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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the meane time liued the Scottiſh and Pictiſh kings in good quiet and reſte, applying their ſtudies onely howe to inſtruct theyr people now after the warres were once ended,The Scots ap|ply thẽſelues to peace. in lauda|ble exerciſes and neceſſarie occupations, conue|nient for the time of peace, wherby their realmes might floriſh in wealth and proſperitie without dreede of any forraine power. For they ſaw ſuch tokens of ruyne in the Brytiſh eſtate, as ſmall likelyhood appeared, that the ſame ſhould at any time be able to recouer againe the former force and dignitie.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Finally the Scottiſh king Eugenius hauing aduaunced the eſtate of his countrey vnto more felicitie & wealth than any of his predeceſſours had euer done before him,The death of Eugenius the Scottiſh king. after hee had raigned xxx. yeares, he ended his life about the .iiij. yeare of Leo, that vſurped the Empyre of Conſtanti|nople.