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Compare 1587 edition: 1 By this meanes the fight cõtinued right fierce and cruell on al ſides,Agricola com|meth to the ſuccours of his men. til at length the day begin|ning to appeare, ſhewed to the Scottes & Pictes the plaine vew of the whole Romaine armie, ap|proching vnder the conducte of Agricola, to the ſuccour of his people, being thus in daunger to be diſtreſſed. Herewith were the Scots and Pictes put in ſuch feare,Agricola diſ|comfiteth his enimies. that immediatly they fel to rũ|ning away towards the woodes and bogges, the accuſtomed places of theyr refuge.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This ouerthrow did ſo abaſh both the Scots & Picts, that they durſt attempt nomore the for|tune of battaile till they had ſome ayde out of Denmarke, but ouely did what they could to de|fend their townes & countrey, by making ſundry r [...]yſes vpon their enimies as occaſion and opor|tunitie ſerued. But the Romains ſuppoſing nothing to be to harde for their vndaunted vali|ancie, but that they were able to ouercome what ſo euer ſhould ſtand at defence againſt them, de|termined at length,The romain paſ [...]e through Ca [...]idone wood, ouer the [...] [...] of A [...]ound. to find an ende of the Iſle of Albion, and ſo paſſing through Kalender wood, and ouer the riuer of Amound, they pitched their fielde neare to the riuer of Tay, not farre from the caſtell named Calidone or Kalendar.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Picts by reaſon that theyr enimies were lodged ſo neare vnto the confines of theyr coun|trey,The Pictes brenne the ci|tie of Tulice. doubting what might follow thereof, bren|ned the citie of Tuline, leaſt the ſame enimies chauncing to take it, ſhould furniſh it with ſome garniſon of menne, to the great daunger of the whole Pictiſh kingdome,

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