Compare 1587 edition: 1 The king of Irelande with his nobles la|ment the Scot|tiſh mens caſe.The Iriſhe king with his Nobles moued with pitie to heare and vnderſtande ſo dolefull calamities to haue chaunced vnto that Nation, whoſe good or bad happe coulde not but touche them verie neare, conſidering they were diſcen|ded both of one progenie, comforted theſe Scot|tiſhe men to the beſt of their powers, and in the ende concluded to ayde them with tenne thou|ſande men,The Iriſh men conclude to ayde the Scot|tiſhmen. and to furniſh them forth with ſhips, vittayles, and munitions to paſſe into Albanie for recouerie of their Countrey.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This ayde being put in a readineſſe, and the ſhippes rigged and decked as was requiſite for ſuch an enterpriſe, they tooke the ſeas, and lan|ding in Cantyre,The Scottes and Iriſhmen lande in Cantyre. chaunced to meete with Heir|dorſtane brother to Heirguſt king of the Pictes, accompanied with a great number of Picts and Brytaynes aſſembled to defende the Countrey,The Pictes en|counter with the Scots and Iriſh men, and are diſcõfited. but being ſharpely aſſayled of the Scottes and Iriſh men they were quickely put to flight, and ſuch as were ouertaken dyed on the ſworde, to the great terrour of all the newe inhabitants that were planted in thoſe parties.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Victorie thus atchieued, there were that gaue counſell not to attempt fortune ouer fame, but to take ſuche booties of goodes and priſoners as they had got in the Countrey, and to returne therewith into Irelande. Other were of a con|trarie opinion, ſuppoſing it beſt to followe the victorie, and eyther to recouer againe theyr aun|cient ſeates, or elſe to die in the valiaunt attempt thereof. Which aduice was followed, as the beſt, though it proued otherwiſe: for before they could come to any concluſion of that enterpriſe, the Romaines, Pictes, and Brytaynes gathered themſelues togither,The Scots and Iriſh men are ouerthrowne. & gaue battail again to that Scottiſhe and Iriſhe companie, wherein they o|uerthrewe them, to theyr vtter ruyne and de|ſtruction.