Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 Manie woonderfull visions were séene that yéere Woonderfull visions séene. in Albion, as the Scotish chronicles make mention. In the riuer of Humber there appéered in the sight of a great multitude of men, a number of ships vnder saile, as though they had béene furnished foorth for the warres. In the church at Camelon there was heard a noise, as it had béene the clattering of armor. Milke was turned into bloud in diuers places in Pictland, and chéese conuerted into a bloudie masse or cake. Corne as it was gathered in the haruest time appeered bloudie. In the furthermost parts of Scotland, it rained bloud. These sights being séene of some, & declared to other, caused a woonderfull feare in the peoples harts, imagining some great altera|tion to insue.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 AMbirkeleth the nephue, or (as some say) the son Ambirke|leth. Ambirkeleth succéedeth Eugenius the sixt. of Eugenius the fift, succéeded Eugenius the sixt in the gouernment of the realme; who after his atteining to the crowne, shortlie changed therewith his manners and good disposition: for where before he shewed himselfe to be an earnest defendor of the poore and simple, that all men iudged that he would haue prooued a patrone of all vertue, he contrarie to The king turned from vertue vnto all licentious|nesse. that expectation, became suddenlie a paterne of all vices and couetousnesse, delighting in nothing but in following his sensuall lusts, as in taking excesse of meats and drinks, and wallowing in fleshlie con|cupiscence of lecherous lust. To be briefe, when he tooke nothing in hand woorthie of his estate and de|grée, it was thought that of necessitie the forme of the publike gouernement must néedes thorough his negligent slouthfulnesse fall into decaie and ruine: wherevpon Garnard king of the Picts, supposing he Garnard king of the Picts inuadeth Scotland. had conuenient time to reuenge all former iniuries receiued at the Scotishmens hands, gathered a great host of men, and with the same entring into the Scotish confines, made verie pitifull slaughter of the inhabitants.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 At length Ambirkeleth (being sore blamed of his Ambirkeleth gathered an armie against the Picts. his nobles for his negligence, in suffering his sub|iects thus to be destroied) gathered an armie togi|ther, & with no small feare to shew his head amongst his people (as those princes which through their owne default haue their people in mistrust, doo euer stand in doubt of their owne safeties, and namelie when anie present danger beginneth to appéere) foorth he goeth without anie great good order (God wot) for what might be looked for at his hands, which was so ouerwhelmed with all kind of excessiue gluttonie, immoderate surfeting, insatiable lecherie, and de|liting altogither in slouthfull ease, and sluggish idle|nesse, Idlenesse the bréeder and nourisher of sensuall lusts. the root from whence all such filthie vices ta|king their beginnings, are nourished & mainteined.