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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Aydan would not ſuffer his men to purſue to farre in the chaſe,The triũphant ioy made by the Scots and Brytons, vpon their newe vi|ctorie. but called them backe by the ſounde of a trumpet, who being aſſembled here|with about theyr ſtanderds, made ſuche ioye and triumphe, as greater coulde not bee deuiſed, what with dauncing, ſinging, and playing on pipes and other inſtrumentes, according to the manner in thoſe dayes.