Compare 1587 edition: 1 Brudus vnderſtanding by this anſwere,Brudus ſẽdeth an ambaſſador vnto Edwyn king of Eng|land for ayde with a ſumme of money. that the Scots would ſtill follow the warres againſt the Picts, to be the better able to withſtand their malice, he purpoſed to procure the friendſhip of the Engliſhmen, to haue their ayde agaynſt the Scottes. He ſent therfore his ambaſſadors with a great ſumme of money vnto Edwyn king of Northumberlande, requiring him of his fauour, and to haue ſome number of his people for his wages to ſerue him againſt the Scots.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Edwyne receyuing the moneye promiſed to come himſelfe with a myghtie armie,The money is receyued & aide promiſed. at what tyme and place Brudus ſhould appoint, to goe againſt the Scottes in defence of him and his ſubiectes the Pictes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Many of the Pictes reioyced greately,The picts ſom doe reioyce, and ſome my|ſtruſt of the engliſhe mens aſsiſtaunce. that they ſhould haue ayde thus of the Engliſhmen, hoping therby to haue aſſured victorie of theyr aduerſaries. Other myſtruſted not a little the Engliſhmens offers, by reaſon of the olde enimi|tie betwixt the Pictes and them.