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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Here bothe the kings of Scottes and Pictes lodging with theyr armies for that night, made readie for battell againſt the nexte day, and in the morning Dongard the Scottiſhe king get|ting him to a little hill, called his men togither,Dongard ex|horteth his people to fight manfully. and there exhorted them by ſundrie comfortable meanes of perſwaſion to put away all feare, and to fight valiantly, aſſuring them of victorie if they would keepe the order of battell by him ap|pointed, and not raſhly breake foorth of the ſame in following vpon the enimies when they fell to retyring backe.