Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus continued the realme in quiet ſtate for certaine yeares togither, till it chaunced that di|uers of the nobles being togither on hunting, fell at variance,A fray amõgſt the nobles be|ing a hunting. and therevpon making a fray, ſun|dry of them were ſlayne. The beginners & ſuche as were moſte culpable were [...]ought for, by the kings officers, to haue bene had towarde, but they in diſobeying the arreſt, ſtroke and beate the officers very ſore, and immediatly therewith fled vnto Brudeus king of the Pictes, ſo by wilfull exile to ſafegard theyr liues.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Aydan, according to the maner in ſuch caſes accuſtomed,Kyng Aydan requireth to haue certaine Scottiſh out|lawes deliue|red at the han|des of Brudeus king of Pictes Brudeus by denying to de|liuer the Scot|tiſh outlawes, procureth warres to him ſelfe and his countrey. requyred to haue thoſe out|lawes deliuered vnto him, that he might do iu|ſtice vpon thẽ accordingly as they had deſerued.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 Brudeus taking pitie of the yong gentlemen, alledged many things in their excuſe, ſtill defer|ring to deliuer them, till at length hee procured warre to himſelfe and his countrey: For Aydan the Scottiſhe king offended in that he might not haue thoſe rebelles and publike offendors reſtored vnto him, he cauſed a number of his people, firſt to fetche a great bootie of cattell and pryſoners out of Angus.