Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 But Arthure iudging that there was ſome newe ſubtill practiſe in hande vnder pretence of this newe Ambaſſage, commaunded as wel theſe that came laſt, as the other which came firſt, to be kept in the Marſhalles tent, that in no wiſe they ſhoulde eſcape, whileſt he himſelfe in the ſeconde watch of the night departed out of his camp, with all his puiſſance,The ſodaine inuaſion made by the Bry|tains vpon the Saxons. which he deuided into three bat|tailes, & hauing marched three miles forwarde, he was vpon his enimies ere they vnderſtoode any thing of his cõming, inſomuch that the Britains had ſlain and chaſed the watche of the Saxons campe, before it was certainly knowne what the matter ment.The great tu|mult in the Saxons camp. Hereof alſo enſued ſuch a tumult & noyſe amongſt the Saxons, running vp & down, calling & crying one to another, as it happeneth in ſuch caſes of extreeme feare, that the beſt adui|ſed amongſt thẽ, wiſt not wel what to do.Mordred de|ſirous to be reuenged. Wher|vpon Mordred deſirous to reuenge his laſt ouer|throw, brake in alſo vpõ his enimies right fierce|ly. But ſome of them hauing gotten them into their armor, ſtood at their defence awhile amõgſt [figure appears here on page 130] their cartes and cariages, and ſo reſiſted the Bry|tains on that ſide for a ſeaſon: other of the Sax|ons hauing no leyſure to arme themſelues, nor to draw into any order of battaile, by reaſon of the ſodaine impreſſion of the Brytaynes, brake forth of the campe on the contrary ſide,The Saxons are put to the flight. and fled ſo faſt as theyr feete myght beare them. But being purſued by the Brytiſhe Horſemen, and beaten downe, a great number of them ranne into the next Ryuer, and there were drowned, chooſing rather that kinde of death, than ſo cruellye to be murthered by the aduerſaryes handes: verily the Brytaines ſhewed no mercie that day,The crueltie of the Bry|tains in ſlea|ing the Sax|ons. for ſo ma|nye as came within theyr daunger, dyed with|out redemption. And this bloudie battaile made an ende of ſuch an huge number of Saxons, that it was thought they ſhoulde neuer haue recoue|red againe any puiſſaunce able to haue endoma|ged the Brytaynes in any maner of wiſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Arthure hauing thus vanquiſed his enimies, gaue licenſe vnto thoſe nobles which hee had de|teyned (as is ſayde) in his campe, being ſent vnto him as Ambaſſadors, to depart ouer into Germa|nie, appointing the reſidue of ſuch Saxõs as were men of no defence, to remain ſtil in the land, yeel|ding a yearly tribute vnto the Brytains, and alſo with cõdition that they ſhuld become chriſtians.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Scottiſhmen and Picts which had ayded the Brytaynes in this iourney, ſoiourned awhile after at London, where Arthure feaſted and ban|ketted them in moſt royall wiſe,Arthures [...]|nificence. ſhewing them al the honor that might be deuiſed, and afterwardes ſent them home right princely rewarded with many great giftes and rich preſents.