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You are here: 1577 > Volume 2 > Body Text: Section 2 of 2: THE HISTORIE of Scotlande.
Snippet: 345 of 4298 (1577, Volume 2, p. 44)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Scottes and Picts with other the Bry|taines hauing atchieued this victory, purſued their enimies frõ place to place, ſo that there died by the ſwoord,70000. Ro|mains ſlaine, and [...] Bryt [...]. what in the batayle and els where in the chaſe a .lxx. M. Romains & other ſtraun|gers which ſerued amongſt them, and of Scots, Pictes, and other Brytaynes, were ſlaine .xxx. thouſande.

You are here: 1577 > Volume 2 > Body Text: Section 2 of 2: THE HISTORIE of Scotlande.
Snippet: 346 of 4298 (1577, Volume 2, p. 44)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Gouernour Suetonius being then in Gallia, hearing of this ouerthrow, and in what EEBO page image 45 daunger things ſtoode in Brytayne, by reaſon of the ſame, came ouer with two Legions of ſoul|diours, and .x. thouſande of other Brygants, as ayders to thoſe Legions.

You are here: 1577 > Volume 2 > Body Text: Section 2 of 2: THE HISTORIE of Scotlande.
Snippet: 347 of 4298 (1577, Volume 2, p. 45)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Voada the Queene vnderſtanding his ar|riuall,Voada aſſem|bled an armie agaynſt the Romaines. aſſembled againe hir people, and ſent vnto the Scottes and Pictes to come to hir ayde: who togither with the Morauians came wyth all ſpeede vnto hir. When they were thus aſſem|bled, Brytaynes, Scottes, Pictes and Mora|uians on one part, and Romaines with theyr aydes on the other, they marched forth to en|counter togyther with deliberate myndes to trie the matter by dynt of ſword, being earneſtly ex|horted therto by theyr gouernours on either ſide. So that ioyning puiſſance agaynſt puiſſance, [figure appears here on page 45] they fought a right cruell battaile, manye in the beginning being ſlaine and borne downe on both ſides. But in the ende the victorie abode with the Romaines, the Brytaynes wyth other the Albians were chaſed out of the fielde.The Romayns ouerthrow the Scottes and Pictes. There were ſlaine of them at the poynt of a .lxxx. thou|ſande perſons as Tacitus wryteth. The more part of the Morauians, togither with their cap|taine Roderike were in that number.The Moraui|ans all ſlaine. Voada the Queene doubting to come into the handes of hir enimies, ſlue hir ſelf. Two of hir daughters were taken priſoners,Voada ſlue hirſelfe. and brought armed euen as they were founde fighting in the battaile, vnto Sue|tonius.

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