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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The number of them that were ſlayne on both ſides.There were ſlaine in this battell of the Bry|tons, aboue .xv. thouſand, and of the Scots and Pictes neare hande foure thouſande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 The Brytains hauing receyued this ouer|throwe, ſaw no helpe which way to recouer their loſſes, but onely to ſue for peace at the victorers handes. They ſent therefore an oratour vnto the Scottiſhe and Pictiſhe kings, beſeeching them humbly to graunt them a peace euen with what condicions it ſhoulde pleaſe them to preſcribe.The Brytons make humble [...]ayte for peace The kings not moued onely with the preſent fortune of the Brytains, but alſo partely with theyr owne, hauing loſt no ſmall number of right woorthie perſonages in the battell, were contented to graunt a peace vpon theſe condi|tions:Peace graũted by the Scottes with the con|ditions of the ſame. That the Brytains ſhoulde in no wiſe receyue any lieutenant or armie hereafter from Rome, nor ſuffer any enimie of the Scottiſh and Pictiſh eſtates of what nation ſo euer hee were to paſſe through theyr countrey. They ſhould enter into no league with any citie or nation, nor be about to make any warres without con|ſent of the Scottiſh and Pictiſh kings, and fur|ther ſhoulde bee ready to ſerue them againſt all maner of enimies when ſo euer they ſhoulde be ſent for. Moreouer they ſhoulde remoue with theyr wiues, children, and whole families out of all thoſe countreys, lying betwixte Tyne and Humber, reſigning the poſſeſſion of the ſame vn|to the Scottiſhmen and Pictes.60000. pounde ſayeth Balan|tine, after the rate of Scot|tiſh money. Alſo they ſhoulde gyue threeſcore thouſande peeces of gold then currant to the Scottiſhe and Pictiſhe kings towardes the diſpatche of theyr ſouldiers wages, and further ſhoulde yeelde as a trybute twentie thouſande peeces of golde,20000. pound, ſayth the ſame Balantine, ſo that he eſteemeth thoſe peeces of gold to be of the valew of Frẽch crownes. to be payde yearely vnto the ſeuerall vſes of the victorers. They ſhoulde likewiſe deliuer one hundred ho|ſtages of ſuche as the twoo kings ſhoulde ap|poynt, betwixte the age of eightene and thirtie yeares.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe conditions of peace though they ſee|med very ſtreight and grieuous to the Brytiſhe nobilitie, yet for that they vnderſtoode not how to make a better bargayne, they perſwaded the multitude to accept them, and ſo a league there|vpon EEBO page image 108 was concluded amongſt thoſe people, and the publike ſtate of the lande brought to a more quiet rule than it had bene before. Thus were the Brytains made tributarie to the Scottiſh|men and Pictes,The Brytons tributary to the Scottes & Pictes. about .500. yeares after Iu|lius Ceſar had brought them in ſubiection to the Romains, being in the yere after the birth of our Sauiour .446.436. H. B. and of Eugenius his raygne ouer the Scottiſh men the .vij.

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