Compare 1577 edition: 1 Herevpon the Britains for the stay of such mis|chiefe as they saw at hand, deposed Uortigerne from Uortigerne deposed by his subiects. Uortimer cho sen to gouerne the Britains. The Bri|tains require aid of the Scots and Picts a|gainst the Saxons. his kinglie seat, and placed his sonne Uortimer in his roome, which being doone, ambassadors were sent both vnto the Scots and Picts, to require their aid and support against the cruell oppression of the Sax|ons, who sought not onelie by craftie meanes and fraudulent waies to atteine the dominion of the whole Ile, but also to extinguish and vtterlie subuert the faith of Christ, and the vse of his religion through|out the same. Therefore they earnestlie desired the Scotish and Pictish kings, to assist them against such common enimies as had béene called into the realme, not by publike consent of the nobles, but on|lie by the priuate commandement and ordinance of Uortigerne, to helpe as well toward the su [...]uing of the Scots and Picts, as also to represse all commo|tions of the Britains, which they might happilie raise against him for his wicked tyrannie vsed amongst them, as his guiltie conscience might put him still in feare of.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The Scotish king Congall (vnto whome first the The answer of Congall K. of Scots vnto the Bri|tish messen|gers. ambassadors were sent) for answer declared, that he was sorie to vnderstand into what danger the mise|rable christians of Britaine were thus fallen, and therefore if nothing else might mooue him to ioine with the Britains against the Saxons, yet that were sufficient cause to inforce him to doo the best he could, to helpe to deliuer the whole Ile from such an ethnike generation, as not onelie vsed the rites and ceremonies of their false religion, and that openlie among the christians, with dooing sacrifice in the ho|nor and worship of their hellish gods, to the great horror and terrible offense of the beholders consci|ences; but also sought by all meanes they could de|uise, how to destroie and quench vtterlie the faith of our Sauiour Christ in all places where they might get the vpper hand.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 He promised therefore to imploie his whole puis|sance to recouer out of the enimies hands all such countries as laie betwixt the frontiers of his domi|nion and the riuer of Humber, and further to aid the Britains to driue them quite out of the Ile, if the Britains would assure him, from thencefoorth neuer to make claime, title nor interest, to any of the coun|tries Upon what conditions Congall co|uenanted to support the Britains. aforesaid, lieng betwixt the said riuer of Hum|ber and the confines of his realme; but to leaue the same in the hands of the Scotishmen and Picts, to haue hold and inioy for euermore in quiet: which to performe, the ambassadors had (amongest other things) alreadie promised in name of all the British nation, as a recompense or méed to haue the support and succors of the Scots. The like answer the same ambassadors receiued of the Pictish king, and retur|ning therewith vnto Uortimer, declared afore him and his councell how they had sped.