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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Hierguſt right ioyful of theſe newes, gaue har|tie thanks vnto almightie God, that had moued the Romaine lieutenant to make ſuch offer vnto him, wherby the furious rage of y^e Scots might be once repreſſed, & put away frõ his people, and therfore willing to cõfirme a friendſhip with the ſame lieutenãt, he promiſed to renew the aunci|ent league betwixt the Romains & Picts,Hierguſt his anſweare vnto Maximus his meſſage. vpon any reaſonable cõditiõs, which he ſhould deuiſe, not only requiring his ayde at this time againſt the ſayd Scots, but alſo at all other as occaſion ſhould demaund.Maximus and Hierguſt ioyne in friendſhip, and the Scottes proclaymed enimies to thẽ both. Maximus hauing receyued this anſweare, he foũd meanes alſo to come to a cõmunication with Hierguſt neare vnto Yorke, where the league was cõfirmed betwixt them, & therein y^e Scots not only adiudged for cõmon e|nimies, both to y^e Romains & Brytains, but alſo to the Picts. And further therwith were certaine orders appoynted how the warre ſhould be pur|ſued with al expeditiõ againſt thẽ. Theſe things thus finiſhed, & both the Princes returned to their homes,An Herald ſent frõ Maximus vnto Eugenius Maximus ſente an Heralde vnto Euge|nius the Scottiſh king, cõmaunding him on the behalf of the Romaine Empire, to make reſtitu|tiõ for al wrõgs & iniuries done vnto the Pictiſh nation. And further to deliuer into the handes of Hierguſt the king of the Picts the authors of the ſame wrõgs & iniuries, to be puniſhed at his diſ|cretiõ, or if he would refuſe thus to do, that thẽ he ſhould looke to haue the Emperour and the Ro|maine people enimies vnto him & all his nation.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Eugenius for anſwere herevnto,The anſweare of Eugenius vnto the He|rald. declared that ſith his entring into the gouernmẽt of the Scot|tiſh eſtate, hee had done nothing that might be thought preiudiciall either to the Romains or to the Brytains their ſubiects: And as for the Picts he would be gladde to haue a peace, with them if there might bee amends made for all diſplea|ſures done on either parte, according as ſhoulde be thought to ſtande with equitie and reaſon. EEBO page image 88 Neyther did hee ſee what cauſe the Romains ſhoulde haue to make warres for the Pictes, a|gaynſt thoſe that had done them no diſpleaſure: but if it were ſo, that hee muſte needes haue warres, he would do what in him lay to defende the libertie of the Scottiſh natiõ, truſting chiefly in the ſuccours of almightie God, who vſed to fauour the cauſe of the iuſt and innocent, againſt ſuche as ſought to wrong them vpon fayned quarrels without occaſion giuen.