Compare 1587 edition: 1 Guytell with twentie thou|ſand Brytons ſlayne.There were ſlayne in this battell about .xx. thouſande of the Brytains togither with theyr generall Guitellus, and a great number of other of the nobilitie. There died alſo of the Scottes and Picts neare hande foure thouſand.Foure thou|ſande Scottes & Picts ſlaine. The pri|ſoners with the ſpoyle of the fielde was deuided by appointment of the kings amongſt the ſoul|diers. Whiche done, they marched foorth into the countrey to conquere caſtels and townes, ſuche as ſtood in their way.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the meane time the Brytains being ſore diſcõforted with the ouerthrow, aſſemble a coũ|cell at London,A councel hol|den at Londõ. there to deuiſe by what meanes they might beſt defend their countrey frõ the im|minent daunger in the which it now ſtood.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Vortigerne as one giltie in conſcience, doub|ted leaſt through wante of good willes in his commons,Vortygerne doubting the hatred of his people, would haue fled out of his realme. he ſhould not be able to withſtande the mightie inuaſion of his enimies, wherevpon he was minded to haue auoyded the realme, but there were of his councell that aduiſed him to the contrarie, holding that better it was for him to trie the vttermoſt pointe of fortunes happe, than with diſhonour ſo to yeelde at the firſt blow of hyr frowarde hande, conſidering the abun|dance of treaſure whiche he had in ſtore, where|with hee might wage ſouldiers and menne of warre out of Germanie and other places, in number ſufficient to matche with his enimies.