Compare 1587 edition: 1 About the ſame ſeaſon alſo (as is ſuppoſed) li|ued that huge perſonage Fyn makcoel,Fynmakcoel [...] the great hũ|ter. a Scot|tiſh man borne, of. vij. cubites in heyght. He was a great hunter, and ſore feared of all men by rea|ſon of his mightie ſtature, and large limmes: many fables goe abroade of him, not ſo agreable to the likelihoode of a truth, as ought to be regi|ſtred in an hiſtorie, and therefore here paſſed ouer with ſilence.

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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Romaine Empyre being brought into irrecouerable ruyne by the Vandalles, Gothes, Hunnes, Frenchmen, and other barbarous na|tions, occupying ſundry partes and porcions thereof, put the Brytains out of all hope to haue any aſſiſtance from the Emperours, which cau|ſed them to remayne in quiet certaine yeares without attempting any exployte agaynſt the Scots or Picts, and ſo duely payde theyr coue|nãted tribute, though ſore againſt theyr willes, if they might otherwiſe haue remedied it.Conanus a Bryton goeth about to per|ſwade his coũ|trey men, to breake the peace conclu|ded with the Scots & Picts.