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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Ferguſe.Ferguſe by conſent of his Nobles anſwerd, that he was contented to ſtabliſh the league with them, euen according to the tenour of the aunci|ent agreement, and to ioyne his power wyth theyrs to helpe to reſtore them vnto their former eſtate and liberties, ſo that they woulde bee con|tented to ſurrender vp into the Scottiſhe mens handes, all ſuch townes and Countreys, from the which they had beene expulſed by great fraud and iniurie. And as for the diſpleaſures done to the Scottiſhe men in tymes paſt by ayding the Romaines agaynſt them,The Picts pu|niſhed for their vntruthes (as he thought) the Pictes had felt puniſhment ynough for the ſame alreadie, being reduced into moſt ſeruile and mi|ſerable bondage, as iuſtly rewarded by almightie God for their great vntrouthes, vſed and ſhewed towardes theyr auncient neighbours, faythfull friendes and allies.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Pictes were throughly pleaſed and ſa|tiſfied with Ferguſe his wordes, ſo that within few dayes after, theyr king (whome they had lately choſen ſith the time that the Scottiſh men were thus returned) came vnto Ferguſe,The auncient league renued again betwixt the Scottes and Pictes. and ra|tifyed the league with him, according to the ar|ticles of that other whiche in tyme paſt had beene obſerued on the behalfe of the Scottiſhe and Pictiſh nations, with ſuch ſolemne othes and aſ|ſurance, as betwixt princes in ſemblable caſes, of cuſtome is requiſite and neceſſarie.