Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 The next summer after, the Picts assembled their power togither, and setting forward towards the The Picts fall at vari|ance within themselues. Scots, thorough a light occasion they fell at vari|ance amongst themselues, and fought with such ha|tred togither, that the king was not able to appease the fraie, till night parted them in sunder. Then cal|ling the lords afore him, he assaied alwaies to haue agréed the parties, but when he saw it would not be, in the morning he gaue them licence to depart eue|rie man to his owne home, breaking off his iournie for that time. Brudus liued not past three moneths af|ter, for through griefe that things went not forward Brudus died. as he wished, he fell into a gréeuous disease, and fi|nallie thereof died. After whose deceasse, the Picts chose his brother named Drusken, to succéed in go|uernment of the kingdome, who applied his whole in|deuour Drusken K. ouer the Picts vpon his first entring into the estate, to ap|pease the ciuill discord amongst his subiects.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 But whilest he was thus busilie occupied about the same, there were certeine Scots, which sore dis|dained The head of king Alpine is stolne, and solemnlie bu|ried with the bodie. to vnderstand that the head of their late king should remaine vnburied, in such reprochfull sort a|mongst their enimies. Wherevpon hauing perfect knowledge of the Pictish toong, they feined them|selues to be merchantmen of that countrie, & com|ming vnto Camelon, watched their time, till they found meanes in the night season to steale to the wals, and secretlie taking awaie the head, escaped with the same home into their owne countrie.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 This act of theirs was not a little commended: and so now the head of king Alpine being recoue|red, was closed in a ledden coffin, and Kenneth him|selfe, hauing in his companie a great number of his nobles, went with it ouer into Colmekill, where he buried it in the abbeie, amongst the sepultures of his elders, togither with the residue of the bodie in verie solemne wise, as apperteined. And further, those per|sons that had put their liues in aduenture to fetch the same head from the wals of Camelon, were by Kenneth rewarded with rich gifts and lands in per|petuitie, to remaine to them and to their heires for e|uer. After this, Kenneth deuising for the suertie of his Kenneth for|tified the realme. subiects, furnished all the holds and castels on the frontiers of his enimies with men and munition, according as he thought expedient: and moreouer tooke order, that all the youth of the realme should be in a readinesse vpon an houres warning, to go foorth against the Picts, if they attempted anie new inua|sions.