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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Shortly after for the more and better aſſu|raunce of all promiſes, couenaunts and arti|cles paſſed betwixte the Scottiſhmen, Pictes and Brytaines,A league con|cluded betwixt Scots, Picts, & Brytons. there was an amitie and bonde of [...]ea [...]e nowe renewed ratified and eſtabliſhed according to the tenour of the auncient league whiche had bene concluded in times p [...]ſte be|twixte them, with ſome newe conditions of a|greement included in the ſame: all olde iniu [...]ies being ended and quieted clearely betwixt them, ſo that no cauſe of grudge or diſpleaſure, might be thought to remayne in remembrance.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The firſte enterpryſe put in execution after the concluding of this league,The Scottes inuade [...] Northumber|land. was made by the Scottes againſt Oceã and his Saxons, whiche (as partly ye haue heard had neſ [...]ed themſelues betwixt the ryuers of Tyne and Humber.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Againſt thoſe Scottes as they were very earneſtly occupied in ouerthrowing Caſtels and Towers, with ſlaughter of ſuche Saxons as ſtoode at defence, Occa commeth into the fielde with an army ready to encounter with them, but perceyuing the multitude of his enimies to be ſuche as he doubted leaſt hee ſhoulde not be well able to matche with them, he ſtayed a while from giuing the onſet:The Saxons encoũter with the Scottes. but in the end perceyuing he could not retyre barke but to his great diſad|uantage, hee boldly gaue ſigne to his people to ſet vpon theyr enimies: whiche they fiercely ex|ecuting, [figure appears here on page 118] it was harde to tell for a whyle to whe|ther parte the victorie woulde encline. But at length the Saxons not able to ſuſtayne the force of the Scottes ouerpreſſing them with multi|tude,The Saxons vanquiſhed by the Scottes. began to giue backe, whiche Occa percey|uing did what hee coulde to hemme them in from running away, but yet notwithſtanding alll that he coulde do, feare at length ouercom|ming regarde to theyr Captaines commaunde|ment, ſhame of rebuke was quite ſet aparte, and ſo they tooke them to their feete, and fled away ſo faſt as they might, the Scottes purſuyng after them a mayne.

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