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.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thys Satrahell was ſubtile of nature, and a greate diſſembler, whoſe purpoſe was to de|fraude the iſſue of hys brother Ethodius from attayning at any tyme vnto the rule of the king|dome,Satrahel ſee|keth to de|ſtroy ſuch as were in fauor with his pre|deceſſor. and therefore to bring hys purpoſe the better to paſſe, hee founde forged matter agaynſt all ſuch as were familier friends vnto Ethodius, thereby to put them vnto death. Neyther dealt hee any thing more ſincerely with a great num|ber of other of his wealthie ſubiectes, whoſe landes and goodes hee onely ſought to enioye at his owne will.