Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe conditions of peace though they ſee|med very ſtreight and grieuous to the Brytiſhe nobilitie, yet for that they vnderſtoode not how to make a better bargayne, they perſwaded the multitude to accept them, and ſo a league there|vpon EEBO page image 108 was concluded amongſt thoſe people, and the publike ſtate of the lande brought to a more quiet rule than it had bene before. Thus were the Brytains made tributarie to the Scottiſh|men and Pictes,The Brytons tributary to the Scottes & Pictes. about .500. yeares after Iu|lius Ceſar had brought them in ſubiection to the Romains, being in the yere after the birth of our Sauiour .446.436. H. B. and of Eugenius his raygne ouer the Scottiſh men the .vij.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 [figure appears here on page 108] In this ſeaſon was this Iſle of Albion ſore infected with y^e hereſie of y^e Pe|lagians,The hereſie of the Pelagians. & ther|fore Pope Ce|leſtine ſent one Paladius a ler|ned man vnto the Scottes,Paladius ſente into Scotland. to preſerue thẽ frõ that infection, and ordeyned him Biſhop the firſt in Scotland that had his inueſture from Rome, for all the other before him, were ordeyned by the voyces or ſuffrages of the people, chooſing them foorth amongſt the Monkes and Prieſts called Culdeis, Of this Pala|dius, looke more in Ire|land. as the Scottiſhe Chronicles do reporte. Paladius with right good & wholeſome exhor|tations purged the Scottes and Pictes of ſun|drie ſuperſtitious rites of theyr olde Gentilliſh idolatrie, till thoſe dayes vſed amongſt them, wherevpõ he is named and reputed for the Scot|tiſhmens apoſtle.Paladius ac|compted the apoſtle of Scotlande. Hee lieth at Fordune, a towne in Mernes, where his relikes remained, and were long after had in great eſtimation.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Seruan biſhop of Orkeney, & Teruan arche|biſhop of pictland. [figure appears here on page 108] Moreouer he inſtituted one Seruan Bi|ſhoppe of the Orkeneys, y^t hee might in|ſtruct the in|habitãts there in the fayth of Chriſte, which as yet they had not recey|ued, and one Teruan, whõ he himſelf had baptyſed, hee made Archbiſhop of Picte lande.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Also they should giue thréescore thousand peeces 60000 pound saith Balan|tine, after the rate of Sco|tish monie. 20000 pound saith the same Balantine, so that he estee|meth those péeces of gold to be of the va|lue of French crownes. of gold then currant to the Scotish & Pictish kings, towards the dispatch of their souldiors wages, and further should yeeld as a tribute twentie thousand peeces of gold, to be paied yeerelie vnto the seuerall vses of the victorers. They should likewise deliuer one hundred hostages of such as the two kings shuld appoint, betwixt the age of eightéene and thirtie yeers. These conditions of peace though they séemed verie streict & greeuous to the British nobilitie, yet for that they vnderstood not how to make a better bargaine, they persuaded the multitude to accept them, and so a league therevpon was concluded a|mongst those people, and the publike state of the land brought to a more quiet rule than it had béene before. Thus were the Britains made tributarie to the Scotishmen and Picts, about 500 yéeres after The Bri|tains tribu|tarie to the Scots and Picts. 436. H. B. The heresie of the Pela|gians. Paladius sent into Scotland. Iulius Cesar had brought them in subiection to the Romans, being in the yéere after the birth of our Sauiour 446, and of Eugenius his reigne ouer the Scotishmen the seuenth.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In this season was the Ile of Albion sore infected with the heresie of the Pelagians, and therefore pope Celestine sent one Paladius a learned man vnto the Scots, to preserue them from that infecti|on, and ordeined him bishop, the first in Scotland that had his inuesture from Rome: for all the other before him were ordeined by the voices or suffrages of the people, choosing them foorth among the moonks and priests called Culdeis, as the Scotish chronicles Of this Pa|ladius looke more in Ire|land. doo report. Paladius with right good and wholesome exhortations purged the Scots and Picts of sundrie superstitious rites of their old gentilish idolatrie, till those daies vsed amongst them, wherevpon he is named and reputed for the Scotishmens apostle. Paladius ac|compted the apostle of Scotland. Hée lieth at Fordune, a towne in Mernes, where his relikes remained, and were long after had in great estimation.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 Moreouer he instituted one Seruan bishop of the Orkenies, that he might instruct the inhabitants Seruan bi|shop of Orke|nie, and Ter|uan archbi|shop of Pict|land. Unketh sights and strange won|ders appered. there in the faith of Christ, which as yet they had not receiued: and one Teruan, whome he himselfe had baptised, he made archbishop of Pictland. In these daies also manie strange sights were séene in sun|drie parts of Britaine before the last mentioned o|uerthrow: the moone being in plaine opposition to the sunne, when it should be most round, appeared in a quadrant figure. At Yorke it rained bloud: and trées in sundrie places being blasted, withered and died. The market place, or rather (if ye will so tearme it) Cheapeside in London opened, so that a great hole appeared, and manie houses were swallowed vp. A|bout the same season also (as is supposed) liued that Finmacoell the great hunter. huge personage Finmacoell, a Scotishman borne of seuen cubites in height. He was a great hunter, and sore feared of all men by reason of his mightie stature, and large lims: manie fables go abroad of him, not so agreeable to the likelihood of truth, as ought to be registred in an historie, and therefore here passed ouer with silence.