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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe or ſuch like wordes were vneth ended,The battaile is begonne. when ſodainly the noyſe being rayſed on bothe ſides, the battailes ruſhed togither right fiercely. The Brytaines had the diſaduauntage of the place, being ſo encumbred in myres, bogges, and Moſſes, that they coulde not well ayde them|ſelues, nor handle their weapons to any pur|poſe. Yet did the battaile continue a long time to the deſtruction of ſuch numbers of men,A cruell bat|taile. that the riuer of Humber (neare vnto the whiche this field was fought) was ſo mingled with bloud, that the water thereof being all ouer coloured red, caried no ſmall multitude of dead bodies downe [figure appears here on page 134] into the ſea.

A craftie policie.

This was one of the Pickes.