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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Occa yet eſcaped with diuers of his nobles,Occa fleeth by ſea into Kent. and comming to the mouth of Humber, got a ſhip, & ſayled foorth in the ſame with great daun|ger, till at length he arriued within the Thames.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The ſlaughter of the Saxons vpon the diſ|comfiture was greate, ſpecially in the chaſe, for the Scottiſhmen calling to remembraunce that EEBO page image 119 they had to do with infidels, and with the eni|mies of the chriſtian fayth, were ſo eger vpon them, that they ſaued fewe or none that fel [...] into theyr handes.