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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The chiefeſt pointes of which articles were theſe. Firſt that the Brytons ſhould not aſſem|ble togither in councell without licence of the Scottiſh and Pictiſh kings,Impudent ſer| [...]itrie intru|ded vpon the Brytons by the proude & cru|ell Scots, if it be tr [...]e. notwithſtanding that their auncient lawes they might vſe at their pleaſure, but they ſhould receiue no ſtraunger in|to their countrey being a Romaine or a French|man, neither merchaunt nor other. Their olde hoſtages they ſhould receyue home againe, and deliuer in exchaunge of them twice ſo many in number of the like age and degree, as was coue|naunted by the former league.