Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Saxons and Brytains alſo vppon the approche of theyr enimies gathered their com|panies togyther, and mayntenantly herewith the Saxons encouraged with ſuche comforta|ble ſpeache as Hengiſt vttered amongſt them,The Saxons through com|fort of Hẽgiſts exhortation deſire battell. required to haue battayle without delay: whoſe enſample the Brytains following, ſhewed thẽ|ſelues alſo right willing therevnto.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Congall the Scottiſhe king perceyuing the enimies to make readie for bataile,The Scottiſhe and Pictiſhe kings exhorte their people to fight valiãtly. went likewiſe amongſt his folkes, and exhorted them in the beſt wiſe he coulde, to play the men. The like did Galanus the Pictiſhe king amongſt his people, omitting nothing that might encourage them to fight manfully.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After this,The battayle is beg [...]nne. the batayles on bothe ſides com|ming forewarde to ioyne, the arrowes and dartes flewe freſhly betwixte them, but neyther parte minding to giue place for all the ſhotte: at length they ioyned at hande blowes, firſte the Brytains in the right wing, with the Scottes in the left wing:The Bryta [...]s flee. but the Brytaines not able long to endure agaynſt the force of the Scottes, gaue backe and fledde. In the meane while came a great ſhower of rayne, mixte with ſuche a tempeſt of hayle, that the hardieſt there wiſhed himſelfe thence,A great tẽpeſt. the ſtorme beating ſo faſt vpon them, that one might vnneath ſee an other, ſo that the Scottiſh menne and Pictes wiſte not whether were better to purſue the Brytains that fledde, or to keepe their places.