were diſ|guiſed in ſtraunge apparel, counterfeiting them|ſelues to be of the vulgar ſort. The furie of theſe people was great, but yet in the ende the politike order of the Romains vanquiſhed them,The ſame com+mons are van|quiſhed. howbait not without great ſlaughter on both ſides.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Caldorus eſcaping the handes of this enimies, fled into his natiue countrey of Pictland,Caldorus re|ioyceth at the ſlaughter as wel of the one part as of the other. not a little reioyſing that he had procured ſuch ſlaugh|ter amongſt the Romaines and Brytaines, both being enimies to him and his countrey.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Suche priſoners alſo of the Brytaynes as fell into hands of the Romaines, were hanged vp, vpon ſundrie trees and gibets: whereat other of the Brytains being offered, in ye night ſeaſon. EEBO page image 68 tooke downe thoſe deade bodies,The ſpite of the Brytaynes ſhewed to|wardes the Romaines. and hanged vp as many of the Romaines in theyr places, the truth beeing neuer knowne who were the doers of that act.

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