Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 But the Picts not satisfied herewith, went about earnestlie to persuade him in no condition to suffer The earnest sute of the Picts to haue the Scotish|men banished and expelled out of the countrie. the Scots to haue anie abiding within the confines of Britaine, if he wished anie quietnes in the estate thereof, for their delight (said the Picts) was onelie set to seeke occasion how to disturbe the peace, to liue by the pillage and spoile of their neighbours, and namelie of the Picts, vnto whose confusion (as the prophesies spake) they were begotten and borne. Fi|nallie when all their earnest sute missed the wished effect, they fell to and assaied if they might bring that to passe by wicked méed and thorough corrup|ting Where words faile, gifts preuaile. bribes, the which they could not doo by other meanes. And euen as it oftentimes chanceth in such cases, where words are but spent in wast, gifts yet preuaile: so also came it to passe euen here, for at The procla|mation for the auoiding of all Scotish|men foorth of the whole Iland of Britaine. length a proclamacion came foorth by procurement of the Picts, that all such as were naturall Scotish|men, should by a certeine daie auoid out of those countries that they possessed in Britain, vpon paine of losing life and goods, & to deliuer vp their houses and lands vnto such Britains and Picts as were ap|pointed by the Romans for to inioy the same.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The Scots perceiuing themselues not able to The Scots plagued for their beastlie crueltie. make anie resistance, obeied this commandement, some of them passing ouer into Ireland, some into the westerne Iles, and some of them got ouer also into Norwaie, and Denmarke, and manie there were that got interteinment amongst the Romane souldiers, and went ouer with them into France, as yet Gallia, to serue in the warres there, and in other places vnder the emperors ensigns. The Picts were so cruell and diligent to sée all the Scotish linage confined, that they would not consent that a certeine number of gentlewomen should remaine behind, The cruell dealing of the Picts. who had their husbands slaine in the last warres, and made intercession in most lamentable wise vnto Maximus, that they might be permitted to abide in their natiue countrie all the residue of their liues, though in seruile estate, to the end that they might be buried after the same were once ended in graues with their slaine husbands.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 Moreouer, where Cartandis quéene of the Scots, late wife vnto Eugenius, was brought vnto Maxi|mus, Cartandis quéene of Scots. with two gentlewomen and a groome from the toome of hir husband, where she had remained euer sith his buriall in continuall mourning, forsomuch as she was a Britain, and descended by linage from the princes of Wales; Maximus lamenting hir mi|serable case, assigned the citie of Carrike vnto hir, with certeine other reuenues for the maintenance of hir estate. But after she had taken leaue of such as had the conduction of hir, and was come into a village not farre from Carrike aforesaid, it chan|ced that a sort of Pictish riders, or (as I may call them) robbers, met with hir, small to hir profit, and lesse to their owne ease, for they did not onelie slea hir groome, but also beat hir gentlewomen, and stripped both them and hir of all that they had, whereof Maxi|mus being informed, caused them that had doone so vile a deed to be apprehended & executed by death, ac|cording as they had deserued. The quéene hirselfe be|ing brought backe vnto Maximus, and honorablie intreated, had all hir substance restored vnto hir a|gaine, so néere as it was possible.