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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe two nations beyng thus fallen at de|bate, it was wonder to vnderſtand with what crueltie the one ſought to deſtroy the other. No pitie might moue their cruell hartes to ſpare ey|ther man,Cruell warres. woman or childe that fell into theyr handes: Suche was theyr inordinate and lyke deſire which they had to ſhedde ech others bloud.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length Thelargus king of the Pictes be|ing a very aged mã,Thelarg. king of the Pictes being an aged man, deſireth to haue peace, and thereupon ſendeth his ambaſſadours vnto Crathlin [...]. & perceyuing what miſchief was happened through the follie of a few wilful perſons, appoynted certaine of his counſell to go as Ambaſſadours vnto king Crathlynt, to finde ſome meanes to haue the mater taken vp, for the auoyding of the imminent daunger that was like to enſue to both nations.