Compare 1587 edition: 1 At the laſt aboute .x. yeares after the conclu|ſion of this laſt peace, it chaunced that one Co|nanus the ſonne of the aboue mencioned Cona|nus deſcended of the bloud of the Octauij ſome|time kings of the Brytains, ſore maligned to ſee his countrey thus brought into thraldome of the Scottiſh nation, and deuiſing how to find ſome redreſſe, called togither the moſte parte of the Brytiſh nobilitie, by ſecrete meſſages home to a manour place whiche hee had within a thicke woode in the countrey of Kent, and there ope|ning vnto them a great peece of his minde, per|ſwaded them with the weightieſt reaſons hee could imagine, to leuie warre againſt the Scots and Pictes, hauing at that preſent, meane to EEBO page image 109 maintaine it aſwell by reaſon of theyr increaſe now ſithence the laſt warres, bothe of able men, as alſo of ſubſtaunce to furniſh them with.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 Here the nobles were of ſundrie opinions: for ſome aweried with the note of bondage,The Brytons hauing re|ſpect to their ſonnes and kinſmen lying in hoſtage would not a|gree to breake the peace. would gladly haue had warres: other hauing regarde to theyr ſonnes lying in hoſtage with the eni|mies, would in no wiſe conſent thereto: by rea|ſon whereof this counſell brake vp without con|cluſion of any effect.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 When eche man was returned to his home, there had bene ſome amongſt them, that gaue knowledge to the confederate kings what mo|cion had bene made, and what was intended a|gainſt them. Whervpon they immediatly deter|mined not onely to cauſe the hoſtages to be ex|ecuted, but alſo to purſue the rebelles with fierce and cruell warres.The kings of the Scots and Pictes offen|ded with the conſpiracie of the Brytons, preſcribe vnto them new ar|ticles to be performed. Yet before they practiſed any violence, they ſent theyr ambaſſadours vnto the Brytains, to vnderſtande theyr full meaning, and to declare vnto them further certaine arti|cles whiche the ſayde kings required to haue per|formed without all delayes, or els to looke for o|pen warre out of hande.