Compare 1587 edition: 1 London is wonne by the Brytaynes.Afterwardes was London eaſily wonne by the Brytains, wherein Arthure remayning for a ſeaſon, tooke aduiſe with his nobles howe to pro|ceede in his warres againſt the reſt of the Sax|ons.Arthure ray|ſeth a power againſt the Pictes. Finally hauing prepared a mightie army, he determineth to go agaynſt thoſe which inhabited beyond Humber northwards, with whom (as he had certaine knowledge) the Picts were ioyned: for Loth cõming to agreement with Colgerne,A league con|cluded be|twixt Loth and Colgerne. concluded a league with him, wherby they were bound to ayd one another agaynſt the Brytains, as cõmon enimies and aduerſaries to them both.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Brytaynes at theyr comming into Yorkſhire pitched their campe not farre off from theyr enimes, who were alreadie ioyned togither and encamped abrode in the field. The next day after, knowledge beeing had that they ſhoulde haue battail,Howel leader of the Armorike Brytains. Arthure appoynted Howel leader of the Armoryke Brytains to encounter with the battaile of the Pictes, and he himſelfe to matche with the Saxons. Thus they mette togither on both partes very fiercely, and a ſore battaile was fought ther betwixt them, ſo that for a good ſpace it was doubtful whether part ſhould haue the ad|uauntage of the day,The Picts put to flight. but at length the Pictes were put to flight, which aduaunced the Bry|taynes to the gayne of the whole fielde. For the Saxons after they perceyued howe the Pictes were diſcomfited, dreading to abyde the whole brunte by themſelues,The Saxons chafed, made their race to|wards Yorke. betooke them alſo to theyr heeles, and made theyr raſe towardes Yorke, as faſte as theyr feete myght beare them.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 York beſiegedArthure purſuing them thither, beſieged the Citie almoſt three Monethes togyther, but the Saxons defended the Walles ſo ſtoutly ma|king often iſſues forth vpon the Brytaynes, that till hunger began to conſtrayne them, they cared little for the ſiege. In the end when they were de|termined to haue yeelded vp the Citie, they had knowledge, howe there was an huge armie of Pictes and Saxons newly aſſembled, and readie to come forwarde to their ſuccors, alſo that king Occa (eſcaping from the battayle wherein he had receiued the ouerthrow at Arthurs hands, and fleing afterwarde into Germanie) was now returned with a newe power, and arryued with|in the mouth of Humber.Occa retur|neth of ou [...] Ger+manie with a new power. Which newes cau|ſed them to deferre all communication, in hope that if they might abyde the ſiege but for a ſmall tyme, the Brytaynes ſhoulde ſhortly bee com|paſſed in on eche ſyde, and oppreſſed on the ſodaine.