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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Whoſe death being once knowne,The Pictes are forbidden to create a king. Victorine commaunded that the Pictes ſhould not chooſe a|ny other from thenceforth, to raigne as King o|uer them, nor to obey any other Magiſtrates, but onely ſuch as ſhoulde bee appoynted to haue the gouernment of them, by commaundement and commiſſion of the Romaine Emperour. For it was agreed, as he alledged, by the tenour of the league, concluded betwixt Hierguſt and Maxi|mus, that after the deceaſſe of the ſame Hierguſt, all his dominions ſhoulde bee gouerned by Ro|maine officers in fourme of a Prouince. How|beeit the Pictes nothing regarded the wordes of Victorine,Durſtus is cho|ſen king of the Pictes. but by common agreement choſe one Durſtus the ſeconde ſonne of Hierguſt to bee their king.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Wherevpon Victorine beeing enformed of theyr doings, rayſed a power, and made ſuche ſpeede towardes them, that hee was gotten ſo neare vnto the Citie of Camelon, ere they had a|ny knowledge of his approch,Durſtus is be|ſieged of the Romaines. that Durſtus with other of the Nobles, beeing as then within the ſame, could not haue ſpace to eſcape their wayes, but being forthwith beſieged within it, at length they were taken by force of aſſault, and the citie ſacked, to the great enryching of the Romaine armie, and vtter vndooing of the poore Inhabi|tauntes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Durſtus with other the chiefeſt priſoners were firſte had vnto London,Durſtus is brought pri|ſoner to Lon|don. and from thence conueyed to Rome, there to haue iudgement by decree of the Senate. The reſidue of the nobles that were taken there, ſuffered in the markette place at Camelon.

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