Compare 1587 edition: 1 As oration of king Kẽneth.It is the duetie of a good Captayne, when he hath the victory in his handes, and as yet the warres not ended, if he minde the preſeruation of himſelfe and his countrey, and to vſe the vi|ctorie as hee ought, not to ceaſſe from purſuing the enimies once vanquiſhed, till hee haue ey|ther made them his frendes, or elſe vtterly de|ſtroyed and ridde them out of the way: for if a|ny man ſhall thinke it beſte to ſuffer the enimie to remayne in quiet after he be once weakened and brought to a lowe ebbe, till time peraduen|ture he ſhall haue recouered his forces agayne, he ſhall procure to himſelfe (as I geſſe) more daun|ger than happely hee is well ware of. And that we may ſpeake ſomewhat of this daunger now preſent, the ſtate of the Pictiſhe kingdome (as yee know) is ſore enfeebled, theyr power being diminiſhed by force of warre, is brought to that poynt, that it reſteth in our handes vtterly to deſtroy and exterminate the whole nation. Whiche act ought to be abhorred if it were poſ|ſible for vs by any meanes to drawe them (our honour ſaued) vnto our frendſhippe. But the Picts are of ſuch a ſtubborne nature, and ſo deſi|rous of reuenge, that ſo long as there remayneth any one of them aliue, they will beare in theyr hartes a deſire to reuenge all ſuche loſſes as they haue in any wyſe ſuſtayned by this warre. Wherevpon I doo verily beleeue that there is none of the Pictiſhe nation from hence foorth, will beare any faythfull frendſhip towardes the Scottes. Therefore ſithe wee can not make the Pictes, thus lately ſkourged by vs, our frendes, I thinke it beſte (excepte wee will neglect our owne ſafeties) vtterly to deſtroy the whole na|tion, by putting to the ſwoorde not onely bothe men and women, but alſo all theyr youth and yong chyldren: leaſt they, deyng diſcended of that lynage, hereafter in time to come, arme thẽ|ſelues to the reuenge of theyr parentes deaths, and that not without perill of the vtter loſſe of our countrey and kingdome.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This ſentence of the king,The commons allowe the kings ſaying. though it ſeemed ouer cruell to many, yet whether for that they ſawe the ſame to ſtande with the kings pleaſure, or that they thought it moſte expedient for the ſuretie of the Scottiſhe common wealth, it was allowed and ratified by them all.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Such crueltie herevpõ was forthwith ſhew|ed through one all the Pictiſh regions,A cruel acte committed by the Scots vpon the Pictes. that there was not one liuing creature of humane ſhape left aliue, killing ſuch as ſaued themſelues with|in the walles of Camelon, or in certaine other holdes and fortreſſes, and alſo aboute twoo thou|ſande of thoſe that fledde into Englande: for all the reſidue were moſte vnmercyfully murthered and ſlayne without reſpect eyther to age, ſexe, profeſſion, or eſtate.