Compare 1587 edition: 1 For the more ſpeedy accompliſhment hereof, commaundement was firſt giuen, that all able men ſhould be in a readineſſe,The aſſemble of the Brytiſh army. and come togither at a place appointed neare to the riuer of Hum|ber within fortie dayes after. Whiche order be|ing taken by the aduice of the Lordes and No|bles of the realme, the ſame was put in execu|tion with ſuche diligence, that fewe or none be|ing apt to beare armure withdrew themſelues, euery man in maner comming to the appointed place of the aſſemble,The great ear|neſtnes of the Brytains to recouer theyr libertie. and offering to go againſt the enimies, ſo that it was a wonder to conſider the cõſent of the people now ioyned in one minde and will to recouer theyr former libertie.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 When Conſtantine behelde ſuche notable numbers of men, hee ſuppoſed the ſame woulde haue ſuffiſed not onely to vanquiſh the Scottes and Pictes, but alſo vtterly to deſtroy and race them out of all the confines of Albion.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 When the newes of all this preparation for warres whiche the Brytains made, was once ſignified to the Scottes and Pictes,The Scots & Pictes make their appreſts. they like|wiſe made theyr appreſtes to meete with them in the field, and therevpon rayſing theyr powers, came foorth with the ſame into Yorkeſhyre,The Scottes & Pictes approch neare to the Brytains. and pitched theyr campes within .iiij. myles where Conſtantine with his people was lodged, and the next day after, vnderſtanding how neare vn|to the enimie they were, they reyſed and marched forwardes till they came within ſight of him, as then encamped with his people alofte vpon cer|taine hilles, neare to the aforeſayde riuer ſide.