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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 He helde the dominion of the Empyre being thus preferred to the Imperial eſtate,Maximus ru|led the eſtate of Brytaine xvii. yeares. the ſpace of fiue yeares. All the countreyes and people of Al|bion beeing at his cõmaundement without con|tradiction: which had not chanced vnto any one mã before his time, ſith y^e Ile was firſt inhabited.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length deſirous of more Empire, he paſſed ouer into France with a mightye armie, in pur|poſe to ſubdue al France and Italie, with ſuch o|ther countries as were obedient vnto Gratian as then Emperor of Rome.The Emperor Gratian is ſlain by Maximus. But how proſperouſly he ſpedde in the beginning, and how at length he was ſlain at Aquileia in Italy, ye ſhal find in y^e hiſtorie of England a great deale more at large.