Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus appointed in the dead of the night, they enter the chambers to eche of them aſſigned, where (as is ſayd) the lordes laye faſte a ſleepe, EEBO page image 174 who being at the firſt as it were half awakened, were wonderfully amazed at the ſtrangeneſſe of the ſight (doubting whether it wer but a dreame or ſome true and vnfayned viſion.) Herewith al|ſo were heard certaine ſeueral voyces, farre grea|ter than thoſe of men, declaring that they were meſſengers ſente from almightie God vnto the Scottiſh nobilitie, to commaunde them to obey their king,Of ſuch ſligh|tes there were many in thoſe dayes: and of|tentimes no dout eſtemed to be heauen|ly viſions in deede. for his requeſt was iuſt: The Pictiſh kingdome due vnto him by rightefull heritage, ought to be recouered from that people, which for their great offẽces and ſinnes towards almigh|tie god ſhould ſhortly come to vtter deſtruction: ſuch was the determinate pleaſure of his diuine maieſtie, againſt the whiche might neyther coũ|ſell nor puiſſance of man be able to reſiſt.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 When the counterfaited meſſengers had thus made an ende of their wordes, they ſlightly hid their ſtaues vnder their innermoſt garmentes, & therwith quikly cõueyd their vppermoſt veſtures made of fiſh ſkales (as I haue ſaid) into their bo|ſoms in ſuche ſlight and nimble wyſe, that it ſe|med theſe viſions had ſodeynly vaniſhed away.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thoſe lordes that had ſeene theſe ſightes, lay ſtill for that night, greatly muſing on the mater. In the morning being got vp, and aſſembled in the counſell chamber, they declared to eche other what they had ſeene and heard in the nyght paſ|ſed, and for that all their viſions which they had ſeene by eche others reporte, were in euery behalfe lyke, and nothing differing one from an other, they beleeued verily, that it was ſome celeſtiall oracle and meſſage ſent from God. Therefore preſently they goe vnto the king,The lords de|clare their vi|ſion vnto the king. declaring vnto him how they had been admoniſhed from aboue, to continue the warres with all their forces a|gainſt the Pictes.