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Compare 1587 edition: 1 On the other parte Agricola, though he p [...]|ceyued a greate deſire amongſt his ſouldiers to fight, yet hee was not negligent on his owne behalfe to encourage them with moſte cheerefull woordes and countenaunce, ſo that bothe the ar|mies being thus bente to haue battayle, the ge|nerals on bothe partes beganne to ſette them in array.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Agricola to the ende his armie being the leſ|ſer number ſhoulde not bee aſſayled both afront and on the ſides, prouided (by diſpoſing them in a certaine order) a remedie againſt that diſad|uantage.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 On the other ſide, king Galde,Galde by rea|ſon of his mul|titude, this lieth to endde his enimies. by reaſon of the aduauntage whiche hee had in his greate multitude and number, ordered his battayl [...]s thereafter, with a long and large fronte, pla|cing the fame vppon the higher grounde, of pur|poſe to compaſſe in the enimies on eche ſide.

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