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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Scottes ſende into the Iſle of Man, for Fincomarke his ſonnes. After the death of Fethelmacus the nobles & cõmons of the Scottiſh natiõ ſent into the Iſle of Man for Eugenius the ſonne of king Finco|marke, where he wt his brother Ethodius had re|mained, during the dayes of the .iij. laſt remẽbred kings. Romacus, Anguſianus, & Fethelmacus.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Euge|nius.THis Eugenius at his cõming into Albanie was inueſted king of the Scots by cõmon conſent of all the nation. About the ſame ſeaſon Maximus the Romaine lieutenãt in Brytain, vnderſtanding of the late diſſention betwixt the Scottiſh men & Picts,Eugenius is inueſted king. deuiſed whiche wayes he might beſt ſubdue both thoſe nations, therby not onely to enlarge the boundes of the Romaine Empyre, & to deliuer the Brytains from inua|ſions of thoſe ſo cruell enimies, but alſo to haue the ſouth part of the Iſle more obedient & loyall vnto the ſame Empyre than heretofore it had bene.The practiſe of Maximus to deſtroy the Scottes. He thought good therfore in ye beginning to aſſay if he might ioyne in friendſhip with the one of the natiõs, til he had deſtroyed the other: for he cõſidered it would be an harde peece of worke to haue to do with them both at one inſtant time.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Whervpõ directing his letters vnto Hierguſt king of the Pictes,He ſendeth vn|to Hierguſt king of the Pictes. he required to renewe the old league with him & his people, promiſing to ayde him againſt the Scots, cõmon enimies not only to the Pictiſh natiõ, but alſo to all ſuch people as loued reſt & quietneſſe, as might eaſily be percei|ued by their continuall practiſe & vſage, euer ſee|king to diſturbe their neighbours with rodes and forrayes, ſo that it ſtood with a general common wealth to haue thẽ vtterly diſtrayed & extirped.

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