Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the middes of this trouble Vter king of the Brytaynes departed this worlde,The death of Vter poiſoned by drinking water of a wel. poyſoned (as ſome haue written) by drinking water taken out of a foũtain, which the Saxons had enuenomed. He died in the yeare after the byrth of our ſauiour 521. and in the xviij. of his owne raigne.521.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After his deceaſſe, Loth king of the Pictes ſent his Ambaſſadours vnto the Lordes,Loth requy|reth the king|dome of Bry|tayne. and other the eſtates of the Brytiſh dominions, requyring thẽ according to the accuſtomed lawes, and aunci|ent ordenances of the Realme, to receyue him as king, ſith he had maryed the ſiſter and heyre of the two brethren Aurelius Ambroſe, and Vter, their two laſt kings, being as then both deceaſed with|out leauing behinde them any lawfull iſſue, by reaſon whereof, their eſtate was fallen vnto him, to enioy the ſame during his life, hauing maryed (as is ſayde) theyr owne naturall and lawfull borne ſiſter, and after the deceaſſe of him and his wife the ſayde ſiſter, then it ought by courſe of the lawes of all Realmes and Countreys to diſcende vnto ſuch iſſue as hee had begot of hir, whiche was two ſonnes, the one named Mordred,Mordred and Gawane. and the other Valuane, or Gawane, as ſome doe call him.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Brytaynes diſdainfully vſing the Pic|tiſh Ambaſſadours that came with this meſſage,The Brytaines refuſe to re|ceyue either Loth or any of his ſonnes to raigne ouer them. refuſed not onelye to come vnder ſubiection of Loth, but alſo denyed that his ſonnes begot of his lawfull wife, the ſiſter of Aurelius and Vter, ſhoulde haue any rule or gouernment amongeſt them, as thoſe that were no Brytaynes borne, but ſtraungers vnto them, being both borne and vpbred in a forraine countrey.