Compare 1587 edition: 1 Other there be,Diuerſitie of opinions tou|ching the ori|ginall begin|ning of the Graymes. that affyrme how this Graym was a Brytayne borne, and that through hate which he bare towardes the Romaines for their cruell gouernment, he fledde forth of his natiue Countrey, and continued euer after amongſt the Scottes, as firſt in Denmarke, and after|wardes in Albion, euer readie to doe what diſpleaſures hee coulde deuiſe agaynſt the Ro|maynes EEBO page image 98 and other theyr friendes or ſubiectes. Of thys Graym thoſe Scottes which vnto this day beare that ſurname, are ſayde to bee diſ|cended.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But now to the purpoſe, ye ſhall vnderſtand, that after that it was knowne in forraine coun|treys, howe the Scottes had gotte foote agayne within thoſe Regions in Albion, which theyr elders of auncient tyme had poſſeſſed, there came dayly dyuerſe companyes of that Nation out of Spaine,The Scottiſh men returne into theyr Countrey. Fraunce, Germanie, and Italye, (where during the tyme of theyr baniſhment they had ſerued vnder ſundrye Captaynes) vnto Ferguſe to ayde hym, in recouerie of theyr Countrey and auncient ſeates,Ferguſe inua|deth the con|fines of the Brytaynes. oute of the whiche they had beene moſte cruelly expulſed. So that Ferguſe nowe ſeeing hys power thus not a little augmented by theyr comming, en|tereth into the borders of Kyle, Carrik, and Cunningham, ſpoyling and harrying thoſe Countreys on euery ſide: but ſhortly therevpon commeth the armie of the Romains,The Scots put to the worſe. with whom the Scottes encountering in battaile, receyued no leſſe domage than they minded to haue done vnto theyr aduerſaries. Wherevpon being for|ced to leaue that Countrey, they drewe backe into Argyle, where Ferguſe wyntered for that part of the yeare which yet remayned.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 When Sommer was come, he was coun|ſayled to haue eftſoones offered battayle vnto Victorine,Victorine in|uadeth Gal|loway. who as then was entered Galloway, & rather to trie the vttermoſt poynt of Fortunes chaunce agaynſt him, than to ſuſtaine ſuch diſ|pleaſures and iniuries at the Romaines handes, as by them were dayly done vnto him and hys people, but there were other that gaue other ad|uice, alledging how the daunger was great to ieopard againe in battaile with the Romaines,Ferguſe is diſ|ſwaded to fight with the Romanes. being mẽ of ſuch ſkill and practiſe in the feates of warres, conſidering what loſſe had chaunced in the two former battayles. Againe, there was great likelyhoode, that if he coulde be contented to forbeare for a tyme, and ſeeke to defende the bor|ders of his Countrey, ſo well as he might with|out giuing battayle,The Romaine Empyre inua|ded by barba|rous nations. it muſt needes come to paſſe that ſhortly the Romaine Empyre ſhoulde bee brought vnto ſuch ruynous decay, by reaſon of the multitude of enimies, whiche as then inua|ded the ſame on eche ſide, that in the ende Vic|torine doubting his owne ſuretie, woulde con|uey himſelfe wyth his men of warre out of the Countrey, and then ſhoulde it bee an eaſie mat|ter for the Scottes and Pictes, to recouer again all ſuche Countreys, as aunciently belonged to theyr elders, and whollye to reſtore the eſtates of theyr common wealthes vnto theyr former dignities.