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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 They according to theyr inſtructions com|ming to the place where Crathlynt as then ſo|iourned, had much ado to get licence to come vn|to his preſence: but at length being admitted, they vſed ſuche humble perſwaſions grounded vpon reaſonable conſiderations,A truce graun|ted that although no peace could be fully cõcluded, yet a truce was graunted them for three moneths ſpace, whiche was but ſoryly obſerued, for deadly hatred and inward deſire of reuenge was entred ſo farre in|to the breſtes of the commons on bothe ſides, that neyther commaundement nor puniſhment might ſtay them from the inuading of one an o|thers confines, maugre theyr Princes and all theyr ſore reſtraints.