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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The good counſel of graue men is deſpiſed.There were in deede ſome auncient perſona|ges amongſt them, that ſpake againſt this inſo|lent outrage of the people, alledging that in time of proſperous ſucceſſe men ought to vſe a mode|ſtie: but certain youthfull perſons offended with ſuch graue aduiſe, thruſte the authors therof out of the Churche, within the whiche they were as then aſſembled.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Scots are animated.The Scottes being certified hereof, were no|thing therewith diſcouraged, but rather put in good hope of better ſucceſſe, ſith the enimies a|buſed themſelues thus in tyme of felicitie.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Pictes fall at variaunce within them ſelues.The next ſommer after, the Pictes aſſembled their power together, and ſetting forewarde to|wardes the Scottes, thorough a light occaſion they fel at variãce amongſt themſelues, & fought with ſuche hatred together, that the king was not able to apeaſe the fray til nyght parted them in ſunder.

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