Compare 1587 edition: 1 Firſt ſuche Ambaſſadors as were ſent from Mordred vnto Eugenius king of the Scottes,Eugenius the Scottiſh king agreeable to the requeſt of the Pictes. found him very agreeable vnto their requeſts, and the ſooner, for that ſuch Scottiſh rebels as fledde vnto Arthure, were not onely receyued by him, but alſo mainteyned to make rodes and incurſi|ons into the Scottiſh borders.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Arthur hauing knowledge of the deuiſes of his enimies (the warres being firſt proclaymed) hee furniſhed all the ſea coaſts with notable numbers of men, to withſtand the landing of the Saxons, if they ſhould fortune to attempt any inuaſion.Arthure ſet|teth forwarde towarde the Scottes and Pictes. That done, he paſſed forth with the reſidue of his people towarde the Scottes and Pictes, who were alreadie aſſembled in campe, and were come [figure appears here on page 133] as farre as the Ryuer of Humber,Humber a fa|tall place for the Brytaynes to be vanqui|ſhed at. neare to the bankes whereof they had pitched their tents, as in a place fatall for the Brytaynes to be vanqui|ſhed in.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Both the armies being brought here into or|der of battaile,Biſhops trauel betwixt the parties to bring them to cõmunication for a peace. the one in ſight of the other, there were certain Biſhops of thoſe three nations, that tooke great paynes to ride to and fro betwixt thẽ, to exhort the kings vnto peace and concord, con|ſidering what miſchiefe & great bloudſhed ſhould enſue, if vpon wilfulneſſe they would ſeeke to trie that by dint of ſworde, which they might make an ende of, by meanes of amiable treatie & friend|ly agreement. Again, they could not do the thing that might more content the Saxons, common enimies to the chriſtian religion, than if by theyr encoũtring togither in battail, they ſhould ſo en|feeble their whole powers, whereby the Saxons might haue readie meanes and occaſion offred to execute their greedy deſires to cõquer y^e whole ile.