Compare 1577 edition: 1 This victorie thus atchiued, there were that gaue counsell not to attempt fortune ouer farre, but to take such booties of goods and prisoners as they had got in the countrie, and to returne therewith into Ireland. Other were of a contrarie opinion, suppo|sing it best to follow the victorie, and either to reco|uer againe their ancient seats, or else to die in the valiant attempt thereof. Which aduise was follo|wed as the best, though it prooued otherwise: for be|fore they could come to any conclusion of that enter|prise, the Romans, Picts, and Britains gathered themselues togither, and gaue battell againe to the The Scots and Irishmen are ouer|throwne. Scoti [...] and Irish companie, wherein they ouer|threw them, to their vtter ruine and destruction.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The newes of this infortunate incounter being brought into Ireland, put the king and his nobles there in such feare of the Romans, that they thought it best with all spéed to send ambassadors vnto Maxi|mus to sue vnto him for peace. They that were sent The king of Ireland sée|keth for peace. Maximus granteth peace to the Irishmen. Maximus séeketh by his bountious liberalitie to win the peo|ples fauour. at the first were sore blamed and checked by Maxi|mus, for that they had aided the Scotishmen in the last inuasion made into Albion: but at length accep|ting their excuse, he granted a peace vpon certeine conditions, whereof the most principall article was, that in no wise they should receiue aid, or succor any enimie to the Romane empire. This Maximus, ha|uing got a quiet peace on each side, vsed all meanes EEBO page image 80 possible how to procure the loue of his souldsors and men of war, shewing himselfe not onelie gentle, courteous and meeke towards them, but also so libe|rall and frée, that his bounteous gifts passed all vn|derstanding: insomuch that (as is reported by wri|ters) he bestowed in one daie neere hand as much in rewards, as the reuenues of Britaine yeelded to the empire in a whole yéere.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 This franke liberalitie and courteous behauior he vsed not onelie towards the Romans, and his o|ther men of warre, but also towards the Britains and Picts, conforming himselfe so néere vnto their maners & fashions, that at his comming into Pict|land, he laid awaie his Romane apparell, and araied himselfe in garments after the Pictish guise. By this maner of meanes therefore he wan him such loue and fauor, as well amongst his souldiors, as al|so amongst the Picts and Britains, that in the end by common consent they chose him for emperor, in the 383 yeere after Christ, protesting generallie, that Maximus is chosen empe|ror in Bri|taine. they would owe onelie their obeisance vnto him as to their supreme gouernor. ¶ Here the Scotish chroni|cles somwhat varie from other writers, who affirme that Maximus was thus aduanced to the imperiall dignitie, rather by constraint of his men of warre, than by anie meanes which he of himselfe vsed to at|teine vnto the same. Where the said chronicles [...]|uerthelesse shew, that it came chieflie to passe by his owne seeking, procuring certeine persons to woorke for him as instruments to frame other to this his purposed intent. He held the dominion of the empire Maximus ru|led the estate of Britaine 17 yéeres. being thus preferred to the imperiall state, the space of fiue yéeres, all the countries and people of Albion being at his commandement without contradicti|on: which had not chanced vnto anie one man before his time, since the Ile was first inhabited. At length desirous of more empire, he passed ouer into France with a great armie, in purpose to subdue all France and Italie, with such other countries as were obedi|ent vnto Gratian as then emperor of Rome. But how prosperouslie he sped in the beginning, and how The emperor Gratian is slaine by Maximus. at length he was slaine at Aquilia in Italie, ye shall find in the historie of England a great deale more at large.