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marcheth forth with his armie to|wards them, who being alreadie [...] with the Scots and Piers, were determined to abide him, in|somuch that those of the one side came no
sooner in sight of the other, but that they hasted foorth to ioine Seuer [...]s is incountred by his enimies. togither in battell, whereof insued great slaughter betwixt
them, though the British part (notwithstan|ding their aid of Scots and Piers) were not able long to endure
against the great at multitude and prac|tisedskill of the Romane souldiers, so that in the end they were
opened perforce and put to flight with the Fulgentius is put to flight and his armie
discom|fited. losse of thirtie thousand, what of Britains, Scotish, men and Piers.
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himselfe, seeing the discomfiture and huge slaughter made of his people, had runne in a|mongst the thickest
prease of his enimies, had not those that were about him led him awaie by force, and so at length he got him
amongst the troops of the Scotishmen and Piers, and togither with them pas|sed ouer Tine, and so into the
borders of his friends where he got togither such souldiers as he could, that Fulgentius
withdraweth into Pierland. had escaped from the battell, and reteined them with wages so well as
he might, in hope vpon occasion to imploie them e [...]t soones against his enimies. The Scots also sent into Ireland for aid, and the Piers into Denmarke
and Norwaie. Such of the British nobilitie as fell into the hands of the Romans, Se|uerus punished most
gréeuouslie, but the commons he vsed more gentlie, as it were making excuse for them being procured thereto
by their capteins. After this, when winter was come, he appointed his men Seuerus
wintereth at yorke. of warre to draw vnto places conuenient for them to lodge in, till the next
spring. He himselfe wintered at Yorke.
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summer there was little doone worthie to be spoken of, but that there were certeine skirmi|shes betwixt the
Romans lieng on the borders, and the Scots and Piers, euer as occasion serued, either of the parties to
worke any exploit for their aduan|tage. But for somuch as the Scots had no aid sent them foorth of Ireland,
they were not minded to tes|pard againe in a foughten field, supposing it sufficient if they might defend
their owne, though they gained nothing as then, considering the puissance that was readie bent against them.
At length Seuerus fell sicke at Yorke, and his son Antoninus lieng on the Seuerus sick
neth. The wall is repared. borders beyond Tine, caused the wall afore mentio|ned, diuiding the
Britains from the Scots and Piers, to be repared. This wall was built (as is before re|cited) first by
Adrian the emperor, to staie the Sco|tishmen from inuading the lands apperteining to the subiects of the
Romane empire, & after ouerthrowne in diuers places as well by Scots and Piers, as by the Britains,
in sort as before is partlie mentioned. Antoninus caused it to be fortified with bastilions, one placed so
néere to another, as trumpets being appointed in each of them, the sound might be heard betwixt to warne one
another vpon the first descri|eng of the enimies approch.