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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 On the morrowe after, when Congall had taken the muſters and vewe of his whole num|bers, hee ſette forwarde towardes the place where hee vnderſtoode that the king of the Pictes as then lodged, who had lykewiſe aſſembled his people, and in campe taried for the comming of this Scottiſhe armie.