Compare 1587 edition: 1 There was growing in that place where they were thus encamped, very muche of that kinde of Heath or lynge, whiche the Scottiſhmen call hadder. Of whiche Heathe, or hadder, they ga|thered a great quantitie togither, and binding it in bundels lyke vnto faggots,A policie of the Scottes. in the night ſea|ſon they ſet the ſame on fire, tumbling it downe the hill, on that ſide where the Saxons lay. The wind in that inſtant being ſomewhat aloft, cau|ſed theſe bundels of lynge to blaſe and brenne vehemently, and hereto ſtanding that wayes foorth, droue the flambe ſo ſtreynably amongſt the tentes and cabanes of the Saxons, that the fire catching in the ſtrawe and twigges whiche they had couched togither vnder them in ſteede of beddes, encreaſed the feare amongſt the ſoul|diers wonderfully, by reaſon that the blaſing bundels of the lynge or hadder, ſtill comming downe the hill vpon them, ſeemed as though the ſame had fallen from aboue, and euen foorth of the heauen it ſelfe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The tumult & feare rayſed in the campe of the Saxons.Great was the tumulte and noyſe through out the whole cãpe, with ſuch coring of beaſts, and running vp and downe bothe of them and of the horſes whiche were there in the campe, that if heauen and earth had gone togither there coulde not haue bene a more terrible noyſe nor clamour. At length when the Souldiers, had done what they coulde to quenche the fire, and to appeaſe the trouble, not without ſome [...] and diſorder rayſed on eache ſide, they got them with their armour and weapons foorth into the next fielde, whiche Hengiſt himſelfe perceyuing (hauing firſt done what he coulde to ſtay them) enuironed with a companie of his choyſeſt men of warre, he got him vp vnto a little hill next ad|ioyning,Hengiſt cal|leth his peo|ple togither. and there gaue knowledge by the ſound of a trũpet that all his people ſhould drawe this ther vnto him. After this, when they were come togither, he diſpoſed them in order of battel with all diligence, abiding for the ſpring of the day ſo vnderſtand more certainely the meaning of his enimies.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Scottes and Pictes ſuppoſing the eni|mies to be farre diſordred by reaſon of the [...] diſcended downe from the hilles, fully determi|mined to aſſayle them in their campes: but vpon their approche to the ſame, perceyuing howe the Saxons were gotten foorth, and ſtoode ready in good order of batayle, minding to defende theyr grounde, bothe the kings thought it beſte to ta|rie the morning ere they made any exployts, for doubt of perils that might befall thereof.