Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 There were slaine of the Scotishmen (as their chronicles report) aboue twelue thousand, and of the Romans about six thousand. This victorie being thus atchiued, the Romans got possession of Epiake The citie cal|led Epiake is woon by the Romans. with the greatest part of all Galloway, and passed the residue of that yéere without anie other notable exploit: but in the summer following, Petilius the Romane gouernor went about to subdue the rest of the countrie, the Scots oftentimes making diuerse skirmishes with him, but in no wise durst ioine with them, puissance against puissance, least they should The Scots durst not fight any field with the Romans. haue put their countrie into further danger, if they had chanced eftsoones to haue receiued the ouer|throw.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 ¶ Here haue we thought good to aduertise the reader, that although the Scotish writers impute all the trauels, which Petilius spent in subduing the Brigants, and Frontinus in conquering the Si|lures, to be imploied chieflie against Scots & Picts: the opinion of the best learned is wholie contrarie therevnto, affirming the same Brigants & Silures not to be so far north by the distance of manie miles, Touching all the dooings of the Romans in Britaine ye shall find suffi|cientlie in the historie of England. as Hector Boetius and other his countriemen doo place them, which thing in the historie of England we haue also noted, where ye may read more of all the dooings of the Romans here in Britaine, as in their writers we find the same recorded. But ne|uerthelesse wee haue here followed the course of the Scotish historie, in maner as it is written by the Scots themselues, not binding anie man more in this place than in other to credit them further than by conference of authors it shall seeme to them ex|pedient.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In the meane time then, whilest Petilius was occu|pied (as before ye haue hard) in the conquest of Gal|loway, Uoadicia the daughter of Aruiragus (whom Uoadicia re|neweth wars with the Ro|mans. the Romans had before time misused, as before in this treatise is partlie touched) gathered togither a crew of souldiors within the Ile of Man, partlie of the inhabitants, and partlie of such Scotishmen of Galloway as were fled thither for succor: with these shée tooke the seas, and landing in Galloway, vpon purpose to reuenge hir iniuries in times past recei|ued at the Romans hands, she set vpon their tents in the night season, when they looked for nothing lesse The Romane campe assailed in the night by Uoadicia. than to be disquieted, by reason whereof they were brought into such disorder, that if Petilius had not caused such fierbrands to be kindled as he had prepa|red and dressed with pitch, rosen and tallow, for the like purpose, the whole campe had beene in great danger: but these torches or firebrands gaue not on|lie light to sée where to make resistance, but also be|ing cast in the faces of the enimies, staied their har|die forwardnesse, whereby the Romans hauing lea|sure to place themselues in arraie, defended the en|tries of their campe, till the day was sproong, and then giuing a full onset vpon their enimies, they put them quite to flight.