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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Agricola caused it to be newlie fortified, and fur|ther through fame of this victorious beginning, he recouered the most part of all the castels and fortres|ses of Pictland. The forenamed Karanach escaping out of that present danger, got him beyond the wa|ter Karanach [...]eth beyond the Firth. of Firth, for the more suertie of his owne person. Agricola hauing sped thus in Pictland, marched foorth against them of Annandale, who at the first ma|king resistance for a time, at length were constrei|ned to giue backe, and so fled to their houses, where in the night following by their owne wiues they were murthered each mothers sonne: for so the wo|men of that nation vsed to put awaie the shame of The Scots of Annandale slaine by their wiues. their husbands, when they at any time had fled out of the field from their enimies.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Agricola vnderstanding that by winning him fame in the beginning, it should be no small furthe|rance vnto him for the atchiuing of other enterpri|ses in time to come, determined to pursue his good fortune, and therevpon prepared to subdue the Ile Here is a ma|nifest error in the Scotish writers, ta|king Man for Anglesey. Agricola as|saileth the Ile of Anglesey and not Man as Hector Boe [...]ius mistaketh it. of Man; but wanting vessels to conuey his armie ouer, he found meanes that such as could swim, and knew the shallow places of that coast, made shift to passe the goolfe, and so got on land, to the great woon|der and amazing of the inhabitants, who watched the sea coasts, to resist such ships as they looked for to haue arriued vpon their shore: but now despairing to resist such kind of warriors as indangered them|selues to passe the seas in that maner of wise, they submitted themselues vnto Agricola.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Who taking pledges of them, and appointing cer|teine garisons to kéepe diuers holds and places of defense within that Ile, passed ouer with the residue The Ile of Ang [...]sey is subdued by Agricola. of his people into Galloway, where he soiourned all the winter following: which being passed, and sum|mer once come, he assembled his men of warre a|gaine, and visited a great part of that countrie with Kile, Carrike, and Coningham, the inhabitants whereof he put in such feare with the onelie shew of his warlike armie, disposed in such politike order and wise conduct, that there was none to be found that durst aduance themselues to incounter him, so that he spent that summers season in kéeping such of the Scots as had beene aforetime subdued, from at|tempting any commotion. And when winter was come, he assembled the nobles of the countrie, ex|horting Agricola stu|dieth to bring the Scots vnto [...]itie. them by gentle persuasions, to frame them|selues to a ciuill trade of liuing, as well in building of temples, houses, and other ed [...]ces after the Ro|man maner, as also in wearing of comelie and de|cent apparell; and aboue all things to set their chil|dren to schoole, to be brought vp in eloquence and good nurture. By this meanes he thought to traine them from their accustomed fiercenesse, and to win them the sooner to be content with bondage, though he coloured it with neuer so faire a glose of huma|nitie.

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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Agricola cau|ſeth it to be fortified.Agricola cauſed it to be newly fortified, and further through ſame of this victorious begin|ning, he recouered the moſt parte of al the caſtels and fortreſſes of Picte lande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The forenamed Karanath eſcaping out of that preſent daunger,Karanath fle|eth beyõd the Firth. got him beyonde the water of Firth, for the more ſuretie of his owne perſon.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Agricola hauing ſped thus in Pict lãd, mar|ched foorth againſt them of Annandall: who at the firſt, making reſiſtaunce for a time, at length were conſtreyned to giue backe, and ſo fledde to their owne houſes, where in the night following by their owne wiues they were murthered eche mothers ſonne: for ſo the women of that nation vſed to put away the ſhame of their huſbandes when they had at any time fled out of the fielde,The Scots of Annandale ſlaine by their wiues. from theyr enimies.