Compare 1587 edition: 1 But when it came to paſſe, that euen thoſe that were reputed as heads and gouernours, & in whom conſiſted the hope of theyr whole defenſe, did now and then come to the ſhambles aſwell as other of leſſe reputation, they thought it beſte to trie by iſſuyng foorth, if any of theyr happes might be ſo good as to eſcape the daũger preſent, whereas by tarying ſtill within the fortreſſe, they ſhould but deuoure one another without any re|uenge for loſſe of their liues, had vpon their fierce and cruell enimies.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Wherevpon by common conſente there iſ|ſueth foorth,The Scottes come forth [...] fight. firſte one Colane Lorde of Can|tyr with an hundreth of his owne Souldiers, and fiercely ſkyrmiſhing with the Brytains, de|fended himſelf a good ſpace right mãfully, though in the ende bothe he and his whole bande were borne downe and ſlayne with preaſſe and multi|tude of his enimies that aſſailed him on each ſide.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the meane ſeaſon, whileſt he thus occupied the Brytains in fight on one ſide,Reuther eſc [...]|peth. Reuther with the reſidue of his people brake foorth by an other way, and eſcaping to the ſea ſide, got ſhippes and fled ouer into the weſterne Iſles, where he found a great number of other Scottiſh men, that were gotten thither, being compelled by Denus king of the Brytains, to auoyde foorth of the coun|treys whiche they before inhabited.