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 yt 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.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 Congall pro|miſed to ayde the Pictes.Hee ſente woorde therefore to the Pictiſhe king, that if hee might keepe off the enimies by lighte ſkyrmiſhes and incurſions for a ſmall tyme, hee woulde come to his ayde ſhortly, with all the whole puyſſance of his realme.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 And herewith hee commaunded by open pro|clamation,Prouiſiõ made by Scottes, to ayde the Picts. that all thoſe within his dominions whiche were able to beare armure, ſhoulde by the twentith day after, aſſemble togither at the South ſide of Calidone woode, all and euery of them bryngyng then and there with them vi|tayles ſufficient to ſerue them for two moneths. Accordyng to the whiche proclamation, there came togither at the day and place aſſigned, a|boute the number of .xl. M. able men, fitte and meete for the warres.