Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus was that tumult appeaſed,The Picts be|come tribu|taries. and the Picts commaunded to pay yearly vnto the Em|perours procurator the fourth parte of all theyr reuenues growing of theyr corne and cattell. Beſide this trybute hee charged them alſo wyth diuerſe baſe ſeruices, as to labor in mettal mines,They are put to their baſe ſeruices. to digge ſtones forth of the quarreys, and to make bricke to bee ſent into Brytaine, or into o|ther places whyther it pleaſed hym to com|maunde it.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The cauſe why hee burdened them in ſuche ſort was (as hee ſayde) to teache them to knowe themſelues. For they were become ſo loftie ſithe the departure of the Scottiſhmen out of the Ile, that if they were not reſtrayned in time by au|thoritie of the Romaine puiſſaunce, the whole EEBO page image 94 Britiſh nation were like to be ſhortly diſquieted, by theyr wilfull meanes and inſolent preſump|tions.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Neither was it thought ſufficient vnto Vic|torine to charge the Pictes in manner as is be|fore ſpecified,The Pictes are commaunded to dwell be|yonde the wa|ter of Forth. but to theyr further greeuaunce hee deuiſed an other way, whereby to bring them in the ende vnto vtter deſtruction, whiche was this: he conſtrayned them togither with theyr wyues, children, and whole familyes, to re|moue beyonde the water of Forth, and to leaue all the Countreys on this ſyde the ſame water as well thoſe whiche they aunciently had in|habited, as the other which of late apperteyned vnto the Scottes, and were aſſigned vnto them by Maximus to poſſeſſe, after that the Scottes were expelled.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Wherevpon Uictorine being informed of their doo|ings, raised a power, and made such spéed towards them, that he was gotten so neere vnto the citie of Camelon, yer they had anie knowledge of his ap|proch, that Durstus with ether of the nobles, being Durstus is besieged of the Romans. as then within the same, could not haue space to es|cape their waies, but being foorthwith besieged with|in it, at length they were taken by force of assalt, and the citie sacked, to the great inriching of the Romane armie, and vtter vndooing of the poore inhabitants. Durstus with other the chiefest prisoners were first Durstus is brought priso|ner to London had vnto London, & from thence conueied to Rome, there to haue iudgement by decrée of the senat. The residue of the nobles that were taken there, suffered in the market place at Camelon. Thus was that tu|mult The Picts become tribu|taries. appeased, and the Picts commanded to paie yearlie vnto the emperors procurator the fourth part of all their reuenues growing of their corne and cat|tell. Beside this tribute he charged them also with di|uerse They are put to their base seruices. base seruices, as to labor in mettall mines, to dig stones foorth of the quarries, and to make bricke to be sent into Britaine, or into other places whi|ther it pleased him to command it.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The cause why he burdened them in such sort, was (as he said) to teach them to know themselues. For they were become so loftie, since the departure of the Scotishmen out of the Ile, that if they were not re|streined in time by authoritie of the Romane puis|sance, the whole British nation were like to be short|lie disquieted by their wilfull meanes and insolent presumptions. Neither was it thought sufficient vn|to Uictorine, to charge the Picts in maner as is be|fore specified; but to their further gréeuance he deui|sed The Picts are comman|ded to dwell beyond the water of Forth. an other waie, whereby to bring them in the end vnto vtter destruction, which was this: he constrei|ned them togither with their wiues, children, & whole families, to remooue beyond the water of Forth, and to leaue all the countries on this side the same wa|ter, as well those which they ancientlie had inhabited, as the other which of late apperteined to the Scots, and were assigned to them by Maximus to possesse, after that the Scots were expelled.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 All which countries thus by the Picts now left void, were appointed by Uictorine to the Britains, as subiects to the empire, to be inhabited. And for a perfect diuision betwixt the Picts and the same Bri|tains, A wall made to diuide the Britains from the Picts. he commanded a wall to be made, & a trench to be cast alongst by the same, from Abircorne, through the territorie of Glascow vnto Alcluth, or Aldcluch, now called Dunbreton, so running from EEBO page image 81 the east sea to the west. Héereto proclamation was The Picts forbidden to passe ouer be|yond that wall made, that if anie of the Pictish nation did enter|prise to passe this wall, and to enter into the British confines without licence of the magistrats, he should die for it. Whilest the Picts through their owne fault are thus brought into most miserable subiection of the Romans, the Scotishmen (as is said) being ba|nished the land, liued in other countries by shifting out the time so well as they might, some continuing The Scots liue in other countries. with their wiues and children, got a poore liuing with their hands, exercising some science or occupation. Other there were that followed the warres, and ser|ued vnder sundrie woorthie capteins here and there, as occasion serued.