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Compare 1587 edition: 1 After this, when Winter was come, hee appoynted hys menne of warre to drawe vnto places conuenient for them to lodge in,Seuerus win|ereth at York. tyll the next Spring. Hee himſelfe wintered at Yorke.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the next Sommer there was little done worthie to be ſpoken of, but that there were cer|tayne ſkirmiſhes betwixt the Romaines lying on the borders, and the Scottes and Pictes, e|uer as occaſion ſerued, eyther of the partyes to worke any exployte for theyr aduauntage. But forſomuche as the Scottes had no ayde ſente them forth of Irelande, they were not mynded to ieoparde againe in a foughten fielde, ſuppo|ſing it ſufficient if they might defend their owne, thoughe they gayned nothing as then, conſide|ring the puyſſaunce that was readie bent againſt them.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length Seuerus fell ſicke at Yorke,Seuerus ſick|neth. and his ſonne Antoninus lying on the borders beyonde Tine, cauſed the wall afore mentioned, deuy|ding the Brytayns from the Scottes and Picts to be repayred.The wall is repayred.

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