Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 The Pictes ſue for peace.Within fewe dayes after, the Pictiſhe king Druſkene ſent his ambaſſadors vnto king Kẽ|neth to ſ [...]e for peace. Kenneth was contented to heare them, and promiſed to graunt a peace, ſo they would ſurrender into his handes the gouer|nement of their kingdom due vnto him by right of inheritance. But this condition being vtter|ly refuſed of the Picts, was ye cauſe that the war was eftſoones renewed with more crueltie than before.Kenneth get|teth Mernes, Angus, and Fyfe. The yeare nexte enſuing this battayle, Kenneth got Mernes, Angus, and Fyfe into his handes, furniſhing all the caſtels and holds with men, munition, and victuals. But whyleſt hee went about to ſubdue the countreis about Ster|lyng, worde was brought him that ſuch [...] he left thus in gariſon in thoſe countreys, were be|trayed by the inhabitauntes, and ſlayne euerye mothers ſonne.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 Fyfe is put to the fyre and ſworde.Kenneth wonderfully kindled in wrathe for the newes, left off his treatie which thẽ he had in hande with the people of Menteth and Ster|lingſhire for their ſubmiſſion, and returned in greate haſt towardes Fyfe, where being arriued, he put all to the fire and ſword, not leauing one alyue of the Pictiſhe nation within all thoſe quarters.