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 1587 edition: 1 Aruiragus & Aulus Planctius hauing know|ledge of all the doings of the confederates, like|wyſe aſſembled their power, and comming to|wardes them, for a while to [...]der fo ioyne in battayle, throughe counſaile of Planctius, who perceyuing the moſt part of the Brytaynes and Scottes to be but newe Souldiers, taken vp of late to fil the numbers, knew that by proceeding tyme they woulde be ſoone out of heart, throughe watching and euill harborough, in ſuch ſort that in the ende they ſhoulde be eaſie ynough to deale with: and euen ſo it came [...]o paſſe. For the Ro|maines refuſing to fight a generall battayle, yet ſcoured ſo the fieldes on eche ſide abrode, that neyther the Brytaynes nor Scottes coulde goe forth any wayes for forrage or v [...]ttailes,The Brytaynes awearied through tra|uaile. but they were ſtil ſnatched vp, ſo that what through hun|ger, lacke of ſleepe, and other diſeaſes, many of the Brytaynes began to conuey themſelues from the campe home to theyr houſes, of whome ſome beyng taken by the enimies, declared yt the whole armie of the confederates was in great diſtreſſe and ſore enfeebled by ſuche vnaccuſtomed tra|uaile and diſeaſes as they were enforced vnto in the campe. Wherevpon Aruiragus and Au [...]s Planctius determined the next day to giue bat|taile. And ſo in the morning they arrayed theyr people and marched forth betymes towardes the campe of the confederates.