Compare 1587 edition: 1 Herewith Oſtorius being not a litle moued, made ready his bandes,Oſtorius en|countreth the Pictes. and fiercely encountred with the Pictes, who defended themſelues ſo vi|gorouſly, that the fore warde of the Romains was neare hande diſcomfited. Whiche daunger Oſtorius perceiuing,Oſtorius is wounded. ſpeedily came to relieue the ſame, but preaſſing to farre amõgſt his enimies, he was ſore wounded, and in greate daunger to haue bene ſlaine. The night comming vpon par|ted the fraye, not without huge ſlaughter on both partes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After this, the warre continued ſtill betwixte them with often incurſions and ſkirmiſhes. At length the Pictes with ſuche other Brytains as were come vnto them out of the Iſle of Man & other parties,The Romains trayned forth into ambuſhes and ſo diſtreſ|ſed. encountred with the Romains in battayle, and vpon the firſte ioyning, of purpoſe gaue backe, trayning ſome of the Romains to purſue them vnto ſuche places, where they had layde theyr ambuſhes, and ſo compaſſing them about, ſlewe a great number of them, and chaſed the reſidue into the ſtraytes of the mountaynes, where they, were alſo ſurpryſed by ſuche of the Pictes as returned from the battayle.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Oſtorius vnderſtanding how the mater wẽt, withdrewe with the reſte of his people vnto his campe: and ſhortly after ſent a Purceuant vnto Rome, to enforme the Emperour in what ſtate things ſtoode in Brytaine, by reaſon of this re|bellion of the Pictes, who neyther by force nor gentle perſwaſions could be pacified.