Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Kenneth exhorted his people that day to shew themselues men, sith the same should iudge whether the Scots should rule and gouerne the Picts, or the The order of the battell. Picts the Scots. With these and manie other effec|tuall words when he had incouraged his folks to the battell, he diuided them into thrée wards, as two wings and a maine battell. In euerie of them he set first archers and arcubalisters; and next vnto them pikes and speares, then bilmen and other with such short weapons: last of all, an other multitude with all kind of weapons, as was thought most expedient. The fore ward was committed to the lea|ding of one Bar, a man right skilfull in all warlike knowledge, the second one Dongall gouerned, and the third was led by Donald the kings brother. The king himselfe with a troope of horssemen followed them to succour in all places where he saw néed.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 Then commanded he his trumpets to sound to the battell, which the Scots began with such a chéere|full shout, that the Picts euen vpon the first onset were so amazed, that if Drusken had not with com|fortable words relieued their fainting stomachs, the King Drus|ken imbolde|neth his peo|ple the Picts. most part of them had fled without anie stroke stric|ken. But being incouraged through the presence of their king, shewing himselfe with chéerefull counte|nance amongst them, and therewith exhorting them to stand by him at that present, there was fought a right sore and cruell battell betwéene them. The wo|men that were amongest the Picts, of whom there The women were a cum|brance to the Picts. was no small number, speciallie in the right wing, made such a wofull noise, when they beheld the men one kill an other, that they were a more cumbrance to the Picts, than aid, when it came to the point of seruice: by reason whereof that wing was shortlie beaten downe, and put to flight. Which when Ken|neth beheld, he set in with his horssemen on the Kenneth with the horssemen disordered the Picts araie. backs of the Picts, now left bare by the running thus away of those in the foresaid wing: and so entring in amongest them, disordred their araie in such wise, that by no means they were able to aid themselues, or come into anie order againe: so that in the end The right wing of the Picts is put to flight. they were faine to throw downe their weapons, and take them to their féete, thereby to escape the dan|ger. Such heaps of slaine men, armour, & weapons laie here & there strewed in the place of the battell, that the Scots were forced in following the chase to breake their araie, so to passe the more speedilie: by means whereof, falling amongest whole bands of the Picts, manie of them were slaine.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 This mischiefe Kenneth perceiuing, comman|deth Kenneth cau|seth the re|treat to be sounded. to sound the retreat, and so gathering his peo|ple about their standards, he appointed certeine companies in warlike order to pursue in chase of the enimies, whilest he himselfe with the residue a|bode still in the place (where the field was fought) all that day and the next night following. The Sco|tish capteins that were sent to follow the chase, earnestlie executing their kings commandement, made great slaughter of Picts in all places where they might ouertake them. Drusken the Pictish The king of the Picts slaine. king himselfe being pursued to the riuer of Taie, for that he could not passe the same, was there slaine with the whole retinue which he had about him. It is said, that the Scotishmen incountred with the Picts that day at seuen sundrie times, and in seuen sundrie places, and still the victorie abode with the Scots. The day after the battell, such as had followed the chase returned to the campe; where they presen|ted vnto Kenneth their king, the armour and other spoile of Drusken the Pictish K. which they brought with them, besides great abundance of other pil|lage and riches, which they had gotten of the enimies that were slaine. Druskens armour and other things belonging to his owne bodie, was offered vp to saint Colme, in the church dedicated to his name within the Ile of Colmekill, there to remaine as a monument of this victorie to such as should come after.