Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thoſe that were thus ſent, founde the Ro|maines in verie good order of battaile for ſo ſmal a bande, not minding to yeeld themſelues as pri|ſoners. By reaſon of which their obſtinate wyl|fulneſſe,Lucius Ante|nous ſendeth letters vnto Rome, certi|fying the Em|perour Adrian of the ouer|throw. they were ſlaine in the ende euerie mo|thers ſonne.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Lucius Antenous hauing thus receyued the ouerthrow, diſpatched a poſt vnto Rome with all haſte, ſignifying vnto the Emperour Adrian the whole maner of the diſcomfiture, and howe that by reaſon therof things ſtood in great daun|ger here in Brytaine, if ſpeedie ſuccours were not the ſooner ſent, for the enimies were neuer more cruell and fierce, than at this preſent,Women as readie to the battail as men. not onely the men, but alſo the women (as in the laſt bat|taile he ſawe plaine proufe) who cared not for the loſſe of their owne lyues, ſo that they might die reuenged.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 When Adrian vnderſtood theſe newes,Adriã the Em|perour prepa|reth to go in|to Brytayne. he pur|poſed forthwith to goe himſelfe into Brytayne, cauſing therefore an armie to be leuied, he paſſed forth with the ſame into Fraunce, then called Gallia, and comming to Callice, he tranſported ouer into Brytayne,Adrian tranſ|porteth into Brytayne. where hee learned howe the Scottes and Pictes were neuer more buſie than at this preſent, hauing of late waſted and ſpoyled the Countrey euen to the Riuer of Tine.