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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Scottes taking occaſion hereof,The Scots vpõ occaſiõ of [...] amongſt the Romaine, come forth a|gainſt them. ioyned with the Pictes, and entred into Angus. Wher|of Cneus Trebellianus being informed aſſem|bled his people, who perceyuing no greate fore|wardneſſe in theyr leader, created Caius Siſin|nius (brother to the forenamed Trebellianus) theyr Captayne, but hee woulde in no wiſe mid|dle with that charge, though they were very ear|neſt in hande with him to take it vpon him. In the meane time came the enimies vnder the lea|ding of Galde ready to giue the onſet,The Scots ſet vpon the Ro|mains. wherwith the Romains being ſore troubled, by reaſon of this diſcorde amongſt themſelues, ſet forewarde yet, right valiantly, to giue battaile to theyr eni|mies: howbeit in the ende, bycauſe that Siſin|nius receyued a mortall wounde,The Romains are diſcõfited. and ſo depar|ted out of the fielde, they fell at length to run|ning away, the Scottes and Pictes following in the chaſe right fiercely.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This atchieued victorie after ſo many vn|luckie enterpryſes highly reioyced the appalled hartes of the Albions, hauing bene continually in maner now for the ſpace of l. yeares through aduerſe fortune, grieuouſly oppreſſed by the Ro|mains, who being not a litle diſcouraged by this ouerthrow,The Romains withdraw vnto Tulyne. They retire backe ouer the water of Tay, and breake the bridge after them. withdrewe themſelues wholly vnto Tulyne, and ſhortly after for theyr more ſafe|gard, they got them ouer the riuer of Tay, brea|king the bridge whiche they had made there, to the ende that by the ſame the Scottes and Picts ſhould haue no paſſage in that place.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But Galde hauing got this notable victorie with the ſpoyle of the Romains campe, thought it beſt with the aduice of his nobles, to purſue the Romains without delay, not ſuffering them to haue time to prouide for reſiſtance. And hervpon cõming to the caſtle of Calidone otherwiſe Ka|lendar, they gotte ouer the riuer of Tay,The Scots get ouer the riuers of Tay, neare to Calidone caſtel. by a bridge of wood layde ouer the ſame riuer, whiche in that place is but narrow, by reaſon of the rockes and cliues forcing the bankes on eyther ſide to a ſtraytneſſe.

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