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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At the ſame time there were amongſt thoſe Saxons twoo bretherne diſconded by rightfull lignage of the Princes of that nation, who be|ing reputed for valiant Captaines, appointed with the Brytiſhe commiſſaries for a certaine ſumme of money to take vp theyr preſcribed number of men, and to receyue charge of them as Coronels, aſwell for theyr conuoy ouer into Brytaine, as alſo for their ſeruice there, after theyr arriuall. The one of theſe twoo bretherne hight Hengiſt or Engiſt, and the other Horſus.Hengiſt and Horſus, retay|ned in ſeruice with Vorti|gerne. Who hauing their appointed numbers once fil|led, conteyning aboute ten thouſand ſouldiers in the whole, they beſtowed them aborde in .xxx. hulkes, hoyes, and playtes, and in the ſame tran|ſported them ouer into Brytaine, in the .44 [...]. yeare after Chriſte, as our hiſtories do affirme, Where they were receyued with greate ioye and gladneſſe of Vortigerne, who truſted by theyr ayde to ouercome his fierce and dreadfull enimies.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Therefore when they had refreſhed them|ſelues ſomewhat after theyr trauayle by ſea; they were ſent foorth with an other army which Vortigerne had aſſembled of his owne ſubieites the Brytains,The Saxons togither with a power of Brytains, are ſent to the borders of the enimies coun|treys. to the frounters of the enemies countrey, where at theyr firſte comming they paſſed ouer the riuer of Humber, before the Scottes or Pictes had knowledge, that any ſuch people were come in ſupport of the Brytõs to bidde them battell. They beyng therfore ama|zed with the ſtrangeneſſe of the thing, ſome of them fledde into the inner partes of theyr coun|trey, and other that made but ſory ſhifte,The Saxons in hope of good ſucceſſe, begin the warres a|gainſt the Scottes with bloud. fell in|to the handes of the Saxons, who to beginne theyr enterpriſe with bloude, ſlewe all ſuche as they coulde lay hands vpon, without any reſpect of perſon.