Compare 1587 edition: 1 Shortly after being ſent for by the Empe|rour Claudius,Veſpaſian re|turneth to Rome. hee returned vnto Rome with great glorie for his noble and high atchieued vic|tories. Aulus Planctius was left in charge with the gouernment of Brytayne after Veſpaſians departure:Planctius left as gouernor. who hearing that Cara [...]ake had aſ|ſembled a great armie of Scottes and other ſuch Brytaynes and Pictes as had not yet ſubmitted themſelues vnto the Romains,Planctius pre|pareth to meet the Scottes. in purpoſe to re|couer againe thoſe Countreys which Veſpaſian had lately cõquered, he likewiſe prepared to meete them, ſo that both the armies encountering togi|ther, [figure appears here on page 38] there was foughte a righte terrible battaile wyth great ſlaughter on both partyes,The Romains through poli|cie vanquiſh the Scottiſh men. tyll fi|nally the victorie enclyning to the Romaines, more throughe ſkilfull policie than puiſſaunt force, the Scottes, Pictes, and Brytaynes were diſcomfited and chaſed into the bogges and mariſhes, the common refuge in thoſe dayes for the Scottes, when by any aduenture they chaunced to be put to flight.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After this ouerthrowe the warre was con|tinued for a two yeares ſpace by rodes and in|curſions, made one vppon another in the con|fines of Kyle and Galloway. In whiche meane tyme Planctius fell ſicke of the Flixe, whiche ſtyll continuing wyth hym, [...]lanctius fal| [...]th ſicke. brought hym at length in ſuche caſe, that he was not able to trauayle at all in the publyke affayres of hys offyce. So that hee wrote his Letters vn|to the Emperour Claudius, ſignifying vnto him in what caſe hee ſtoode, and therevpon requyred that ſome ſufficient perſonage might bee ſent to occupie his roome.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Claudius hauing receyued his Letters, and vnderſtanding the effect of the ſame, ſente one Oſtorius Scapula,Oſtorius Sca|pula is ſent in|to Brytayne. a man of highe lynage, and of good experience both in peace and warre, to haue the gouernance in Brytayne.