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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 134 Mordred and Eugenius were perſwa|ded vnto peace.Mordred and Eugenius were perſwaded by this earneſt trauayle of the Biſhoppes, to putte theyr matter in compromiſe, and to lay awaye theyr armour and weapon, if they might haue aſſurance that the league made with king Loth ſhould in euery poynt be obſerued.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Arthure likewiſe at the ſute of the ſame By|ſhoppes, would haue bene contented for his part to haue agreed herevnto, but other of the Bry|tayns,The Brytaines woulde not cõſent to haue any peace tal|ked vpon. namely thoſe that were of kinne and alli|ance vnto Conſtantine theyr Prince, coulde in no wiſe be perſwaded therevnto, but rather with many reprochfull wordes rebuked the Biſhops for theyr vntimely ſute, ſeeing the enimies rea|die raunged in battaile at poynt to giue the on|ſet, ſo that as they alledged) it might be doubted what they ment by their mocion, oneleſſe they went about to betray the army, vnder pretence of a cloked treatie for an vnprofitable agreement.