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.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 Caratake who (as ye haue hearde) was ge|nerall of all the confederates,The Romains giue battail to the Brytaynes. vnderſtanding the enimies intent, was as readie to receyue bat|tayle as they were to offer it: wherevpon there enſued right great and vnmercifull ſlaughter be|twixt EEBO page image 34 them on both partes without ſparing at al tyll ſuch time as the night parted the fray, with ſuche loſſe on eyther ſide,Night pa [...]ch the fray. that after they were once got in ſũder, neither part had any haſt after|wardes [figure appears here on page 34] to ioyne againe: ſo that in the morning there appeared none in the fielde but onely the deade bodyes, thoſe that were left aliue as wel on the one part as the other being fled and ſcattered into the wooddes and mountaynes.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 Aruiragus and Planctius got them vnto London:Caratake re|turneth home to Caricto|nium. and Caratake commaunding his peo|ple home ech man into his Countrey, he himſelfe withdrewe firſt towardes Yorke, and after vnto the Citye of Carrike. Whither ſhortly after there came vnto him Ambaſſadors from Aulus Planctius,Ambaſſadors are ſent vnto Caratake from Aulus Plan|ctius. ſent to knowe vpon what occaſion hee did ayde the Brytiſhe rebelles agaynſt the Romaine Empyre, declaring that if he woulde not be conformable to make a worthie amendes for ſo preſumptuous an enterpriſe, he ſhoulde be ſure to haue the Romaines his enimies: and that in ſuche wiſe, as he ſhoulde perceyue, it were muche better for him to ſeeke their friendſhippe, than to abyde their enimitie. Herevnto Ca|ratake anſwered,Caratake his anſwere vnto the Ambaſ|ſadours. that he had iuſt cauſe to do that which he did. Conſidering the iniuries which his ſiſter Voada with hir ſon Guiderius had & were lyke to receyue by their counſel & meanes: & there|fore he was ſo little mynded to make any amen|des for that was done, that he thought it more reaſon that the Romaines ſhoulde clearly auoyd out of the whole poſſeſſion of Brytaine, eyther elſe they might aſſure themſelues to haue aſwell the Brytaynes, as alſo the Scottes and Pictes to be their perpetual enimies, and that onely for the chalenge of their auncient liberties & freedom.