Compare 1587 edition: 1 Arthur hauing knowledge of the deuiſes of his enimies (the warres being firſt proclaymed) hee furniſhed all the ſea coaſts with notable numbers of men, to withſtand the landing of the Saxons, if they ſhould fortune to attempt any inuaſion.Arthure ſet|teth forwarde towarde the Scottes and Pictes. That done, he paſſed forth with the reſidue of his people towarde the Scottes and Pictes, who were alreadie aſſembled in campe, and were come [figure appears here on page 133] as farre as the Ryuer of Humber,Humber a fa|tall place for the Brytaynes to be vanqui|ſhed at. neare to the bankes whereof they had pitched their tents, as in a place fatall for the Brytaynes to be vanqui|ſhed in.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Both the armies being brought here into or|der of battaile,Biſhops trauel betwixt the parties to bring them to cõmunication for a peace. the one in ſight of the other, there were certain Biſhops of thoſe three nations, that tooke great paynes to ride to and fro betwixt thẽ, to exhort the kings vnto peace and concord, con|ſidering what miſchiefe & great bloudſhed ſhould enſue, if vpon wilfulneſſe they would ſeeke to trie that by dint of ſworde, which they might make an ende of, by meanes of amiable treatie & friend|ly agreement. Again, they could not do the thing that might more content the Saxons, common enimies to the chriſtian religion, than if by theyr encoũtring togither in battail, they ſhould ſo en|feeble their whole powers, whereby the Saxons might haue readie meanes and occaſion offred to execute their greedy deſires to cõquer y^e whole ile.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 134 Mordred and Eugenius were perſwa|ded vnto peace.Mordred and Eugenius were perſwaded by this earneſt trauayle of the Biſhoppes, to putte theyr matter in compromiſe, and to lay awaye theyr armour and weapon, if they might haue aſſurance that the league made with king Loth ſhould in euery poynt be obſerued.