Compare 1587 edition: 1 Lucius Antenous hauing thus receyued the ouerthrow, diſpatched a poſt vnto Rome with all haſte, ſignifying vnto the Emperour Adrian the whole maner of the diſcomfiture, and howe that by reaſon therof things ſtood in great daun|ger here in Brytaine, if ſpeedie ſuccours were not the ſooner ſent, for the enimies were neuer more cruell and fierce, than at this preſent,Women as readie to the battail as men. not onely the men, but alſo the women (as in the laſt bat|taile he ſawe plaine proufe) who cared not for the loſſe of their owne lyues, ſo that they might die reuenged.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 When Adrian vnderſtood theſe newes,Adriã the Em|perour prepa|reth to go in|to Brytayne. he pur|poſed forthwith to goe himſelfe into Brytayne, cauſing therefore an armie to be leuied, he paſſed forth with the ſame into Fraunce, then called Gallia, and comming to Callice, he tranſported ouer into Brytayne,Adrian tranſ|porteth into Brytayne. where hee learned howe the Scottes and Pictes were neuer more buſie than at this preſent, hauing of late waſted and ſpoyled the Countrey euen to the Riuer of Tine.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Herewith Adrian being ſore offended, ioyned the power which he had brought with him from Rome,Adrian com|meth to York. with the other which he had cauſed to be rayſed in Fraunce and Brytayne. This done, he remoued to Yorke, where ſoiourning certaine dayes to refreſh his people, he afterwardes drewe towardes the borders, and comming to the riuer of Tine, he paſſed ouer the ſame.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Lucius Antenous hauing thus receiued the ouer|throw, dispatched a post vnto Rome with all hast, signifient vnto the emperor Adrian the whole ma|ner of the discomfiture, and how that by reason ther|of things stood in great danger here in Britaine, if spéedie succors were not the sooner sent, for the eni|mies were neuer more cruell and fierce, than at this Women as readie to the battell as the men. present, not onelie the men, but also the women (as in the last battell he saw plaine proofe) who cared not for the losse of their owne liues, so that they might die reuenged.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 When Adrian vnderstood these newes, he purpo|sed forthwith to go himselfe into Britaine. Causing therefore an armie to be leuied, he passed foorth with Adrian the emperor pre|pareth to go into Britain. Adrian trans|porteth into Britaine. the same into France, then called Gallia, and com|ming to Calice, he transported ouer into Britaine, where he learned how the Scots and Picts were ne|uer more busie than at this present, hauing of late wasted and spoiled the countrie euen to the riuer of Tine. Herewith Adrian being sore offended, ioined Adrian com|meth to yorke the power which he had brought with him frõ Rome, with the other which he had caused to be raised in France and Britaine. This doone, he remooued to Yorke, where soiorning certeine daies to refresh his people, he afterwards drew toward the borders, and cõming to the riuer of Tine, he passed ouer the same.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The fourth daie after, he came into a countrie wherein was left no kind of earthlie thing seruing to mans vse, and so passing forward a daie or two, he He passeth ouer the riuer of Tine. Adrian fin|deth nothing abroad in the countrie of his enimies. found neither corne, nor other prouision of vittell, nor any kind of liuing creature, all the people being fled into the mounteins and marish grounds, where no man might come vnto them, as commonlie in case of extreme danger they were accustomed to lie abroad in the same without house or any couerture ouer their heads. Howbeit, for all that he gaue not ouer to pursue them, but finding them out where What maner of people he had to doo withall. they lurked in the hilles and woods, he gréeuouslie af|flicted them, and that in sundrie maner. In the end espieng the barrennes of the soile, the rudenes of the people, and that there was no hope left to come by sufficient prouision for the maintenance of his ar|mie, he determined not to spend anie longer time in such a vaine and fruitlesse trauell, and therefore re|turned vnto Tine, there to restreine the Scots and Picts from inuading such of the Britains as were subiect to the Romane empire, he caused a great Adrian begin|neth to make a wall for safe|gard of the Britains against the Picts and Scots. The Romans writers [...] confirme the same. [...]rench to be cast ouerthwart the land from the mouth of Tine to the riuer of Eske, and a wall to be made on the inner side of the same, of turfe and sods. ¶The Scotish chronicles make mention that it was be|gun by Adrian, but not finished till the daies of the emperor Seuerus, who made an end of it, and ther|fore the same chronicles name it the wall of Septi|mius Seuerus.