Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 Theſe monſtruous ſightes troubled mennes mindes diuerſly, ſome conſtruing the ſame, to ſignifie good ſucceſſe, and ſome otherwiſe. Alſo the chiefeſt captaynes amongſt the Scottes were not all of one opinion,The Scottes not all of one minde. for ſome of them waying the great force of the Romaine armie, beyng the greateſt that euer had bene brought into theyr countrey before that day, counſelled that they ſhoulde in no wiſe be fought withall, but rather to ſuffer them to weary themſelues, till vitayles and other prouiſions ſhoulde fayle them, and then to take the aduauntage of them as occaſion ſerued: Other were of a contrarie minde, iudging it beſte (ſith the whole puiſſaunce of the Realme was aſſembled) to giue bat|tayle, leaſt by deferryng time, the courage and great deſire which the people had to fight, ſhould waxe faynt and decay: ſo that all things conſi|dered,The Scottes a|gree to fight with the Ro|ma [...]. it was generally in the ende agreed vp|pon to giue battayle, and ſo comming within ſight of the enimies hoſte, they made ready to encounter them. At the firſte the Scottes were ſomewhat amazed with the greate multitude of theyr aduerſaries, but through the cheerefull exhortations of theyr King, and other their Ca|ptaines, theyr ſtomackes began [...] to [...], ſo that they boldely ſette vppon the Romaines, whereof enſued betwixte them a righte [...] and cruell battayle, howbeit in the [...] the vi|ctorie inclined to the Romãn [...]s,The Scots are diſcomfited. and the Scottes were chaſed out of the fielde. Galdes himſelfe was wounded in the face, yet eſcapes hee out of the battaile, but not without great daunger in deede, by reaſon the Romaines purſued moſt egerly [...] the chaſe.
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