Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Emperour determining to prouide re|medie therfore, ſent worde againe that he would not that the Pictes ſhoulde be e [...]tſoones receyued vpon theyr ſubmiſſion, if they were driuen to make [...]yte for pardon, but vtterly to be deſtroyed and exterminated. For the accompliſhment whereof, he appoynted two legions of ſuche men of warre as ſoiourned in Fraunce to paſſe ouer into Brytaine.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But in the meane whyle Oſtorius departed this worlde,Oſtorius dieth whether of his hurtes as the Scot|tiſhe chronicles make mention, or through ſick|neſſe as ſhoulde rather ſeeme by Cornelius Ta|citus, it forceth not.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After whoſe deceaſe Man [...]ins Valeus had EEBO page image 42 the chiefeſt charge,Manlius Va|lens inuadeth the Pictes. who bringyng his army foorth to encounter the Pictes that came to ſeeke battell, was fiercely fought withall. Notwith|ſtãding the victory had abidẽ on his ſide, if at the very point there had not come ſuccours to the Picts, (that is to witte) iiij.C. horſemen out of the countrey of Kendall,The Romain [...] are diſcõfited by the Pictes. by whoſe freſh onſet the Romains were diſcõfited and chaſed vnto their campe, there being ſlayne aboue .iij. thouſande of them at that ouerthrowe, and on the Pictes ſide there wanted a twoo thouſande of theyr num|ber at the leaſt.