Compare 1587 edition: 1 Victorine the other of the Romaine Le|gates hearing of the deathe both of Martius and Conſtantine,The Lieutenãt of the north commeth to London. remoued from Yorke vnto Lon|don, the better to prouide for the ſafe keeping of the lande to the Emperour Honorius hys vſe: for that hee doubted ſundrie daungers whiche might chaunce, by reaſon the Countrey was as then vnprouided of men of warre, the moſte part of them beyng tranſported ouer into Fraunce, with the forenamed Conſtantine, and not a|gayne returned.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Pictes enfourmed of theſe things,The Picts ſend ſpeedily vnto Ferguſe. ſente him to make haſte, ſith if he ſhould haue wiſhed worde with all ſpeede vnto Fergus, requiryng him to make haſte, ſith if he ſhould haue wiſhed for a conuenient tyme, a better coulde not bee deuiſed: conſidering the preſent ſtate of things as well in Brytayne, as in other partes of the Romaine Empyre, the people euerie where being readie to moue rebellion.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Ferguſe vnderſtanding the whole, by ſuche meſſengers as ſtyll came one after ano|ther vnto hym from the Pictes, hee haſted to departe wyth all diligence: and when all things were readie, hee tooke the Sea with hys ar|mie, and within eight dayes after,Ferguſe arry|ued with his ſhips in Mur|rey Fyrth. he arryued in ſafetie wythin the Fyrth of Murray lande with all his veſſelles and people, where ta|king lande, and worde thereof beeing brought into Irelande, into Orkeney, and into the We|ſterne Iles, all ſuche of the Scottiſhe lynage as lyued in thoſe partes in exyle, came wyth theyr wyues, children and whoſe families in moſte ſpeedie wiſe vnto hym, as thoughe the Countrey had beene alreadie recouered out of the enimies handes, withoute all doubtes of further perill or buſineſſe.