Compare 1587 edition: 1 After Eugenius the .v. ſucceeded Eugenius the .vj. who was the ſonne of Ferquhard,Eugenius the ſixt, ſucceedeth Eugenius the fifth. and by perſwaſion of Biſhop Adannan with whom he was brought vp) and of S. Cutbert, hee en|tred into league with the Northumberland mẽ:A league be|tweene the Scots & Nor|thumberland men. but he would at no hande ioyne in amitie with the Pictes, notwithſtanding hee was contented to take truce with them. But when hee ſawe the ſame oftentimes by them violated and bro|ken, to the great perill, domage & hinderãce of his ſubiectes, he cauſed the warre to be proclaymed,Truce taken with the Picts EEBO page image 152 and ſent them his defiaunce by an Herald. How|beit through the earneſt prayers (as is ſuppoſed) of the twoo biſhops Cutbert and Adannan (who had laboured earneſtly to haue brought thoſe people to a quietneſſe) this warre continued without any notable encoũter,Warre with|out any nota|ble encoũter. The death of Eugenius the [...]. 697. ſaue only by light incurſions (wherein no great bloudſhed chaun|ced) euen vnto the death of Eugenius, whiche fell in the yeare of our Lord.697. 697. and in the .x. yeare of his owne reigne.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 He was buried togither with the other Eu|genius, that laſtly reygned afore him, in the Ile of Colmekill, amongſt theyr predeceſſours.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 Wonderfull viſions ſeene.Many wonderfull viſions were ſeene that yeare in Albion, as the Scottiſhe chronicles make mention. In the riuer of Humber there appeared in the ſight of a great multitude of mẽ, a number of ſhippes vnder ſayle, as though they had bene furniſhed foorth for the warres.