Compare 1587 edition: 1 Caratake pro|miſed ayd vn|to the Bry|taynes.Caratake hauing hearde the ſumme of theſe requeſt, and throughly waying the ſame, promi|ſed them to be readie with his whole puiſſance in the beginning of the next [...], to co [...]e to theyr ayde, vnto what place ſoeuer they ſhoulde [...] them, they myght be muſt aſſured: wylling them in the meane haue ſo to prouide for themſelues, as theyr enimyes might haue no aduauntage at their handes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 With this agreeable [...] the Brytiſhe Meſſengers [...] vnto Shrew [...]ſburie to the [...], who [...] at the [...]wes, made [...] to goe agaynſt the Romaines, [...] hope of good ſucceſſe, ſpeciallye throughe ayde of the Scotte [...] and Pictes,The Pictes ioyne with Scottes and Brytaynes, a|gaynſt the Romaines. who alſo wyth theyr King called Con|kyſt were willing to helpe towardes the dely|uering of the lande from vondage of the Ro|maines, whoſe neſtling ſo neare their noſes they were loth to ſee or heare of.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 So ſoone therefore as the [...] appro [...]hed, all thoſe three people, Brytaynes, Scottes and Pictes, gathered theyr powers togither, and met in Yorkeſhyre, in purpoſe to encounter wyth theyr enimyes in battayle, whereſoeuer they founde them.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Caratake hauing heard the summe of their re|quest, Caratake promised aid to the Bri|tains. and throughlie weieng the same, promised them to be readie with his whole puissance in the be|ginning of the next spring, to come to their aid, vn|to what place soeuer they should thinke expedient: and thereof he told them they might be most assured, willing them in the meane time so to prouide for themselues, as their enimies might haue no ad|uantage at their hands. With this agreeable an|swere the British messengers returned to Shrews|burie to the confederats, who reioising at the news, made prouision against the next spring to go against the Romans, in hope of good successe, speciallie through aid of the Scots and Picts, who also with The Picts ioine with Scots and Britains a|gainst the Ro|mans. their king called Conkist were willing to helpe to|wards the deliuering of the land from bondage of the Romans, whose nestling so neere their noses they were loth to sée or heare of. So soone therefore as the spring approched, all those thrée people, Britains, Scots, and Picts, gathered their powers together, and met in Yorkeshire, in purpose to incounter with their enimies in battell, wheresoeuer they found them.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Aruiragus and Aulus Planctius hauing know|ledge of all the dooings of the confederats, likewise assembled their power, & comming towards them, EEBO page image 47 for a while forbare to ioine in battell, through coun|sell of Planctius, who perceiuing the most part of the Britains and Scots to be but new souldiers, taken vp of late to fill the numbers, knew that by protracting time they would be soone out of heart, through watching and euill harborough, in such sort that in the end they should be easie inough to deale with; and euen so it came to passe. For the Romans refusing to fight a generall battell, yet scoured so the fields on ech side abroad, that neither the Britains The Bri|tains wea|ned through trauell. nor Scots could go forth anie waies for forage or vittels, but they were still snatched vp, so that what through hunger, lacke of sléepe, and other diseases, manie of the Britains began to conueie themselues from the campe home to their houses, of whome some being taken by the enimies, declared that the whole armie of the confederats was in great distresse, and sore inféebled by such vnaccustomed trauell and dis|eases as they were inforced vnto in the campe. Wherevpon Aruiragus and Aulus Planctius deter|mined the next day to giue battell. And so in the morning they arraied their people, & marched foorth betimes towards the campe of the confederats.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Caratake, who (as ye haue heard) was generall of The Romans giue battell to the Britains. all the confederates, vnderstanding the enimies in|tent, was as readie to receiue battell as they were to offer it; wherevpon there insued right great and vnmercifull slaughter betwixt them on both parts, without sparing any at all, till such time as the night parted the sraie, with such losse on either side, that af|ter Night par|teth the fray. they were once got in sunder, neither part had a|nie hast afterwards to ioine againe: so that in the morning there appeared none in the field but onelie the dead bodies, those that were left aliue as well on the one part as the other being fled and scattered in|to the woods and mounteins. Aruiragus and Planc|tius got them vnto London: and Caratake com|manding his people home each man into his coun|trie, Caratake re|turneth home to Caricto|nium. he himselfe withdrew first towards Yorke, and after vnto the citie of Carrike; whither shortlie af|ter there came vnto him ambassadors from Aulus Ambassadors are sent vnto Caratake [...] Aulus [...]. Planctius, sent to know vpon what occasion he did aid the British rebels against the Romane empire, declaring that if he would not be conformable to make a woorthie amends for so presumptuous an en|terprise, he should be sure to haue the Romans his enimies; and that in such wise, as he should perceiue it were much better for him to séeke their friendship, than to abide their enimitie.