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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And euen as it oftentymes chaunceth in ſuche caſes, where wordes are but ſpent in waſt, giftes yet preuayle:The procla|mation for the auoyding of all Scottiſhe men forth of the whole Iland of Bry|taine. ſo alſo came it to paſſe euen here, for at length a Proclaymation came forth by procurement of the Picts, that al ſuch as were naturall Scottiſhe men, ſhoulde by a certayne day auoyde oute of thoſe Countreyes that they poſſeſſed in Brytayne, vppon paine of loſing life and goodes, and to delyuer vp theyr houſes and landes vnto ſuche Brytaynes and Pictes as were appoynted by the Romaines for to enioy the ſame.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Scottes perceyuing themſelues not able to make any reſiſtaunce,The Scottes plagued for their beaſtly crueltie. obeyed thys com|maundement, ſome of them paſſing ouer into Ireland, ſome into the weſterne Iles, and ſome of them got ouer alſo into Norway, and Den|marke, and manye there were that got inter|taynment amongeſt the Romaine Souldiers, and went ouer with them into Fraunce, as yet called Gallia, to ſerue in the warres there, EEBO page image 91 and in other places vnder y^e Emperors enſignes.