Compare 1587 edition: 1 Whiche being done, he himſelfe repayred the ſame night vnto Carricke, where he remayned for a ſeaſon, making prouiſion for defence of his realme the beſt he could deuiſe. Maximus ha|uing knowledge in the morning how the Scots were quite gone theyr wayes, he determined to haue followed thẽ, but being aſcertayned of a re|belliõ amongſt the Brytains in Kent,A rebellion in Kent. he chaũ|ged his purpoſe, & returned thitherwardes, to ap|peaſe that tumulte, leauing in Galloway a good parte of his armie to keepe ſuch holdes as he had got in that voyage. The yeere following Maxi|mus was ſo buſied in y^e ſouth parts of Brytaine, that he could not attẽd vnto the warres againſt the Scots, otherwiſe than in maintayning ſuch garriſons as he had placed in their countreys, by reaſon whereof ſundry bickerings happened be|twixt them of the ſame garryſons & the Scots, who laboured not onely to deliuer theyr owne countrey out of the handes of all forrainers, but alſo to inuade & deſtroy Pictlande, ſo that they harried the countrey of Fyfe,The Scots en|domage the pictes. with part of Men|teth, and Sterling ſhyre, brenning and waſting townes, caſtels and houſes moſt cruelly.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Wherof Maximus being certified, made ſem|blãce as though he were ſore grieued therewith,Maximus his fayned griefe. but inwardly he could haue reioyced at nothing more than to heare of the iniuries done by the Scots vnto y^e Picts, ſuppoſing it to make chief|ly for his purpoſe: & herevpõ preparing an armie againſt the next ſommer, whẽ he had diſpoſed al things in a quiet order amongſt the Brytains,Maximus eft|ſoones inua|deth the Scot [...] he ſet foreward with the ſame towardes Gallo|way, where being arriued, there was no kinde of crueltie ſpared againſt the poore inhabitants.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Eugenius in the meane time vnderſtãding y^e cõming of his enimies, muſtred his people,Eugenius pre|pareth an ar|mie to defend his countrey. & ap|pointed the aſſemble to be made in the countrey of Kyle, whiche way hee heard that his enimies would trauayle. Thither came alſo not only al the able men of the Scottiſh dominiõs, but like|wiſe a great number of luſtie and ſtrong womẽ apt to beare armure,Women vſed to the warres. according to the old accu|ſtomed guiſe of theyr nation, ſo that there were numbred in this armie .l.M.The number of the Scottiſh armie. perſons right fierce and hardie, deſirous either to vãquiſh the enimie with dinte of ſworde, or els to die preſently in the place.