Compare 1587 edition: 1 They further declared, that all the Brytiſhe Lordes, whiche were confederate in this entre|priſe, had choſen him by common aſſent to bee their general and chief leader, if it might ſo pleaſe him to take it vpon him, as their [...] was hee would: conſidering the iuſt cauſes of there warre, and the ſuretie whiche by victorie gotten might enſue vnto al the inhabitants of the whole Iſle of Albion.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Caratake pro|miſed ayd vn|to the Bry|taynes.Caratake hauing hearde the ſumme of theſe requeſt, and throughly waying the ſame, promi|ſed them to be readie with his whole puiſſance in the beginning of the next [...], to co [...]e to theyr ayde, vnto what place ſoeuer they ſhoulde [...] them, they myght be muſt aſſured: wylling them in the meane haue ſo to prouide for themſelues, as theyr enimyes might haue no aduauntage at their handes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 With this agreeable [...] the Brytiſhe Meſſengers [...] vnto Shrew [...]ſburie to the [...], who [...] at the [...]wes, made [...] to goe agaynſt the Romaines, [...] hope of good ſucceſſe, ſpeciallye throughe ayde of the Scotte [...] and Pictes,The Pictes ioyne with Scottes and Brytaynes, a|gaynſt the Romaines. who alſo wyth theyr King called Con|kyſt were willing to helpe towardes the dely|uering of the lande from vondage of the Ro|maines, whoſe neſtling ſo neare their noſes they were loth to ſee or heare of.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 The Britains, who had gone so farre in the matter The Bri|tains make themselues strong. that they could not well withdraw themselues, now being certified of all their enimies dooings, thought best to make themselues so strong as was possible. And to the end that they might procéed in some or|derlie meane, all the greatest lords and estates as|sembled The Bri|tains assem|ble them|selues at Shresburie. togither at Shrewsburie, in those daies cal|led Coriminum, where they concluded vpon a league to aid one another with all their might and maine against the Romans & Aruiragus, who went about to bring them wholie vnder seruile subiection and thraldome of the same Romans. They being They confe|derat them|selues togi|ther. thus agréed to make warres in this quarrell, and for the same purpose to ioine their whole puissance togi|ther, there rose a doubt whome they might choose for their generall capteine, for that it was feared least there might grow some secret enuie amongest the nobles being of equall power, if one should be in this case preferred before an other. For the auoi|ding of which mischiefe, by the graue admonition of one Comus a noble man of the parties of Wales, they accorded to send messengers vnto Caratake Caratake chosen to be capteine of the Britains. the king of Scotland, requiring him to aid them in their right and iust quarrell against Aruiragus and the Romans, whereby he might reuenge the iniu|rie doone to his sister quéene Uoada and hir issue, Aruiragus would dis|herit his own children which he had by Uoada. whome the father through counsell of the Romans purposed to disherit to the end, such children as he had by Genissa (for that they were of the Romane bloud) might inioy the kingdome. They further de|clared, that all the British lords which were confe|derat in this enterprise, had chosen him by common assent to be their generall and chiefe leader, if it might so please him to take it vpon him, as their trust was he would: considering the iust causes of their warre, and the suertie which by victorie gotten might insue vnto all the inhabitants of the whole Ile of Albion.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Caratake hauing heard the summe of their re|quest, Caratake promised aid to the Bri|tains. and throughlie weieng the same, promised them to be readie with his whole puissance in the be|ginning of the next spring, to come to their aid, vn|to what place soeuer they should thinke expedient: and thereof he told them they might be most assured, willing them in the meane time so to prouide for themselues, as their enimies might haue no ad|uantage at their hands. With this agreeable an|swere the British messengers returned to Shrews|burie to the confederats, who reioising at the news, made prouision against the next spring to go against the Romans, in hope of good successe, speciallie through aid of the Scots and Picts, who also with The Picts ioine with Scots and Britains a|gainst the Ro|mans. their king called Conkist were willing to helpe to|wards the deliuering of the land from bondage of the Romans, whose nestling so neere their noses they were loth to sée or heare of. So soone therefore as the spring approched, all those thrée people, Britains, Scots, and Picts, gathered their powers together, and met in Yorkeshire, in purpose to incounter with their enimies in battell, wheresoeuer they found them.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Aruiragus and Aulus Planctius hauing know|ledge of all the dooings of the confederats, likewise assembled their power, & comming towards them, EEBO page image 47 for a while forbare to ioine in battell, through coun|sell of Planctius, who perceiuing the most part of the Britains and Scots to be but new souldiers, taken vp of late to fill the numbers, knew that by protracting time they would be soone out of heart, through watching and euill harborough, in such sort that in the end they should be easie inough to deale with; and euen so it came to passe. For the Romans refusing to fight a generall battell, yet scoured so the fields on ech side abroad, that neither the Britains The Bri|tains wea|ned through trauell. nor Scots could go forth anie waies for forage or vittels, but they were still snatched vp, so that what through hunger, lacke of sléepe, and other diseases, manie of the Britains began to conueie themselues from the campe home to their houses, of whome some being taken by the enimies, declared that the whole armie of the confederats was in great distresse, and sore inféebled by such vnaccustomed trauell and dis|eases as they were inforced vnto in the campe. Wherevpon Aruiragus and Aulus Planctius deter|mined the next day to giue battell. And so in the morning they arraied their people, & marched foorth betimes towards the campe of the confederats.