Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Pictiſhe king in the meane time had ſent vnto Congall the king of Scottes to come with all ſpeede to ſupporte him againſt the dred|full inuaſion of the enimies,The king of Picts, ſendeth for ayde vnto the Scottiſh king. whoſe force being nowe increaſed with a power of Saxons, would worke muche miſchiefe if the ſame were not the more ſpeedily in the beginning repreſſed: but hearing that the Saxons and Brytains dayly approched, he thought not good to tarie for the comming of the Scottes, but haſted foorth with his owne power to encounter his aduerſaries, & raſhly giuing battel, he was ouercome,The king of the Picts van|quiſhed. and ther|by loſt no ſmall number of his people.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 114In this conflict the Saxons wanne them a greate name for theyr highe valiauncie,The Saxons wonne prayſe, and the Brytõs noted of co|wardize. where contrarily the Brytaines gotte them no ſmall note of guiltie cowardize, fighting ſo fayntly, that theyr Captaines had muche a doo to cauſe them to keepe theyr grounde, being ready ſtill to haue runne away, whiche their fayntneſſe of ſtomacke being noted of Hengiſt, euen then put him in no ſmall confidence that it ſhoulde bee an eaſie mater for him to conquere them at his pleaſure, when tyme and occaſion might ſerue thereto.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Pictiſhe nation hauing receyued this grieuous ouerthrow at the handes of theyr cru|ell enimies, ſent agayne an other Ambaſſade vn|to the Scottiſh king Congall, to ſignifie to him by way of lamentation, what loſſe had happened to them by that moſte cruell people the Saxons voyde of all religion and mercie, and what miſ|chiefe by the ſame people was intended, aſwell againſt Scottes as Pictes, to the great daun|ger of the vtter ruine of bothe the nations,The Picts eft|ſoones ſolicite the Scottes for ayde. if the enimies in time were not reſiſted. They y^t were ſent declared all this mater vnto king Cõgall, & as they had in cõmiſſion, beſought him of ſpeedie ſuccors. Congall not only moued for the harmes and loſſes of the Pictes his frendes and alies, but alſo muche more for the lykelyhoode of the im|minent daunger and perill towardes him ſelfe and his owne people, determined ſpeedily to goe with all his power, and to ioyne with the Picts, as fully reſolued to preuent that miſchiefe which was lyke to follow, if the violent rage of the eni|mies were not the ſooner reſiſted.