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Compare 1587 edition: 1 His commaundement was obeyed: ſo that a mightie armie of men at the daye and place ap|poynted came togither, whiche beeing muſtred, they ſtreight ways remoue vnto Calydon caſtel, now called Dunkeld,Brudus ente|reth into An|gus with an ar|my. where they paſſe the riuer of Tay, and ſo enter into Angus, not without ſome difficultie, but being once gotten ouer, they marche forthwith towardes the place wher they vnderſtood their enimies did lye.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Brudus the night before the day in the which he thought they ſhould haue battaile, by the ad|uice of certaine expert warriours, whiche he had with him, appoynted all the horſes that were in the campe,A woonderfull polycie vſed by Brudus. ſeruing for burden, to bee beſtowed amongſt the women, lackeys and coyſtrels, part of them being clad in armure, and part in white lynnen, with long polles in their handes lyke to ſpeares and iauelius. Among them alſo hee or|deyned an hundred horſmen to be placed, whom he made priuie to his entention, as thẽ by whoſe leadyng that feate which ſhould be wroughte in this behalfe, was to be atchieued. Theſe he cau|ſed to lye couertly within a wood neere vnto the place where the battaile ſhould be fought, giuing them in cõmaundment not to ſhewe themſelues till the battayle were begon.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Alpine this whyle helde himſelfe in a caſtell, whiche ſtode vpon an hill, a little from Dundee,The encam|ping of Alpyn his armie. beyng nowe decayed, ſo that litle ther|of remaineth to be ſeene at this daye. Vpon the north ſide of the hille, there lyeth a greate large playne, compaſſed on eche ſide with mountains as then full of woodes and laundes, but now for the moſt part bare & without any trees or buſhes In this playne were the Scottes encamped.

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