Compare 1587 edition: 1 Brudus ſucce|deth his father Feredeth.Neyther did Brudus the ſonne of Feredeth, (whome the Pictes had choſen to ſuccede after his father in the kingdome) fynde any ſpeedy re|dreſſe to withſtande thoſe dayly inuaſions thus made by the Scots vpon his countreis and ſub|iectes, for he was but a ſlouthfull perſon, & very negligent in his office, whervpon he was had in deriſion of his own people,The Pictes. ſ [...]ew thir ſloth|full king. who in the end ſlew him amongſt themſelues before he had reigned fully the terme of one whole yeare.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 Keneth king of the pictes.Then ſucceeded Keneth, the ſecond ſonne of Feredeth, with no better happe or ende than his brother. For gathering togither an armie of his ſubiects,The king caſt|ing of hys ar|mour ſleaeth He was ſlayne by a plough man. and comming with them into Angus, he came no ſooner within ſighte of his enimyes, but that caſting off his armour, he fled inconti|nently, leauing his people in the fielde. And for that his haſte, was ſlayne by a Ploweman that [figure appears here on page 171] met him by chaunce, and knew him not, but per|ceyued yet howe he had fled from his company, and therefore deſerued not to haue any other fauour.