Compare 1587 edition: 1 The victorie thus atchieued, Maximus ſur|ueyeth the Countreyes of Kyle, Carricke, and Conningham, with that alſo of Calidone, and ſeazeth the ſame into hys handes, ſuffering the Inhabitauntes to enioye both goodes and landes in peace and quietneſſe vppon theyr othes of allegeaunce, wythoute anye further mole|ſtation.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Hierguſt King of the Pictes with other the Nobles of that Nation,Hierguſt de|ſireth the vtter deſtruction of the Scottes. were nothing conten|ted therewith, deſirous to ſee the vtter deſtruction of all the Scottiſhe race. Wherevnto Maxi|mus at the firſt would not agree, alledging the ancient cuſtom of the Romains, who ſought ra|ther to vanquiſh by benefites, than by the ſword, euer vſing to ſpare ſuche as ſubmitted themſel|ues, and in no wiſe to ſpot their honour nor ma|ieſtie of their Empyre with crueltie.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But the Pictes not ſatiſfied herewith,The earneſt ſute of the Picts to haue the Scottiſhe men baniſhed and expulled out of the Countrey. went about earneſtly to perſwade him in no condition to ſuffer the Scottes to haue any abyding with|in the confines of Brytayne, if hee wiſhed anye quietneſſe in the eſtate thereof, for theyr delyght (ſayde the Pictes) was onely ſet to ſeeke occaſi|ons howe to diſturbe the peace, to liue by the pyl|lage and ſpoyle of theyr neighbours, and name|ly of the Pictes, vnto whoſe confuſion (as the Prophecies ſpake) they were begotten and borne. Finally when all theyr earneſt ſute myſſed the wiſhed effect, they fell to,Where wordes faile, gyftes preuaile. and aſſayed if they might bring that to paſſe by wicked meede and through corrupting brybes, whiche they coulde not do by other meanes.