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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Pictes alſo reioyſing greatly at the newes of his comming, [...]payred vnto hym,The Picts ioy|fully receyue Ferguſe. and ſhewed him all the honour that might be de|uiſed, beſeeching him to pardon and forget all iniuryes and diſpleaſures by them wroughte and contryued in tymes paſte agaynſte the EEBO page image 96 Scottiſh nation, ſithe now they were readie for the aduauncement thereof to ſpende theyr lyues agaynſt ſuch as were enimies to the ſame.The Pictes craue pardon excuſing them ſelues. Nei|ther was the fault theyrs, in that Hierguſt had conſented with the Romaines to baniſhe the Scottiſh people, but in their auncetters, who be|ing blinded through the fayre wordes and ſweet promiſes of the Romaines, ſawe not the myſ|chiefe which they brought vpon their own heads, and their poſterities. Therefore they deſired him to renue againe the league betwixt the Pictiſhe and Scottiſh Nations, with ſuch conditions of appoyntment as it ſhoulde pleaſe him to pre|ſcribe.