Compare 1587 edition: 1 This franke liberalitie and curteous behaui|our he vſed not onely towardes the Romaines, and his other men of warre, but alſo towardes the Brytaynes and Pictes, conforming hym|ſelfe ſo neare vnto theyr manners and faſhions, that at his comming into Pictlande, he layde a|way his Romaine apparell, and arayed himſelfe in garments after the Pictiſh guiſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 By this maner of meanes therefore hee wan him ſuch loue and fauour, as well amongeſt his ſouldiers, as alſo amongſt the Pictes and Bry|taynes,Maximus is choſen Empe|rour in Bry|tayne. that in the ende by common conſente they choſe him for Emperour, in the 383. yeare after Chriſte, proteſting generally, that they would owe onely theyr obeyſance vnto him as to their ſupreme gouernour.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Here the Scottiſh Chronicles ſomewhat va|rie from other writers, who affyrme that Maxi|mus EEBO page image 93 was thus aduaunced to the Imperiall dig|nitie, rather by conſtraint of his men of warre, than by any meanes which he of himſelfe vſed to attaine vnto the ſame. Where the ſaide Chroni|cles neuertheleſſe ſhewe, that it came chiefly to paſſe by his owne ſeeking, procuring certain per|ſons to worke for him as inſtruments to frame other to this his purpoſed intent.