Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Maximianus at his arriuall in the I|lande was moſt ioyfully receyued by the ſouldi|ers and ſubiectes of the foreſayde Empyre. All the Lordes and nobles of the Countrey reſorted alſo vnto him, ſhewing themſelues moſt glad of his comming, and promiſing with what ayde ſo euer they were able to make, to goe with him a|gainſt their enimies. Whervpon procuring them to aſſemble their powers,Maximianus cauſeth the Brytaynes to ioyne with him to go a|gainſt the Scottes. and to ioyne the ſame with his, which he had brought ouer with him, he paſſed through the countrey vnto Yorke, and ſo from thence marched forth towards the Scottes being alreadie aſſembled in campe to defende the countrey of Weſtmerland againſt him.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 There were both the kings of Scots & Picts, Ferguſe and Durſtus,The Scottes and Pictes aſ|ſembled a|gaynſt the Romaines. with Dionethus naming himſelfe king of the Britaines, who had brought with him beſide the Welchmen a great number of thoſe Brytaynes that inhabited in the Coun|treys now accounted the marches of Wales, the which onely amongſt al other the Brytaines ac|knowledged him for king.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 When both the armies were come neare to|gither,The armies prepare to battaile. they camped for that night the one in ſight of the other, and in the morning following they prepared themſelues to battail Ferguſe firſt ma|king an earneſt oration vnto his people to encou|rage them the more boldly to giue the onſet,Ferguſe exhor+teth his people to do valiantly de|clared amongſt other things how the right was on theyr ſide,Right mini|ſtreth hope of good ſucceſſe. which alwayes ought to miniſter hope of good ſucceſſe in them, that enterpriſe any thing in defence thereof, where contrarily all ſuch as attempted to diſquiet other by iniury & wrong doing, could not but looke for an euill concluſion of their malicious intentes and purpoſes. Ney|ther were other of his captaines negligent in their duties, but that both in exhorting theyr bandes, they vſed moſt comfortable wordes, and in diſ|poſing them in good order of battaile, they ſhewed moſt readie and earneſt diligence.