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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Scots and Brytaynes perceyuing how they were thus encloſed, with all ſpeede trenched their camp about, reyſing certayne bulwarkes and turrets in places where they thought expe|dient, as though they had meante ſtill there to haue continued.