Compare 1587 edition: 1 Conſtantine being in ſuch wiſe preferred, be|haued himſelfe ſo honourably, and with ſuche a ſhew of gentle demeanor, that he wan him much prayſe, with an opinion of high worthineſſe a|mongſt all the Brytiſh nation.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In this meane time was Loth the king of the Pictes deceaſſed,Lothian ta|keth the name of Loth the Pictiſh king. leauing his name as a perpetual memorie vnto his Countrey of Pictlande, the which euer ſithence, as a remembraunce of his worthineſſe, hath beene called Lothian, or Law|thian.Mordred ſuc|ceedeth Loth in the king|dome of Pict|lande. But his ſonne Mordred ſucceeding him in gouernment of the Pictiſhe kingdome, and hearing that Conſtantine was proclaimed heyre apparant of Brytayne, was ſore moued there|with, and immediately ſending his Ambaſſadors vnto king Arthure, complayned,Mordred cõ|playneth vnto king Arthure, for that Con|ſtantine was created hys heyre apparãt. for that contra|rie to the honour of his kingly eſtate, he had bro|ken the league concluded betwixt him and hys father late of famous memorie king Loth, wher|in it was agreed amongeſt other things, that there ſhoulde none ſucceede in the kingdome of Brytayne, after Arthures deceaſſe, but the chil|dren begotte betwixt King Loth and his wife Queene Anne, or ſuche as diſcended of them: where contrariwyſe it was notifyed vnto the Pictiſhe people, that Conſtantine the ſonne of Cadore was elected Prince, and there|by enabled as heyre apparaunt to the crowne.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 They required him therfore to cal himſelfe to remembrance, & not ſo lightly to agree vnto the EEBO page image 133 flattering perſwaſions of the Brytains, aduiſing him vnto that thing which was meerely repug|naunt to reaſon, and agaynſt both Gods lawes and mans, admoniſhing him withall to obſerue the league, according to the othe, which he had ſo|lemnly taken vpon him, and to moue his ſubiects to do the like, leaſt for the contrarie, they ſhoulde prouoke the wrath of almightie God againſt thẽ, who is the iuſt reuenger of all ſuch as go aboute to breake leagues and couenanted pactions.