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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Hereto he [...] cauſed the league to be renued be|twixt the Scottes, Pictes, and Brytaynes, the auncient ordinaunce for the Countreyes beyond Humber,The league be+twixt Scottes, Pictes, and Bri+tains is renued beeing appointed to remayne vnto the Scottiſhe men and Pictes: alſo that the Sax|ons ſhoulde bee reputed common enimyes to all the three Nations, and that vpon inuaſion made by any forraine power, the Scottes, Pictes, and Brytanes, ſhould ayde one another as occaſion ſerued.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This league beeing concluded with theſe articles of couenauntes was the more ſtrongly confyrmed, by reaſon of ſuch affinitie and ally|aunce as then alſo enſued. For whereas Aure|lius had two ſiſters, the one named Anne, and the other Ada, virgins both.Anne the daughter of Aurelius giu [...] in mariage vn [...]to Loth king of Pictes. Anne beeing the elder, was gyuen in maryage vnto King Loth, by whome certaine yeares after hee had iſſue two ſonnes, Mordred, and Walwan, or Galwan, with a daughter named Thametes: Ada beeing the yonger ſyſter, was maryed vnto Conranus,Ada maried vnto Cõranus. generall (as is ſayde) of the Scottiſhe armye. Howbeit ſhe lyued not paſt two yeares after, but dyed in trauayle of childe, which alſo dyed wyth the mother. And ſo ended the alyance of Aurelius and Conranus.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Brytaynes beeing delyuered through the victorie and meanes afore rehearſed from the cruell handes of the Saxons, enioyed ioyfull peace certaine yeares after, but in the meane time dyuerſe of thoſe Saxons which were lycenced to remayne in Brytayne, counterfeyting to be|come Chriſtians, vſed neuertheleſſe to make ſa|cryfice vnto Idolles, according to the manner of the Gentyles, whereof theyr Prieſtes beeing accuſed and condemned,Diuers Saxons Idolaters are burned. ſuffered death by fyre for that offence, accordingly as the lawe dyd then appoynt them.

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