Compare 1587 edition: 1 Aurelius in this wiſe being eſtabliſhed King of Brytayne paſſeth forth with his people, and within ſixe dayes after,Conranus ge|nerall of the Scottes. met with the armies of the Scottes and Pictes. Generall of the Scots at that time, was one Conranus brother to king Congall, who was troubled with the Goute, ſo that he could not come himſelfe in perſon.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Loth the Pictiſhe king was there himſelfe amongſt his people,Loth king of the Pictes. verie deſirous to ſhew ſome proufe of his manly prowes and manhood. Au|relius Ambroſe ſhewed al the honour that might be deuiſed, as wel to y^e one as to the other of thoſe two Nations, promiſing to requite them wyth as muche friendſhippe when time and occaſion ſhould craue the like aſſiſtance.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe three mightie armies therefore beeing thus aſſembled, marched forth towardes a place called Maheſbell,Mahesbel. where they vnderſtoode that Hengiſt with his power as then did ſoiourne. Where when both the campes were pitched, and one lying not farre from the other: at the firſt cer|taine light ſkirmiſhes were procured by both partes betwixt the light horſemen, wherewith at length being the more prouoked to diſpleaſure, they come into the fielde with their whole maine battailes, right fiercely encountering eche other,The Albions and Saxons encounter in battaile. ſo that as it appeared, their force was not ſo great but their mortall hate was euen as much, or ra|ther more, if the hyſtories ſay right.