Compare 1587 edition: 1 Hungus ayded with Scottiſh men inuadeth Northumber|landeAchaius of his owne accorde minding to doe the Engliſh men a diſpleaſure, ſent forthwith vn|to Hungus to the number of ten thouſand men. With which, and with his owne power King Hungus inuaded the borders of Northumber|land, fetching from thence a great bootie of goods & priſoners:He warred without ſlaughter and burning. but yet he forbare ſlaughter of men, and burning of houſes, for a reuerence whiche hee had, as is ſuppoſed, towardes the Chriſtian religion.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Athelſtane perſueth Hungus.Athelſtane being certified hereof, omitting his iourney into Mertia, turned al his power againſt the Picts: & hearing that they were withdrawne into theyr Countrey, he followed them ſo neare at the heeles, that very earely in one morning he was vpon their backes where they lodged by a brooke ſide, not paſſing two miles from Had|dington, before they had any knowledge of hys approche.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Athelſtane vpon a fierce courage, hauing thus founde his enimies according to his wiſhed de|ſire, and herewith comming vpon them in ſuche order of battaile as they had no way forth to e|ſcape without fight,Athelſtane his cruel procla|mation. hee commaunded a procla|mation to be made by one of his Heralds, that all the whole number of the Pictes ſhoulde paſſe by the edge of the ſworde.