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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This grudge of the commons encreaſed ſo farre foorth agaynſt their ſuperiours, that after the Scottiſh and Pictiſh ambaſſadours were re|turned home, with anſweare agreeable to theyr demaundes,The commõs of Brytaine cõſpire againſt the nobles. there aroſe incontinently a great cõ|motion of the people, conſpiring togither to the vtter deſtruction of the whole nobilitie. But their furie was repreſſed, ſo that they were ouer|throwen in battell at twoo ſeuerall times with great ſlaughter and bloudſhed, wherevpon they withdrew into the mountaynes, and there kepte themſelues, making reyſes vpon the nobilitie, and fetching booties away from the heardes & flockes of cattell belonging to the Lordes and Gentle|men: but finally through famine which beganne to oppreſſe bothe partes,One eſtate of men can not liue without helpe of ano|ther. they perceyued what neede the one had of the others helpe and ſo they agreed. This ciuill warre ſore decayed the force of the Brytons, for beſide the greate ſlaughter that was made betwixt them, by the aduoyding of the commons out of their houſes, the ground lay vntilled, whereof enſued a marueylous great ſcarcetie & dearth of all things, by reaſon wherof an innumerable ſorte of people died. Yet ſhortly after followed ſuch plentie,Superfluous wealth occaſiõ of vice. that thoſe that were left aliue forgetting the paſſed miſeries, gaue themſelues to all kinde of vice, whiche tooke ſuch roote in the harts of the more parte of them, that for any man to vſe any maner of vertue amõgſt them, was a readie meane to procure great enuie and hatred.