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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Septimus Se|uerus. H. B.Ethodius raigned. xxxiij. yeares, vntyll the latter dayes of Caracalla the Emperour. Hee was buryed at Dunſtafage with all ſuche pom|pous ceremonies as was accuſtomed about the enterrement of kings in that age.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In his dayes Lucius the King of Brytaine receyued the fayth with a great part of his peo|ple,Brytayne re|ceyueth the Chriſtian faith in the yeare 187. beeing the yeare after the byrth of our Sa|uiour, as the Scottes Chronicles haue 187. but after the Brytiſh 177.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Satra|hel. [figure appears here on page 70] After the death of Ethodius, his brother Satra+hel or Serra|hell (as ſome write hym,) was choſen to ſucceed by the common con|ſent and voy|ces of al the eſtates of the Realme. For although Ethodius left a ſonne behinde him, yet bycauſe hee was very yong in yeares, hee was thought inſufficient to haue ſo great a charge (as the rule of a kingdome) committed vnto his handes.

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