Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the breake of the day Congall came a|mongſt his people,Congalles ex|hortation to the Scottes. exhorting them to remember theyr woorthie elders, and by their examples to chooſe rather to die in defence of theyr countrey and auncient liberties, than by cowardize to ſaue a diſhoneſted lyfe, whiche (if theyr chaunce was to be vanquiſhed) they ſhould paſſe in great thraldome and miſerie. The Pictiſhe king alſo, with lyke wordes encouraged his menne to do valiantly.Hengiſt exhor+teth the Saxons to fight man|fully. Neyther was Hengiſt ſlowe in per|ſwading his Saxons to play the men, that ob|tayning the victorie they might deliuer them|ſelues from terrour of all enimies from thence|foorth in Brytaine.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Whileſt he was thus exhorting his people,The Scottes & Pictes giue the charge. the Scottes and Pictes with greate force and violence beganne to giue the charge vpon him, whiche whyleſt the Saxons and Brytains went about to defende, they were beaten downe by heapes ſo fiercely on eache ſide,The Saxons in daunger to haue the o|uerthrow. that the diſ|comfiture had light vppon them foorthwith, had not Hengiſt by ſounde of trumpet called foorth aboute three thouſand freſhe menne to their ſuc|cours,An ambuſh of three thou|ſand men. whiche hee had placed in an ambuſhe a little before the ſpring of the day within a thicke groue of wood, faſte by his campe, appoynting them to remayne there in a tradineſſe, to come at his call vpon what daunger ſo euer happened. Theſe moſte fiercely ſetting vpon the backes of the Scottes, brought them ſtreyght out of all order, for they beyng occupied with the other Saxons before, & now aſſayled of theſe behinde, EEBO page image 117 they had vnneath commeth to any aduantage to turne theyr weapons.The Brytains [...] to flight by the Picts. In the meane time the Picts being matched with the Brytains did put them to flight, & chaſed them out of the field, not ceaſſing to purſue thẽ in the chaſe, till they came to a riuer in the whiche a great number of them were drowned, as they ieoperded to paſſe ouer the ſame, & to ſaue thẽſelues by ſwimming. On the other ſide the Scottes being ſore handled by the Saxons,The Scottes [...]ced to flee. both before and behind, were at the length conſtreined to giue ground & breake forth by flight, ſo to eſcape the cruell handes of the eni|mies. Many were ſlayne in the chaſe and ſome taken pryſoners.Congall is wounded, but yet eſcapeth through helpe of his meniall [...]rat [...]rs. The reſidue getting away, fledde ſtreyght to the Pictes, but Congall him|ſelfe through helpe of his houſeholde ſeruaunts eſcaped to the toppe of an highe hill, and ſaued himſelfe all wounded as he was.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Picts returning from the chaſe, and vn|derſtanding howe the Saxons had giuen the Scottes the ouerthrow, and that they were now marching forewarde to encounter alſo with thẽ, determined not to abide theyr comming at that time. And ſo night approching ere the Saxons had got ſight of them, order was giuen by com|maundement of theyr king,The policie of the Pictes, to eſcape out of daunger. that all their cari|age and a greate quantitie of logges and fa|gottes, ſhould be placed and pyled togither be|fore them, and in the darke of the night to be ſet on fire, whiche beyng executed according to the appointment, when the fire was once kindeled, the Pictes with the Scottes whiche were gotte vnto them, departed as ſecretely as they might, & ſtayed not to make away, till they were farre enough out of the daunger of the Saxons.