Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus Edelfred hauing got ſuche a notable victorie at Deglaſtone in Brytaine,Deglaſton the place where this battell was fought. hee coulde not be ſo contented, but eftſoones aſſembling his people, and ioyning againe with Brudeus and his Pictes,Galloway in|uaded by E|delfred. the next ſommer after inuaded Gal|loway, and beganne to robbe and ſpoyle that countrey, to the end he might eyther enforce the inhabitauntes, with other the countreys nexte therevnto adioyning, to yeelde vnto him, eyther els to bring them into extreeme pouertie in wa|ſting all afore him.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But Aydan being aduertiſed hereof, ſente to the Brytons for theyr couenaunted ayde, and comming forewarde with his owne people, whiche hee had aſſembled togither, ouerthrew EEBO page image 141 certayne companyes of his enemyes,Certaine com|panies of Saxons ouer|throwen. as he found them diſperſed abroade in ſeeking for prayes, then paſſing by their mayne armie, he commeth into Annandale, where he ioineth with the Bry|tons, beyng come ſo farre forward on their way to meete him.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Saxons and Pictes hauing knowledge of their enemies doings, wanne ſuche a place of aduantage as they thoughte it an eaſye matter for them in keeping the ſame, to diſtreſſe both the Scottes and Brytaynes through ſtopping vp the paſſages, by the whiche they muſt of force paſſe, if they mynded to come foorth of that dale. Theſe paſſages lay through certayne quicke|ſands,Paſſages tho|row Sulleway ſandes. and by a ryuer which had but few foordes paſſable.