Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Brytons make their ap|preſts to go a|gainſt the Scottes.And herevpon there were muſters taken, ar|mure and weapon prouided, and bothe place and day appointed, where they ſhould aſſemble togi|ther to marche foorth toward the enimie. Cona|nus ſore lamenting theyr doings, called almigh|tie God to recorde, that that which he had ſayd, was ſpoken onely for the loue and zeale whiche he bare to his countrey, and ſithence his aduiſe might not be followed, he doubted greatly leaſt the ruine of the Bryttiſh eſtate by ſome fatall appointment drew faſt vpon them.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Conanus is ſlaine amongſt the Brytains.The people hearing him ſpeake ſuch wordes, ſome wilfull wicked perſons fell vpon him, and ſlew him there preſently amongſt them: where|with other being ſore moued to indignation, ſet vpon the murtherers there to haue reuenged his death immediatly. Wherevpon began taking of partes, & togither they went by the eares in ſuch furious wiſe, that ſundry amongſt them being ſlayne, the magiſtrates had much a do to apeace the fray.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In this meane time, whileſt the Brytons were thus buſled in ſending of theyr Ambaſſa|dours to the Romayns, and conſulting togither for defence of theyr countrey,The Scots raſe the wall of A|bicorne. the Scottes firſte razed downe the wall of Abircorne, not leauing one piece thereof whole, ſo that a fewe tokens ex|cepted, nothing remayneth to be ſeene at this day of all that huge and wonderfull worde, it is cal|led now in theſe dayes,Gramyſdike. Gramiſdike, bicauſe there Grayme was not onely (as ye haue heard) chiefe in repulſing the Brytains from the ſame, but al|ſo at this time in the raſing of it to the ground, he was the greateſt doer.