Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In the meane time they tooke order for the furni|ture They deter|mine to rest all the winter, and make fronter warr [...] onelie. of all things necessarie for the wars, to haue the same in a perfect readines against the next spring, and till then they did appoint onelie to kéepe fronter warre, that the Romans should not straie abroad to fetch in vittels and other prouisions to their owne gains, and to the vndooing of the poore inhabitants. Upon this determination when the councell was broken vp, Gald withdrew into Athell, to defend those parties; and Garnard with the Danish gene|rall Gildo, furnished all the castels and holds in An|gus ouer against the riuer of Taie, to stop the passa|ges of the same, that the enimies should enter no further on that side. Thus passed the winter for that yeare, without anie great exploit on either part at|chiued.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In the beginning of the next summer, Agricola Agricola sen|deth forth his name of ships, to discouer the furthest point of Britaine northward. appointed his nauie of ships to saile about the coasts of the furthest parts of Albion, making diligent search of euerie créeke & hauen alongst by the same. The mariners, executing his commandement, EEBO page image 58 sailed round about the north coast, discouering ma|nie of the westerne Iles and likewise those of Ork|neie, till at length they found out Pictland firth, be|ing a streict of the sea of twentie miles in bredth, which separateth the Iles of Orkneie from the point of Cathnesse, passing with so swift a course, that without an expert pilot the ships that shall passe the same are oftentimes in great danger, by reason of the contrarie course of the tides. The Romane mariners therefore, finding certeine husbandmen in the next Iles, constreined them to go a shipbord, & to guide them through that streict, promising them high rewards for their labour; but they vpon a ma|licious intent not passing for their owne liues, so they might be reuenged of their enimies in casting away such a notable number of them togither with their vessels, entred the streict at such an inconueni|ent The Romane ships through want of pilots are lost in Pictland frith. time, that the ships were borne with violence of the streame against the rocks and shelues, in such wise that a number of the same were drowned and lost without recouerie.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Some of them that were not ouer-hastie to fol|low Agricola ma|king a bridge ouer Tay wa|ter, passeth by the same with his host, and incampeth néere to the foot of the mounteine of Granzbene. the first, séeing the present losse of their fellows, returned by the same way they came vnto Agricola, who in this meane time had caused a bridge to be made ouer the riuer of Tay, by the which he passed with his whole armie, and incamped on the further side thereof néere to the roots of the mounteine of Granzbene, leauing the bridge garnished with a competent number of souldiers to defend it against the enimies. The Picts being not a little troubled herewith, dispatched forth a messenger with all hast vnto Gald the Scotish king, signifieng vnto him the whole matter, and thervpon required of him aid.