Compare 1587 edition: 1 Kenneth miſtruſting no deceyt, graunted theyr requeſt, and therevpon commaunded his people to ceaſſe from all maner of annoyance of the enimies, for that terme.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 The Pictes iſ|ſue vpon the Scottes with great fortune.But in the meane tyme the Pictes prepared themſelues of all things neceſſary to make an iſſue vpon the Scottes. There was alſo an olde gate forlet and ſtopped vp with earth and ſtones vpon the one ſide of the Citie, ſo that of a long tyme before there had bene no way foorth by the ſame, wherefore in the darke of the night the Pictes ridding away the earth and [...]a [...]nall wher|with it was cloſed vp, aboute the thyrd wa [...]he, they paſſe foorth at that gate in good order of bat|tayle, ſetting firſte vpon ſuche Scottes as kepte the ſtandyng watche, who were in doubte of no|thing leſſe than of any iſſue to be made on that ſide, by meanes whereof they were eaſily op|preſſed, and likewiſe the other that kepte the in|ner watche, in ſo muche that the ſlaughter went on almoſte, euen to the kings tent with greate noyſe and clamour, as is commonly ſeene in ſuche ſodayne tumultes, eſpecially chancyng in the night ſeaſon. When the day began once to appeare, the Pictes withdrawyng towardes the Citie by the ſame way they came, were purſuade by the Scottes, and no ſmall number of them ſlayne at the entring. The Citie alſo had bene taken at the ſame time, but that the Pictes out of the turrettes and loupes of the walles, diſchar|ged a wonderfull number of quarelles, dartes, arrowes, ſtones and other things vppon the Scottes, as they approched neare to the gate, where theyr fellowes (that made the iſſue) haſted to enter againe into the towne.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 There were ſlayne of the Scottes at this bickeryng aboue ſixe hundred,An extreeme vowe made by king Kenneth wherewith Ken|neth was ſo kindeled with wrath, that deteſting the falſehood of the Pictes, hee vowed by open othe that he woulde not departe from the ſiege, till he had put the citie and them within to the fire and ſwoorde, without ſparing of any, eyther one or other.