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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Whileſt theſe troubles cõtinued in BrytainNectanus king of the Pictes maketh ſore warres vpon the Scottes. Anguſianus king of Scots was ſore diſquieted by Nectanus king of Picts, who enforced him|ſelf to reuenge the death of his couſin Romacus, making ſundrie rodes & forrayes into the Scot|tiſh confines, & greatly endamaged the countrey, by ſpoyling of goodes, murthering of the inhabi|tants, & brenning of townes with the villages, & in the end hauing his power increaſed by the ays [figure appears here on page 85] of certaine Scottiſh men, which had borne good will to Romacus, he preaſſed ſo ſore vpõ Angu|ſianus, that he had no remedie but to trie the ha|zard of battell in a pitched fielde: for no friendly perſwaſiõs to haue peace or any agreemẽt could be hard, though Anguſianus made hũble ſuite to haue purchaſed the ſame. Wherefore perceiuing no hope of attonement, he prepared an army, & met his enimie in the field, where after ſore fight and much ſlaughter, the victorie remayned with Anguſianus,The Picts diſ|comfited by Scottes. & Nectanus with his Pictes were chaſed and forced to ſaue themſelues by flight.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Nectanus himſelfe neuer reſted till he came vnto Camelone, where he called a counſell of his nobles to haue theyr aduiſe by what meanes he might be reuẽged of the iniuries receyued by the Scots, wherof he was moſt deſirous,Nectanus de|ſirous of re|uenge. not regar|ding into what daunger he brought his owne realme, ſo he might ſomewhat eaſe his rancour and diſpleaſure, whiche he had thus conceyued againſt his enimies the Scottes.