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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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 EEBO page image 79 But the Picts being offended herewith, and spe|ciallie The Picts offended with Maximus. for putting to death of their men, sundrie of their nobilitie came vnto Maximus, and began to make a sore complaint in that behalfe, declaring that the deserts of their nation had not beene such to|ward the Romane empire, as to haue their people put to execution for a womans sake, being both an enimie and a prisoner, therefore they required that she might be confined into Britaine, and according to the tenor of the proscription, spoiled of all hir Cartandis lamenteth hir infortunate estate. goods. Here Cartandis being present hir selfe, be|gan to make pitifull lamentation, bewailing hir most vnhappie state, in that contrarie to the order of hir wretched case and present miserable fortune, she should now be forced to turne againe into hir coun|trie: wishing rather than she should be inforced so to doo, that she might offer vp hir life as a sacrifice in the place of hir husbands buriall: and therefore holding vp hir hands vnto Maximus in most pitifull wise, she besought him instantlie, that it might please him, either to suffer hir to passe the residue of hir life after such sort as she thought best agréed with hir widowlike estate, or else to take the same from hir presentlie by some violent meanes of execution.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 There was not a man other than the Picts, that saw and heard hir at that instant, but lamented hir wofull distresse, so that in the end the request of the Picts was disallowed, & Cartandis hauing liuing assigned hir for the maintenance of hir degrée, was licenced to depart into what place she thought expe|dient, there to liue as she thought best without let or disturbance. The same time the Scotish bishops and préests, being banished as well as the other sort of the Scotish people, a number of their moonks got The monaste|rie of Iona builded by banished Scotish moonks. them into the Ile of Iona, now called Colmekill, where they erected a monasterie for their owne habi|tation, the worthinesse whereof hath béene right fa|mous, euen vnto these our daies, as that which was afterward indowed with manie faire reuenues by diuers of the Scotish kings, who had their burials there after the returne of the Scots into Albanie as shall be hereafter expressed.

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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Cartandis Queene of Scottes.Moreouer where Cartandis Queene of the Scottes, late wife vnto Eugenius, was brought vnto Maximus, with two gentlewomen and a groome from the tumbe of hir huſband, where ſhe had remayned euer ſithe his buriall in continuall mourning, forſomuche as ſhe was a Brytayne, and diſcended by lynage from the Princes of Wales. Maximus lamenting hir miſerable caſe, aſſigned the Citie of Carricke vnto hir, with cer|taine other reuenues for the maintenance of hir eſtate. But after ſhe had taken leaue of ſuche as had the cõduction of hir, and was come into a vil|lage not farre from Carricke aforeſayd, it chaun|ced that a ſort of Pictiſhe ryders, (or as I maye call them robbers) met with hir, ſmall to hir pro|fite, & leſſe to their own eaſe, for they did not only ſlea hir groome, but alſo beate hir gentlewomen, and ſtripped both them and hir of all that they had, whereof Maximus being enformed, cauſed them that had done ſo vile a deede to bee appre|hended and executed by death, according as they had deſerued. The Queene hirſelfe being brought backe vnto Maximus, and honourably entrea|ted, had all hir ſubſtance reſtored vnto hir againe ſo neare as it was poſſible.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Pictes of|fended with Maximus.But the Pictes being offended herewith, and ſpecially for the putting to death of their men, ſundrie of their Nobilitie came vnto Maximus, and began to make a ſore complaint in that be|halfe, declaring that the deſertes of their Nation had not beene ſuche towarde the Romaine Em|pyre, as to haue their people put to execution for a womans ſake, being both an enimie and a pri|ſoner: therefore they requyred that ſhe might be confined into Brytayne, and according to the tenor of the proſcription, ſpoyled of all hir goodes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Cartandis la|menteth hir infortunate eſtate.Here Cartandis being preſent hirſelfe, began to make pitifull lamentation, bewayling hir moſt vnhappie eſtate, in that contrarie to the order of hir wretched caſe and preſent miſerable fortune, ſhe ſhoulde nowe be forced to returne againe into hir Countrey: wiſhing rather than ſhe ſhould be inforced ſo to doe, that ſhe might offer vp hir life, as a ſacrifice in the place of hir huſbandes burial: and therefore holding vp hir handes vnto Maxi|mus in moſt pitifull wiſe, ſhe beſought hym in|ſtantly, that it might pleaſe him, either to ſuffer hir to paſſe the reſidue of hir life after ſuch ſort as ſhee thought beſte agreed wyth hir widow like eſtate, or elſe to take the ſame from hir preſently by ſome violent meanes of execution.