Compare 1587 edition: 1 After this Crathlynt king of the Scots deli|uered frõ troubles againſt the Romains, deuiſed ſundry good ordinances for the quiet ſtate of the Scottiſh cõmon wealth, cauſing the peace to be diligently obſerued betwixt him and the Pictes.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 Alſo in his dayes the perſecution of the Chriſtians chaũced,The perſecutiõ of the Chri|ſtians by Dio|cletian. which the Emperour Dio|cletian cõmaũded to be executed in moſt furious wiſe, ſo that there were fewe partes of the world (where any Chriſtians were knowẽ to inhabite) that taſted not of that his cruell ordinaunce and ſcourge in that behalf. In Brytaine alſo, as wel as in other places, there was no ſmall quantitie of innocent bloud ſhed, with moſte vnmercifull murder committed, to the greate triumphe of Chriſtes croſſe, that glorious enſigne of our re|ligion.