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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Pictes were ſo cruel and diligent to ſee all the Scottiſh linage confined, that they would not conſent that a certaine number of gentlewo|men ſhould remaine behinde,The cruel dea|ling the Picts. who had their huſ|bandes ſlaine in the laſt warres, and made in|terceſſion in moſte lamentable wiſe vnto Maxi|mus, that they might bee permitted to abide in their natiue Countrey all the reſidue of their ly|ues, though in ſeruile eſtate, to the ende that they might bee buryed after the ſame were once ended in graues with their ſlaine huſbandes.