Compare 1587 edition: 1 This aduiſe was followed as the beſt and moſt likely, ſo that making ſundry rodes into the borders of their enimies Countreys ſo to keepe them ſtill occupied. Ferguſe and the Scottes re|fuſed vtterly to come to any foughten field with them.Victorine ac|cuſed vnto Honorius. Shortly after alſo it chaunced that Victo|rine was accuſed vnto the Emperour Honorius of ſome ſecrete practiſe agaynſt his Maieſtie, as to bee about to vſurpe the crowne of Brytayne, wherevnto hee was compelled in deede, by the ſouldiers whoſe heartes hee had wonne through his bounteous liberalitie ſundrie wayes declared towardes them and vnderſtanding at this pre|ſent, that he was mynded to haue fled his wayes for doubt of the ſayde information made againſt him, they moued him with ſuch earneſt perſwa|ſions to take vppon him the Imperiall dignitie, promiſing euen to liue and die with him in de|fence thereof, aſwell agaynſt Honorius,Victorine ta|keth vpon him the name and authoritie of Emperour in Brytayne. as all o|ther, that in the ende he conſented vnto their de|ſires, and ſo was proclaymed Emperor, and clo|thed in purpure, vſing thereto all the other Im|perial ornaments, as if he had bene Emperour in deede. But afterwardes when one Heraclianus was ſent with an army by Honorius into Bry|tayne agaynſt this Victorine,Heraclianus is ſent agaynſt Victorine. the moſt part of the ſouldiers, with thoſe Brytaynes which had acknowledged him for their ſupreme gouernour, beganne to feare the ſequele of the matter, and af|terward requiring pardon for their offences, they tooke Victorine,Victorine is deliuered in|to the hande of Heraclianus. and deliuered him priſoner vnto the ſame Heraclianus, with dyuerſe other of hys confederates, and ſo by this meanes was the e|ſtate of Brytayne recouered vnto the behoofe of Honorius,Heraclianus is ſent into Af|fricke. who ſhortly after ſent for Heraclia|nus, mynding to ſende him into Affrike againſt one Athalus, who vſurped there againſt the Ro|maine Empyre.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 [figure appears here on page 98] At his de|parture foorth of Brytayne,Placidus lieu|tenant of Bry|taine. he left one Pla+cidus as Lieu|tenant and ge|nerall of the Romaine ar|mye in thoſe parties: a man of no greate courage, and leſſe ſkill,The warre re|nued by the Scottes. which being peceyued of the Scottes, gaue occaſion vnto Ferguſe theyr king to renue the warre. And firſt hee procured Durſtus king of the Picts, being the third of that name to ioyne with him in that enterpriſe, accor|ding to the articles of the league. Who cõſenting therevnto, whẽ their powers were once aſſẽbled,The Scots and Pictes inuade the borders of their enimies. they entred into y^e marches of their enimies ouer|rũning the moſt of part Kile, Carrik, & Cõning|ham, and after they had taken their pleaſure there EEBO page image 99 they entered into Gallowaye, deſtroying all before them, which way ſoeuer they paſſed. Then turning into Pictland, they ſubdue the whole re|gion, and expulſe all ſuch Romaines and Bry|taines as inhabite in the ſame.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Placidus being aduertiſed hereof,Placidus ga|thereth a power. gathered a great power, and commeth forwarde towardes them, with whom encountering in battaile, after [figure appears here on page 99] long fight,He encounte|reth with his enimies. his horſemen chaunced to be put to flight, ſo that the legions of his footemen beeing left naked on the ſides, were ſo ſore beaten with the ſhot of arrowes,Placidus recei|ueth the ouer|throw. and hurling of dartes, that in the ende they were forced to breake their array, and ſo being chaſed, left to the Scottes and Picts a great and ioyfull victorie. Placidus himſelfe eſ|capeth vnto Yorke,He flyeth to Yorke. whither the Scottes were minded to haue purſued him, had not the want of ſuch numbers as they had loſt at the battaile, ſomewhat abated their couragious intents.