Compare 1587 edition: 1 At the firſte approche of the one armie to|wardes the other,The armies approch togi|ther to fight. the battayle was begonne righte fiercely with ſhotte of arrowes and hur|ling of dartes, whiche being once paſte,They ioyne. they ioy|ned togither to trie the matter by hande ſtrokes, wherein the Scottes and Pictes had one diſad|uauntage, for thoſe that were archers (or as I may call them kernes) comming once to fight at hande blowes, had nothing but broade ſwordes and certaine ſorie light bucklers to defend them|ſelues with, ſuche as ſerue to better purpoſe for menne to ryde with abroade at home,The Scottiſh mens diſaduã|tage, by reaſon of their vnfit weapons. than to bee caried foorth into the warres, thought the ſame haue bene ſo vſed amongſt the Scottiſh men, euen till theſe our dayes.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Romains therefore being well appoin|ted with armure and broade Tergettes, ſlewe downe right a greate number of theſe Scottes and Pictes thus ſlenderly furniſhed, without re|ceiuing any great domage againe at their hãds, till king Galde appoynted his ſpeare menne to ſteppe foorth before thoſe archers and kernes, to ſuccour them, and therewith alſo the bill menne came forewarde and ſtroke on ſo freſhly, that the Romains were beaten downe on heapes, in ſuch wiſe that they were neare at poynt to haue bene diſcomfited,A cohort of Germains re|ſtored the Ro|maine ſide, neare at poynt to haue had the worſe. had not a bande of Germains (whiche ſerued amongſt the Romains) ruſhed foorth with greate violence vppon the Scottiſhe men where moſte daunger appeared, and ſo re|ſtored againe the faynting ſtomakes of the Ro|mains, whereby the battayle renewed on bothe ſides againe right fierce and cruell, that greate ruthe it was to beholde that blouddie fight and moſte vnmercyfull murder betwixte them, whiche continued with more violence on the Scottiſhe ſide than any warlyke ſkill,The night ſe|vereth the ar|mies in ſunder and parteth the fray. till final|ly the night comming on tooke the dayes light from them bothe, and ſo parted the fray.