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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Agricola ma|king a bridge ouer Tay wa|ter, paſſeth by the ſame with his hoſte, and encampeth neare to the foote of the mountayne of Granzbene.Some of them that were not ouer haſtie to follow the firſte, ſeeing the preſent loſſe of theyr fellowes, returned by the ſame way they came vnto Agricola, who in this meane tyme had cauſed a bridge to be made ouer ye riuer of Tay, by the whiche hee paſſed with his whole armie, and encamped on the further ſide thereof neare to the rootes of the mountayne of Granzbene, leauing the bridge garniſed with a competent number of ſouldiers to defende it againſt the e|nimies.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Pictes being not a little troubled here|with, diſpatched foorth a meſſenger with all haſte vnto Galde the Scottiſhe king, ſignifying vnto him the whole matter, and therevpon requyred him of ayde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Galde hauing muſtered his people aſwell Scottiſhe as Iriſhe, eſſembled them togither to the number of .xl. thouſand perſons, what of one and other, and incontinently with al ſpeede mar|cheth foorth to come vnto the ayde of the Pictes, and ſo within a fewe dayes paſſing ouer the mountaine of Grambene, he arriueth in a val|ley beyonde the ſame mountayne,Galde king of the Scottiſh men commeth to the ayde of the Pictes. where he fin|deth the Pictes, Danes, and Norwegians, en|camped togither not farre off from the hoſt of the Romains.

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