Compare 1587 edition: 1 With theſe newes Galde being ſomewhat aſtonied,The Ord [...]ni|ces and Bry|gants miſtake by the Scot|tiſh wryten. thought good to vnderſtande the cer|taintie of the enimies doings, before hee made any ſturre for the leauying of his people, & there|fore appoynted certaine light horſemen to ride EEBO page image 47 foorth, and to bryng certaine newes of that whiche they might heare or ſee: who at theyr returne declared that the enimies armie was a|broade in the fieldes,The Pictes o|uerthrowe by the Romains. The Romains purpoſe to en|ter into Gal|loway. vppon the borders of Picte lande, and had giuen the Pictes already a great ouerthrow, and further, howe they were turned weſtwarde on the lefte hande, in purpoſe to enter into Galloway.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Galde being thus certified of the Romains approche towardes his countrey,Galde deter|mineth to fight with the Roma [...]s. determined to giue them battayle before they entred into the inner partes of his Realme, and therefore with all ſpeede hee aſſembled his people, to the num|ber of fiftie thouſande menne, all ſuche as were able to beare armor, being readie to repayre vnto him in ſuche preſent neceſſitie for defence of theyr countrey.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 It hath bene reported, that as hee marthed foorth towardes his enimies, ſundrie ſtraunge ſights appeared by the way.Strange ſights appeare to the Scottiſhe armie. An Egle was ſeene almoſt all a whole day, flying vp and downe o|uer the Scottiſhe armie, euen as though ſhe had laboured hyr ſelfe weary.