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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The anſwere made to the Pictiſh Am|baſſadours.Herevnto anſwere was made, by conſent of the nobles of Brytayne, that the league whiche was concluded betwixt Arthur and Loth, endu|red but for the life times of them two onely, and to ceaſſe by eyther of their deathes: therefore Ar|thur had done nothing contrarie to any pact or promiſe made, but according to the duetie of a Prince that tendred the weale of his ſubiects, had prouided them one to ſucceede him of their owne nation, for doubt leaſt the realme after his deceaſe ſhould fall into the handes of ſtraungers, whiche in no wiſe ought of right to be ſuffered. There|fore if the Pictes loued the ſuretie of their owne eſtate, it ſhoulde be good for them to holde them|ſelues contented with their owne boundes, leaſt if they ſought for other mens liuings, they might happely within ſhort time perceyue, what doth enſue oftentimes vppon ſuch raſh and vnaduiſed attemptes.