Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the meane time the Brytains being ſore diſcõforted with the ouerthrow, aſſemble a coũ|cell at London,A councel hol|den at Londõ. there to deuiſe by what meanes they might beſt defend their countrey frõ the im|minent daunger in the which it now ſtood.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Vortigerne as one giltie in conſcience, doub|ted leaſt through wante of good willes in his commons,Vortygerne doubting the hatred of his people, would haue fled out of his realme. he ſhould not be able to withſtande the mightie inuaſion of his enimies, wherevpon he was minded to haue auoyded the realme, but there were of his councell that aduiſed him to the contrarie, holding that better it was for him to trie the vttermoſt pointe of fortunes happe, than with diſhonour ſo to yeelde at the firſt blow of hyr frowarde hande, conſidering the abun|dance of treaſure whiche he had in ſtore, where|with hee might wage ſouldiers and menne of warre out of Germanie and other places, in number ſufficient to matche with his enimies.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Vortigerne is counſeled to ſend for ayde into Germany.This counſell as the beſte, was followed, and meſſengers with commiſſion and ſufficient inſtructions ſente with all ſpeede into Germa|nie, to retayne a number of Saxons, and to bring them ouer into Brytaine, to ſerue a|gainſt the Scottes and Pictes in wages with Vortigerne.