Compare 1587 edition: 1 Hengiſt and his ſome Occa (who a little be|fore this battaile in Kent was come vnto his fa|ther) with the reſidue of them that eſcaped [...]aſted with all ſpeede towardes Northumberlande, in purpoſe to remaine in that countrey till they had recouered theyr ſtrength by ſome power to be ſent ouer vnto them out of their owne countrey, but being repulſed with no ſmall ſlaughter from thence by the Scots and Pictes,The Saxons flee out of Bry+taine. they withdrew vnto the mouth of Humber, where getting cer|taine veſſels they paſſed ouer into Saxonie, lea|uing a great ſorte of theyr nation behind them, diſperſed abroade here and there in this Iſle, as fortune then beſt ſerued.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Vortymer v|ſeth the victo|ry modeſtly.Vortymere hauing got the victory as before is mencioned, vſed not the ſame very cruelly, for taking onely from the Saxons whiche were ta|ken pryſoners theyr armure and weapon, hee ſuffred them to depart into theyr countrey: other of the ſame nation being but huſbandmen, and as it were poore labourers of the grounde he per|mitted to tarie in the countrey with theyr wiues and children as ſeruauntes vnto the Brytons.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After this Vortymere gaue order for the re|payring of Churches and reſtoring of the chri|ſtian religion into the ſtate of the former puritie thereof, as then ſore decayed, partly through the euill example taken by dayly conuerſation a|mongſt the Saxons, and partly alſo by the in|fectiue hereſie of the Pelagians,The hereſie of the Pelagians. as then mightily ſpred ouer the moſt parte of Brytaine. At length the ſayde Vortymer through treaſon of his ſtep|mother Roxena was poyſoned and died. Then was Vortigerne agayne reſtored to the rule of the kingdome, firſt forced by othe to promiſe ne|uer to ayd the Saxons, nor to receiue by way of ayde any forrein people into the realme.