Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the meane whyle the Pictes noting the wante of all vertuous qualities thus in the king of Scottes,The Picts ſtãd in feare of the king of Bry|tains. and agayne what takens of vali|aunt courage appeared in the king of the Bry|tains, doubted leaſt if hee ſhoulde ſeeke to re|uenge olde iniuries againſt them, they ſhoulde be little able to matche him without ayde of the Scottes, (whereof they had ſmall truſte nowe, by reaſon of the inſufficiencie of the Scottiſhe king) they deuiſed a meane howe to ridde the Brytiſhe kyng out of the way, and ſo appoyn|ting certain ſlie felows to go into Britain for ye accõpliſhment of their deuiſed purpoſe, at length the ſame was brought to paſſe, as in the engliſh EEBO page image 112 Chronicles yee ſhall finde more at large though in the ſame Chronicles there is mention made but of one Picte that ſhoulde worke this feate, where the Scottiſh wryters recorde of diuers, whiche neuer the leſſe were apprehended, and af|ter bound both hande and foote, were caſt into a a mightie great fire, and therein brent to aſhes in moſt miſerable wiſe, as by the ſayde Scottiſhe wryters it appeareth.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 Conſtantine the Scottiſhe king is ſlayne by one whoſe doughter he had rauiſhed. Anno. 481.The death of this Conſtantine king of Bry|tons, happened in the .xv. yeare of Conſtantine king of Scottes, neyther liued he long after, for hauing rauiſhed a noble mans daughter, borne in the weſterne Iſles, he was ſlayne by hyr fa|ther in the night ſeaſon, after hee had reigned in great infamie for his reprochfull life, the ſpace of xvij. yeares.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 Don|gall. [figure appears here on page 112] THẽ was Dongall his nephew, as ſon to his brother Don|gard,Dongall the ſonne of Don|gard is made king of Scot|land. proclaymed king, a prince of diſpoſition indifferẽt either to peace or warre, though in the beginning of his reigne, he ſhewed himſelf more deſirous of peace than of warres, by reaſon the ſtate of the common wealth ſo required, conſide|ring how things ſtoode not all in the beſt order, through his predeceſſours negligence.