Compare 1587 edition: 1 Anguſianus therefore vnderſtanding what daunger he was in, if he fell into his aduerſaries hands, got togither an armie of ſuch as fauoured his cauſe,Romacus van|quiſheth An|guſianus. & encountring with him in battel was put to flight, & forced to flee into the Weſterne Iſles with his couſin Fethelmacus, where re|maining for a while, at length he was aduertiſed that the inhabitants had conſpired againſt him, for doubt whereof he got him ouer into Ireland.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 [figure appears here on page 84] ANguſianus beyng thus chaſed out of the realme,Roma|cus. Romacus was receyued by the moſt part of the nobles and cõmons for theyr king:Romacus is receyued for king. But as the accu|ſtomed manner of ty|rants cõming thus to the gouernement of a realme, through euill meanes is to rule with crueltie, ſo did he behaue himſelf, according to that ſemblable rate, ſo ſoone as hee thought himſelfe to be ſure of the eſtate. Wherefore ſuche as had borne any euill will to Fincomark, & were out of fauour in his dayes, thoſe did Romacus call vnto him, & afterwarde vſed their councel aboue al other mens, aduaun|cing them alſo to moſte high rule & riche offices. Againe thoſe whiche had bene in fauour with Fincomark,Romacus go|uerneth tyran|nically. or bare any affection towardes his iſſue, he ſought couertly to bereaue them both of life, landes, and goodes, ſo that by ſuche his do|ings, there was gathered no light ſuſpitiõ, that he would likewiſe ere long find meanes to diſpatch Ethodius and Eugenius the ſonnes of the ſame Fincomarke,Ethodius and Eugenius the ſonnes of Fin|comark, are conueyed into the Iſle of Mã. therby to be the more aſſured of the crowne & kingdome it ſelf. The two childrẽ alſo fearing aſmuch on their owne behalfe, by the ad|uiſe & help of their truſtie friendes, conueyed thẽ|ſelues into weſtmerlãd, & after ouer into the Iſle EEBO page image 85 of Man, where they remayned looking for a day.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 Then began baniſhments, confiſcations of goodes, & ſlaughter of ſuch as were thought to be fauourers of Anguſians cauſe, without reſpecte either of ſexe or age,The Scottiſhe Lordes cõſpire againſt Ro|macus. til the nobles of the Realme being not a little moued with ſuch his cruell do|ings, & tirannicall gouernment, conſpired togi|ther by ſecrete meanes how to deliuer their coũ|trey of ſo pernicious a tyrant: And to bring this their purpoſe the more ſpeedily to paſſe, they wrought ſo cloſely, that they had aſſembled a great armie, & were come with the ſame within x. miles of the place where he then lay, ere he had any vnderſtanding of their enterpryſe, ſo that whereas he (being vnprouided of reſiſtance) aſ|ſayed by flight towardes Pict land to haue eſca|ped their hands,Romacus ap|prehended and put to death. it preuayled him nothing, for he was taken by the way, and receyued ſuch end as his former paſſed life had very well deſerued, in the .iiij. yeare of his raigne: his head was ſet vpõ the end of a pole, & caried about to be ſhewed vn|to the people to their great reioyſing. There were ſlaine alſo at the ſame time beſides him, diuers Scots & Pictes, who had bene of councell with him in al his cruel practiſes.Anguſianus proclaymed king. After which executiõ done, they ſente for Anguſianus, who returned into Scotland, & was proclaimed king, aſwel by conſent of the Lordes, as fauour of the cõmons. Aboute the ſame time bicauſe the Brytons had ſlaine the Romaine lieutenant, the Emperour Conſtantius ſent one Maximus thither to cha|ſtiſe the rebels, with whom the ſame Maximus encountring in battell gaue them a great ouer|throw. And within three dayes after Octauius king of the Brytons, through griefe, age & long ſickneſſe, being conſumed to the laſt point, depar|ted this life. He left a ſonne behinde him named alſo Octauius, who doubting to fall into y^e hãds of the Romains, fled into the Iſle of Man, & re|mayned there certaine yeares vnknowen with Eugenius and Ethodius, the ſonnes of Finco|mark. The Brytons alſo perſiſting in their re|bellion, were eftſoones diſcomfited in battel by Maximus, and ſore by him perſecuted til he had brought them againe to their full ſubiection.