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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Gald with his Scots now being thus disappointed of the Picts his chéefest aid, durst not ieopard to trie the chance of battell with the enimies, but determi|ned with light skirmishes, and by withdrawing of vittels out of their walke, to stop them from further proceeding in conquest of the countrie, & in the mean time to prouide against the next summer new aid and succors to kéepe the field, and so to incounter with them, puissance against puissance, if they re|mained so long in the countrie. The Scots resting vpon this resolution, thought good to send some hono|rable An ambassage frõ the Scots to the Picts. ambassage vnto the Picts to mooue them vnto mutuall agréement & concord amongst themselues, whereby they might be able to resist the common ru|ine of their countrie as then in present danger to be oppressed by the Romans.