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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The commons of the lande, vnderſtanding what was demaunded by theſe ambaſſadours, were in a wonderful rage, and would haue made a great ſturre if they had not bene quieted by the Lordes,The cõmons of Brytaine of|fended with their gouer|nours. who for theyr paines taken herein, got them an euill report amongſt the inferiour ſorte of people, as though through theyr wante of ſtomake only, the common wealth was brought into ſuche a miſerable eſtate, that looke what pleaſed the enimie to charge the Bryttiſh nation with, no man durſt once ſpeake againſt it.