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Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 Planctius beeing approched within foure myles of them, encamped himſelfe in a ſtrong place, EEBO page image 37 as thoughe hee minded not to paſſe further, tyll Veſpaſian with the reſidue of his whole puiſ|ſance were come to his ayde. Neuertheleſſe night was no ſooner come on, but that hee gaue gene|rall commaundement through his hoſt, that eue|rie man ſhoulde make him readie to depart at a certaine houre vnder the Standarts of their cap|taynes in order of battaile. And ſo in the ſecond watche of the night, he ſet forwarde, following certaine guydes, (which knew all the ſtrayts and paſſages of the countrey) [...] he came to the place where Caratake with his armie was lodged:Planctius ſet|teth vpon the Scottiſh camp. and firſt killing the watche that ſtoode to defende his entrance, till the armie was rayſed, he ſet vpon the whole campe, and though he founde ſuche re|ſiſtance, that the battaile continued [...] and cruell from the dawning of the daye, tyll it was highe Noone, yet in the ende the vic|torie remayned with the Romaines, and the Scottes with the Pictes, and ſuche Brytaynes [figure appears here on page 37] as were on their parte, put to flight and cha|ſed.Caratake fly|eth into Dun|ſtafage. Caratake eſcaping out of the battaile, fled into Argyle, and got him to the Caſtel of Dun|ſtafage.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Dyuerſe of the Brytaynes and Pictes which as yet had not ſubmitted themſelues, were put in ſuch dread through brute of this ouerthrow, that immediately therevpon they came in and yeel|ded themſelues vnto Veſpaſian.The people of Galloway ſub|mit themſel|ues to the Ro|maines. And in ſem|blable wiſe the people of Galloway vtterly dyſ|payring longer to defende theyr Countrey a|gaynſt Planctius (who was nowe entered into their confines, and had taken the Citie of Car|ricke) offered to become ſubiectes vnto the Ro|maines, which they might neuer be brought vn|to before that tyme.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe newes being certified vnto Veſpaſian by a Purceuaunt, he rode ſtreight wayes vnto Carrike, and there receyued the othes of the no|bles, and other the inhabitants of the countrey.

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