Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 80 Diuers Pictiſh Lordes come vnto Crathlint to hunt and make merie with him.And ſhortly after y^e 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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The kinſmen and friends of the Scottes that were thus ſlaine, were wonderfully moued with the iniurie committed, in ſo much that without commaundement of king or captayne, they aſ|ſembled in greate number togither,The Scottes robbe the Pi|ctiſh borders. and entring into the Pictiſhe confines, they began to robbe, ſpoyle and kill after the maner of warre, where|with the Pictes being ſet in a rage, came foorth togither into the field,The Scots and Picts encoũter in battaile. and encountring with the Scottes, there was fought a ſore battell betwixt them without Capitaine, order, or ſtanderd, till at length the victorie remayned with the Picts, of whome were ſlaine notwithſtanding the day went on their ſides,The Scottes diſcomfited by the Pictes. about .ij.M. men, but of the Scots there died aboue .iij.M. or more, as was ſuppoſed.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Of what con|tinuance the league was be|twixt the Scots and Pictes, and now broken a|bout a ſmall matter, as be|gonne about a dogge.Thus vpon a light occaſion was the league broken betwixt theſe two nations, who had con|tinued as friends, the one ſtill readie to ayde the other, euer ſithe the dayes of king Reutha, being the .vij. in number that raigned after Fergus.