Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Saxons layde about them ſo ſtoutly in the beginning, that they forced their aduerſaries,The Saxons fight ſtoutly. with whom they were matched, to giue backe. Neyther did Ethelfred fayle in that occaſion to encourage them to follow the aduauntage nowe thus gotten.Ethelfred.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Brudeus with his Picts likewiſe made great ſlaughter in that wing of the Scottes,Brudeus king of the Pictes maketh ſlaugh+ter of the Scots. with the whiche hee encountred, ſo that finally the ſame Scottes perceyuing the Brytons beaten downe and ſore diſtreſſed on their ſide, fell through diſ|comfort thereof to renning away.The Scottes runne away.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 There were ſlaine in this battel on the Scot|tiſhmens ſide Brennius lieutenant, or as they termed him the Thane of the Iſle of Man, with Dungarre the kings thirde ſonne, and no ſmall number of other Gentlemen beſide. The king himſelfe eſcaped by helpe of his ſonne, who ſtay|ing to get his father out of the preaſe, was ſlaine (as is ſayde) amongſt the reſidue.