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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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 About the same time by commandement of king Gald, and other the gouernors of Scotland, all the a|ble men of Cantire, Lorne, Murrey land, Luge|marth, Al the Scots assemble. also those of the westerne Iles, & of all other parties belonging to the Scotish dominions, were appointed to assemble and come togither in Atholl, at a place not passing fiue miles distant from the castell of Calidon now cleped Dunkeld, there to abide the comming of Karanach king of the Picts, to the end that ioining togither in one armie, they might work some high exploit. But he hauing assembled fiftéene thousand of his men of war, as he marched alongst by the mounteine of Granzbene, in times past cle|ped Mons Grampius, there chanced a mutinie a|mongest his people, so that falling togither by the eares, Karanach himselfe comming amongst them Karanach K. of the Picts slaine by mis|fortune of one of his owne subiects. vnarmed as he was to part the fraie, was slaine pre|sentlie at vnwares, by one that knew not what he was. By reason of which mischance that iournie was broken, for the Picts being vtterlie amazed and dis|comforted héerewith, skaled and departed asunder.

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