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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Of the Brytains and ſuch other as were with them in ayde, there were ſlaine what in battaile and in the chaſe, at the poynt of .xxx. thouſand,Arthure with xxx. thouſand Brytains ſlain. Gawan is ſlain a|mong whom was Arthure himſelf, with Gawan or Galuan, (aſ ſome bookes haue) brother vnto Mordred, who bare ſuch good wil and entier loue vnto his Lord and maiſter the ſayd Arthur, that he fought that day moſt earneſtly on his ſide a|gainſt his own natural brother ye ſayd Mordred.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Alſo there were killed Cayme and Gawolane with the moſt part of al the reſidue of the Britiſh nobilitie, and many priſoners taken,Cayme and Gawolan are ſlaine. by reaſon that Humber kept them in from fleing any way forth on the one ſide, whiche priſoners alſo were afterwards ſlaine, the gentlemen onely excepted.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The day next after the battaile, the campe of the Brytains was rifled, and amongſt other rich ſpoyles,Queene Guay|nore taken. there was foũd Queene Guaynore Ar|thures wife, with a great number of other Ladies and gentlewomen.The ſpoyle of the Brytaines camp deuided The whole ſpoile of the camp and field being equally deuided by lottes betwixt EEBO page image 135 them, the Scottes had for their partes certaine fayre Charets, laden with rich ſtuffe and iewels, alſo horſes and armors, beſide ſundry noble men, which they had to theyr priſoners.

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