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You are here: 1577 > Volume 2 > Body Text: Section 2 of 2: THE HISTORIE of Scotlande.
Snippet: 691 of 4298 (1577, Volume 2, p. 87)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Eugenius for anſwere herevnto,The anſweare of Eugenius vnto the He|rald. declared that ſith his entring into the gouernmẽt of the Scot|tiſh eſtate, hee had done nothing that might be thought preiudiciall either to the Romains or to the Brytains their ſubiects: And as for the Picts he would be gladde to haue a peace, with them if there might bee amends made for all diſplea|ſures done on either parte, according as ſhoulde be thought to ſtande with equitie and reaſon. EEBO page image 88 Neyther did hee ſee what cauſe the Romains ſhoulde haue to make warres for the Pictes, a|gaynſt thoſe that had done them no diſpleaſure: but if it were ſo, that hee muſte needes haue warres, he would do what in him lay to defende the libertie of the Scottiſh natiõ, truſting chiefly in the ſuccours of almightie God, who vſed to fauour the cauſe of the iuſt and innocent, againſt ſuche as ſought to wrong them vpon fayned quarrels without occaſion giuen.

You are here: 1577 > Volume 2 > Body Text: Section 2 of 2: THE HISTORIE of Scotlande.
Snippet: 692 of 4298 (1577, Volume 2, p. 88)

Compare 1587 edition: 1

Maximus ray|ſeth a mightie armie.

He inuadeth the Scottiſh regions.

Maximus receyuing this anſwere from Eu|genius, aſſembled with all ſpeede a ſtrong and mighty armie of Romains, Brytains, & French men, with the which entring into Weſtmerlãd, he ſpoyled that countrey moſt miſerably, taking diuers caſtels & ſtrong holdes by force, the which he furniſhed with garriſons of his people, and then paſſing into Annandale,Cruell warres. brenned and haried the ſame: from thence he entred into Galloway, omitting no kinde of tyrannie that mighte be ſhewed againſt the inhabitantes, ſo that the fear was greate throughout all the countrey: for of many yeares before, ſo great an armie had not bene ſeene in thoſe parties.

You are here: 1577 > Volume 2 > Body Text: Section 2 of 2: THE HISTORIE of Scotlande.
Snippet: 693 of 4298 (1577, Volume 2, p. 88)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Eugenius ga|thereth his power, figh|teth with his enimies, and is diſcomfited.Eugenius notwithſtanding, gathering his power togither, determined to trie the fortune of battell, & ſo ioyning with his enimies neare vnto the water of Cree, his people were quickly put to flight, & chaſed, by reaſon that they were muche inferiour in number: but the Romains purſuyng the chaſe,The Romains following to forewardly in the chaſe, re|ceiue domage. hapned to light amongſt thẽ of Argile, whiche had not bene at the battell, but were cõ|ming towards it, and now fiercely encountring with ſuche as purſued theyr friends, they cauſed them to retyre backe with ſome loſſe, whervpon the other Scottes alſo (which were chaſed) retur|ned, and gaue a freſhe onſet, ſo that if night had not come on the ſooner, there had bene a far grea|ter multitude of ye Romains ſlain in that bicke|ring than they themſelues did thinke of. Herevpõ the Romains doubting what theyr enimies in|tẽded to do, they fortified their campe that night very ſtrõgly:Eugenius breaketh vp his armie. but Eugenius vnderſtanding what a multitude of his folkes were ſlaine in the bat|tell, ſo that the very ſtreame of the water of Cree was ſtopped vp with dead carcaſes, he thought beſt with the aduice of his peares, to licence his people to departe to their homes, and not to fight any more with his enimies for that time.

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