Compare 1587 edition: 1 Many of the Saxons that could get paſſage, ſayled ouer into Germanie. Other feigning them+ſelues to become Chriſtians, remayned in the lande, loking one day for better happe and for|tune. Diuerſe that were not able by meanes of pouertie to get away within the tyme appoyn|ted, and yet refuſing to be chriſtened, were put to death, according to the Proclamation ſet forth for the ſame purpoſe, ſo that in compariſon verie few amongſt them receyued the Chriſtian fayth ſincerely, and with a true meaning minde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Things beeing thus quieted in Northum|berland, Arthure tooke order for the repayring of Churches abrode in the coũtrey,Arthure cau|ſeth churches to be repaired which the Sax|ons had ouerthrowne or defaced, namely in the Citie of Yorke he beſtowed great coſt, where the cruell infidels had done muche hurt vpon Chur|ches, and other religious houſes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the yeare following, Arthure had newes how the Saxons which helde the Ile of Wight, ioining with the Kentiſh Saxons, had don great diſpleaſures vnto the Brytaynes, on that ſyde of the Thames, kylling and ſleaing an huge num|ber of them with great crueltie, wherewyth be|ing ſore moued, hee drewe towardes London with his armie,Arthure pur|poſeth to de|ſtroy the whole race of the Saxons in Albion. purpoſing vtterly to deſtroy all the Eaſt and South Saxons, ſith otherwyſe hee could not prouide for the ſurtie of his ſubiects, be|ing ſtil in daunger to be murthered and robbed, ſo long as anye of that wicked generation of the Saxons remained here amongſt them.