Compare 1587 edition: 1 Shortly after he came to an enteruew with the king of Scottes at the water of Eſke,Crathlint king of the Scots & Orãtius come to talke togi|ther. where after he had purged himſelfe with many wordes of excuſe, touching the murder of his brother Findock, there was an aſſured friendſhip cõclu|ded betwixt them. And at the motion of Caran|tius, Crathlynt was contented to come to a cõ|munication with the king of Picts, for concluſiõ of a peace, to the intent, that both of them might ioyne their powers togither, in ayde of Carãtius againſt the Romains.Crathlynt and the king of the Pictes come to a cõmunicatiõ by Carantius his meanes, who trauaileth to ſet them at one. At this communication both the kings mette, & Carantius likewiſe was there, as a man indifferent betwixt them bothe, to do what he could, to linke thẽ both in amitie. And verily his preſence there vnto ſtoode to much in ſteede, that chiefly through his perſwaſion groũded vpon great reaſons & weightie cõſidera|tions, they agreed to cõclude a peace & to renew the old league in ſuch manner & forme, and with ſuch cõditions, as ſhould be thought requi [...]e by the aduiſe & diſcrete order of .viij. auncient per|ſons: iiij. to be choſen on the one parte, & .iiij. on the other. Which .viij. perſons taking the matter in hand, did ſo aduiſedly giue order for the auoy|ding of all cauſes of grudge & hatred,Peace confir|med agayne betwixte the Scottiſhmen and Pictes. that bothe partes held them ſatiſfied with their arbitrement and direction, ſo that a ioyfull peace was confir|med, and all variance vtterly quenched.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 In this meane time Quintus Baſſianus the Romaine lieutenant in Brytaine, vnderſtãding how Carantius was thus reuolted, and had not only cauſed them of Weſtmerland to rebell but alſo ſtayne and chaſed the Romains out of that countrey, he was not a little diſquieted, & deter|mined with all ſpeede to go againſt him, & to re|uenge theſe iniuries.Quintus Baſsi|anus entreth into Weſtmer|land, but hea|ring that his enimies were at Yorke he turneth thi|therwardes. Within a fewe dayes after hauing his armie readie, hee entred into Weſt|merland: but hearing that his enimies were al|ready come to Yorke, & had won the citie by ſur|render, he turned his force thitherwards, in pur|poſe to fight with them, though hee vnderſtood they were in .iij. great battels, as the Scottes in one, the Pictes in an other, & thoſe of Carantius his retinew in the third. He lodged that night within a ſtrong place fenſed aboute with mar|riſſes. But Carantius vnderſtanding all the manner of his enimies by his eſpials, & being in cãpe within .x. miles of them or therabout, in the ſame night he raiſed his field without any great bruite, and by the leading of certaine guides hee marched ſtraight towards the place where Baſ|ſianus was encãped, ſo that anone after y^e ſpring of the day he came thither: whereof Baſſianus being aduertiſed, and perceyuing he ſhould haue battell, maketh readie for y^e ſame, giuing the beſt exhortation he could vnto his people to play the men: but for ſo much as the moſt parte of his ar|mie were Brytains,The Brytains betray the Ro|mains. all his woordes nothing a|uayled: for they deſirous to ſee the vtter ruine of all the Romaine power, euen at the very poynt when the battels ſhould haue ioyned, withdrew thẽſelues aparte without any ſtroke ſtriken, and got thẽ vp into the next mountayns, to ſee what would inſue. The reſidue of the Romain armie, ſeing thẽſelues thus forſaken of their fellowes, & their ſides left bare & open for the enimie to enter vpon them, fell to plaine running away,The Romains are diſcõfited. but by reaſon of the mariſſe ground cõpaſſing them in on each ſide, ſewing wel to purpoſe for y^e Scots, & other the confederates,The ſlaughter of the Ro|mains. a great nũber of the Ro|mains, & other of their parte were ouertaken and ſlaine. Amongſt whom Baſſianus himſelf was one, & Hircius themperours procurator an other.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Brytains (who as is ſayd refuſed to fight in the beginning of the battell) yeelded thẽſelues vnto Carantius,The Brytains yeelde them|ſelues vnto Ca|rantius. & ſware to be his true liege mẽ & ſubiects. In like manner Carantius appointed al ſuch of the nobilitie as were betwixt .xx. yeres and .lx. to remaine with him in hoſtage: but the ſpoyle of the field he diuided amongſt his people equally, ſo that aſwel the Scottiſh men & Picts, as alſo his owne ſouldiers held thẽ well content EEBO page image 82 and ſatiſfied therewith. After this victory Ca|rantius cauſed himſelf to be proclaymed king of Brytaine,Carantius or Carautius, as Eutropius na|meth him, v|ſurpeth the kingdome of Brytaine. vſurping the gouernment therof who|ly to himſelf, and retayning .2000. of the Scots and Pictes, to attend vpon the ſauegard of his perſon, ſent the reſidue home laden with riches of the enimies ſpoyle. Hee ſent alſo with them his ambaſſadours, to render thankes vnto bothe the kings for theyr ayd in this ſo proſperous a victo|rie,Carantius ha|uing got the victory, deui|deth the gaine in aſsigning to his cõfederates their due por|cions. aſſigning vnto them as a portion of the con|queſt, the countreys of Weſtmerland and Cum|berland, with all that region whiche lay betwixt Adrians walle, and the citie of Yorke, to enioy as their owne proper patrimonie for euermore. Finally the ſayde Carantius was ſlayne by his companion Alectus, as in the Engliſh hiſtorie ye may finde more at large.