Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 Anguſianus underſtãding his furie, & doubting leſt the Brytains through ſetting on of the Ro|mains ſhould ſeeke to ioyne with the Pictes to the deſtruction of the Scots, thought good to aſ|ſay if by any friendly meanes hee might bring Nectanus to fal vnto ſome reaſonable point, ra|ther than by the warres to endaunger bothe the Pictiſh & Scottiſh eſtates, in putting the ſame in aduenture to fall into the hands of theyr ancient enimies the Romains & the Brytons.Anguſianus ſu|eth for peace. Herevpõ therfore he wrote vnto Nectanus a gẽtle letter, declaring therin al ſuch daungers & incõueniẽces as might enſue by this warre thus by him at|tempted. And againe how neceſſary it were for both nations to haue peace togither as then, cõ|ſidering howe it was not to be thought that the Romaine legate Maximus (hauing now all the Brytons at his cõmaundement) would reſt (if occaſiõ were offered) til that he had fully ſubdued both the Scottes & Pictes: For the auoyding of which peril he offered for his parte, to accept any reaſonable cõditions of peace, that ſhould by him be preſcribed.Nectanus re|fuſeth al offers of peace. But Nectanus in no wiſe would giue eare to any treatie of peace, ſo that Angu|ſianus being forced to giue battell for defence of his ſubiects, brought his people into the field, and exhorting thẽ to play the men with ſundrie cõ|fortable wordes, he placed thẽ in order of battel.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 Anguſianus & Nectanus ioyne in battel with their ar|mies.On the other part Nectanus likewiſe encou|raged his folkes to do valiantly, ſo that the Ar|chers on bothe ſides ſtepped forewarde, letting their arrowes flie freely one at an other, till at length comming to hand blowes they ſtroke on freſhly, beating downe and killing without ſpa|ring on either ſide, ſo that a good ſpace the victory was doubtful. At length Anguſianus perceiuing his people to be put to the worſe,Anguſianus is ſlayne. ruſhed foorth in|to the thickeſt of the preaſſe amõgſt his enimies, where hee was quickly eſpied, oppreſſed with preſſe and ſlaine out of hand, the moſt part of his people miſſing him, and not vnderſtãding what was become of him,The Scots are diſcomfited. ſuppoſed yt he had bene fled, & therefore fell alſo to running away, but the re|ſidue that ſtoode ſtill at their defence were ſlaine downe right.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus the victory remayned with the Pictes, but neither part had any cauſe to reioyce, for the chieftains on both ſides were ſlayne,Nectanus is alſo ſlayne. beſides ma|ny thouſands of other, ſo that aſwell the one na|tiõ as the other departed frõ the place right pen|ſife & ſorrowfull, giuing many a ſore curſe vnto ſuche as had bene the procurers & nurriſhers of ſuch deteſtable hatred betwixt thoſe two natiõs, which had ſo long a time bene conioyned in the faithfull bande of amitie, to the great quiet and wealth of both the countreys. After this bloudy battell, aſwell the Scots as Pictes ſat ſtill for a ſeaſon, not attempting any enterpriſe of impor|tance the one againſt the other.