Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Thus whilest the kings of the Scots and Picts were concluding a league togither for defense of themselues and their countries, certeine Scots en|tred into the confines of Kile, Carrike, and Coning|ham, and wan diuers fortresses, wherein certeine garrisons of Romane souldiers soiourned, whome The Scots slea the Ro|man souldiers lieng in cer|teine garisons The riuer of Clide, other|wise called Clude. Agricola re|pelling the Scots, could not yet win the castell of Dunbreton, ancientlie called Arold|cluch, or Al|cluth. they slue downe right without all mercie, spoiling the whole countrie. Agricola hauing knowledge hereof, went streightwaies thither with a power, and pursuing them that had doone those iniuries, some he tooke amongst the hilles and mounteines, whither they fled; and the residue he chased beyond the riuer of Clide, but the castell of Dunbreton he could not by any meanes obteine, though he assaied to win it euen to the vttermost of his power. It was called in those daies Alcluth, that is to meane: All stone. The Scotishmen being thus driuen backe, Agricola repared such castels and fortresses as they had ouerthrowne and beaten downe.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In the yeare following, being the fift after the first comming of Agricola into Britaine, he caused his ships to be brought about frõ the Ile of Wight into the water of Lochfine in Argile, thereby to put his enimies in vtter despaire of escaping his hands either by water or land: and therevpon passing ouer the riuer of Clide with his armie, and finding his nauie there, he set vpon the countrie of Lennox, in purpose to subdue the same. But after he had made Agricola inuadeth Lennox. sundrie skirmishes with the inhabitants, he was certified by letters from the gouernor of Camelon, that the Picts were readie to rebell, by reason wher|of he left off this enterprise against the Scots, and drew backe into Pictland, leauing a part of his ar|mie Agricola re|turneth into Pictland, to appease a re|bellion of the people there. He returneth vnto Clide. to keepe possession of the water of Clide, till his returne againe into those parties. At his com|ming into Pictland, he appesed the rebels with small adoo, punishing the chéefe authors according to their demerits. This doone, he returned vnto the water of Clide, lieng all that winter beyond the same, ta|king order for the gouernment of those parties, in due obedience of the Romane empire.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 The summer following he appointed his nauie to search alongst by the coast all the hauens and créeks Agricola pur|sueth his en|terprise against the Scots. of Argile, and of the Ilands néere to the same. Whi|lest he by land passing ouer the water of Leuine, went about to conquer townes and castels, though halfe discouraged at the first, by reason of the rough waies, streict passages, high mounteines, craggie rocks, thicke woods, déepe marishes, fens and mos|ses, with the great riuers which with his armie he must néeds passe, if he minded to atteine his pur|pose: but the old souldiers being inured with paines and trauell, ouercame all these difficulties by the wise conduct of their woorthie generall and other the cap|teins and so inuading the countrie tooke townes and castels, of the which some they beat downe and raced, and some they fortified and stuffed with garisons of men of warre.