Compare 1587 edition: 1 According to Hengiſtes aduiſe alſo, there was a crewe of men of warre of Brytains ſent vnto the bordures to the number of fiue thou|ſande, who ſhortely after theyr comming thi|ther were quickly diſpatched and made away in ſundry ſkyrmiſhes and encounters with the Scottes and Pictes,Brytains ſente to defend the borders, are diſtreſſed. that aſſayled thoſe places whiche they were appointed to defend.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Shortly after was ſente thyther alſo an o|ther companie, double in number to the firſte, to reuenge the deathes of theyr fellowes: but they finding fortune as frowarde vnto them as the former had done before, ſpedde muche what a like, for in ſundry conflictes diuers of them be|ing ſlayne, and diuers other by treaſon of the bordurers themſelues deliuered captyue in|to the aduerſaries handes, the reſidue that were left, perceyuing in what daunger they ſtoode, ſi|thence they mighte not truſte their owne coun|treymen, returned backe into the inner partes of the lande, and to left the bordures altogither un|furniſhed.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In this meane while a newe ſupplie of fiue thouſande Saxons,A new power of Saxons co|meth ouer in|to Brytaine. with theyr wines and chil|dren, came ouer into this lande, in eyghtene hoyes, and amongſt other came Hengiſts wyfe and his doughter the Ladie Roxena. Shortly after alſo king Vortigerne gaue vnto Hengiſt and his Saxons a great parte of the countrey called Lyndſey, with a caſtell of greate ſtrength called Twhancaſtre. Some haue written that Hengiſt requyred of Vortigerne ſo muche grounde, as hee mighte compaſſe with an Oxe hide, and hauing that graunted, he tooke a migh|tie Oxe hyde, and cut it into ſmall thonges, and to cõpaſſing about a right ſtrong plot of ground with thoſe thonges line wife, beganne there the fundation of a Caſtell, whiche tooke name of thoſe thonges,Twhang ca|ſtel, or Thong caſtel. wherewith the plotte thereof was firſte meaſured, and ſo was it called Twhang caſtell.