Compare 1587 edition: 1 A league con|cluded be|twixt the Scots & Bry|tons, with the articles of the ſame.The Scottiſhe king Aydan perceyuing the practiſe of the Saxons, and togither therewith the vntruth of the Pictes, the better to be able to reſiſt theyr malice, ioyneth in league with the Brytons: This article beyng chiefeſt in the whole couenant: that if the enimies firſt inua|ded the Brytons, then an armie of Scots ſhould be ſent with all ſpeede into Brytaine, to helpe to defend the countrey againſt ſuch inuaſions: but if the Scottes were firſt inuaded, then ſhould the Brytons in ſemblable maner come ouer to their ayde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Saxons hauing knowledge of this ap|poyntment betwixte Scottes and Brytons, to draw the Scottes foorth of theyr countrey, and ſo to haue them at more aduauntage, procured the Pictes to ioyne with them:The Picts and Saxons enter into the lands of the Brytõs. and ſo bothe their powers being vnited togither, entred into the Brittiſh confines.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Aydan according to the couenaunt, came ſtraight vnto the ayde of the Brytons. Ethel|fred and Brudeus refuſed to fight for certaine dayes, as it were of purpoſe, thereby to weary the Scottes with watch and trauayle, being as then farre from home. Alſo they looked dayly to haue Ceuline king of the weſt Saxons to come vnto theyr ayde:Ceuline or Ceolyn. but the Scottes and Brytons ha|uing knowledge thereof, firſt thought it beſte to encounter with him, before he ſhould ioyne with the other,The Scots and Brytons put the Saxons to flight, & ſlewe Cutha the ſon of Ceuline king of the weſt Saxons. and thus vnderſtanding that their on|ly refuge remayned in theyr armure and wea|pons, gaue y^e onſe [...] ſo fiercely vpõ thoſe Saxons, that at the firſte, ſlaying Cutha Ceulines ſonne, with a great number of other, they eaſily diſtreſ|ſed and put the reſidue to flight.