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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Pictiſh Ambaſſadours returning home with this anſwere,The Pictes purpoſe to be reuenged on the Brytaines by open war. cauſed the whole Nation to take ſuch diſdaine therewith, that immediately they reſolued to reuenge their wrongs, by open warres: but firſt they thought good to trie if they might procure the Scottiſh mẽ to take part with thẽ in reuenge of ſuch iniuries as they had in like maner lately receiued at y^e Britains hãds.The Picts ſo|licite both Scottes and Saxons to make warre vpon the Bry|taynes. More|ouer, repenting themſelues, that they had in times paſt ayded the Brytaynes againſt the Saxons, they purpoſe to trie if they might now moue the ſame Saxons eftſoones to make warres vpon the Brytains, thereby to be the better able to main|taine their owne quarell againſt them.