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.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 By reason of such trouble in the estate of the Ro|mane empire, Octauius the sonne of Octauius late king of the Britains, the which (as before is said) fled into the Ile of Man, & after departing from thence, got ouer into France, returned now into Britaine, and did so much there, that the Britains receiued him to their king: but shortlie after he was constreined to agrée with the Romane emperor Theodosius, so that the Britains should paie their woonted tribute, and liue vnder such lawes as by the emperor should be to them prescribed. In all other respects, Octauius should be reputed during his life for king. Immedi|atlie héerevpon two lieutenants were sent from Theodosius, of whome the one named Martius soior|ned at London, and the other called Uictorine at Yorke. And with all expedition they began to put the Romane lawes in practise, abolishing the old British lawes, to the great offense of manie that could not well brooke strange ordinances; & namelie the Picts repined sore therat, and vsed most an end their owne lawes and constitutions, greatlie to the contempt of the Romane estate. Whereof Uictorine, the one of the Romane lieutenants hauing knowledge, gaue streight commandement vnto Heirgust the Pictish king, that in no wise he should suffer the old lawes and rude ordinances of his countrie, to be vsed anie longer amongst his subiects, vpon paine that might insue for disobedience shewed towards the maiestie of the Romane empire.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Heirgust now perceiuing into what thraldome and miserie his countrie was brought, by meanes of the warres which he had procured against his neigh|bours the Scotishmen, as a man sore repenting his pasted follie, and séeing no readie meane present how to reforme the same, being aged [...]nd sore broken with continuall sicknesse, he got himselfe secretlie into his priuie chamber, where immediatlie he slue him|selfe, Heirgust slai|eth h [...]fe. to be rid of the sight of that present seruile e|state, into the which he saw both him and his whole countrie reduced. Whose death being once knowne, Uictorine commanded that the Picts should not The Picts are forbidden to create a king. choose anie other from thencefoorth to reigne as king ouer them, nor to obeie anie other magistrates but onlie such as should be appointed to haue the gouern|ment of them, by commandement and commission of the Romane emperor. For it was agréed, as he al|ledged, by the tenor of the league, concluded betwixt Heirgust and Maximus, that after the deceasse of the same Heirgust, all his dominions should be go|uerned by Romane officers in forme of a prouince. Howbeit the Picts nothing regarded the woords of Uictorine, but by common agreement did choose one Durstus is chosen king of the Picts. Durstus the second sonne of Heirgust to be their king.