Compare 1587 edition: 1 Moreouer when the ſayde Ambaſſadours ſhould departe,The preſent ſent by Crath|lynt vnto the king of the Pictes. he tooke vnto them to deliuer frõ him as a preſent vnto theyr Maiſter certayne horſes, with Houndes and Greyhoundes, ſuche as he thought that kyng Thelargus wanted.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 80 Diuers Pictiſh Lordes come vnto Crathlint to hunt and make merie with him.And ſhortly after ye returne of theſe ambaſſa|dours into theyr countrey, diuers yong Gentle|men of the Pictiſhe nobilitie repayred vnto king Crathlynth, to hunte and make mery with him, but when they ſhould depart homewardes, per|ceyuing that the Scottiſh dogges did far excelle theyrs,A prayſe of the Scottiſh dogs. both in fayreneſſe, ſwiftneſſe, hardineſſe, and alſo in long ſtanding vp and holding out, they got diuers bothe dogges and bitches of the beſte kindes for breede to be giuen them by the Scottiſh Lordes,The Pictes ſteale one of the kings beſt greyhoundes. and yet not ſo contented, they ſtale one belonging to the king from his keeper, being more eſteemed of him than all the other whiche he had aboute him. The Maſter of the leaſhe being enformed hereof, purſued after them which had ſtolẽ that dogge, thinking in deede to haue taken him from them, but they not willing to departe with him,The Scottes & Picts ſight for a greyhound. fell at altercation, and in the end chaunced to ſtrike the Maſter of the leaſh through with theyr boore ſpeares that hee died preſently, wherevpon a noiſe and crie being ray|ſed in the countrey by his ſeruants, diuers of the Scottes, as they were goyng home from Hun|ting, returned, and falling vpon the Pictes to re|uenge the death of theyr fellowe,What miſchief enſued vpon ſo light an occa|ſiõ, as the ſtea|ling of a dog. This chaunced about the yere of Chriſte .288. as 10. Ma. no|teth. there enſued a ſhrewde bickering betwixte them, ſo that of the Scots there died .lx. Gentlemen, beſides a great number of the commons, not one of them vnder|ſtanding till al was done what the mater ment. Of the Pictes there were aboute an hundred ſlayne.