Compare 1587 edition: 1 Egfred aduiſed thereof, came amongſt the foremoſt rankes of his batayle, deſiring the En|gliſhmen in no wiſe to giue place to theyr eni|mies: and for that dayes ſeruice hee promiſed them highe rewardes, and all the pleaſure that afterwarde hee might be any wayes forth able to ſhew them.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But whileſt he was thus buſilie occupied in comforting & exhorting his men to fight ſtout|ly,King Egfred ſlayne. See more hereof in En|gland. he himſelf chaunced to be wounded in the face with an arrow, ſo ſore, that immediatly he fell downe and died in the place.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Engliſh mẽ diſcouraged with this miſ|chance, were quickly thervpõ put to flight & cha|ſed, a great nũber of thẽ tooke y^e riuer ſo to eſcape the enimies hands, of whom the more part being preſſed downe by weight of theyr armure, were drowned in the raging waues of the floude, the reſidue by caſting from them theyr armures and clothes, eſcaped by ſwimming ouer to the o|ther ſide, but thoſe that made theyr courſe by lande, being cumbred in myres and moſſes, alſo amongſt ſtraytes, rockes, mountains and cliefes, were ouertaken by the Scottes and ſlayne. Few of that number eſcaped away in ſafetie, ſo that there died in the fight and chaſe at the poynt of twentie thouſand Saxons with theyr king the foreſayd Egfred: of the Scottes were ſlaine,Twẽtie thou|ſande Saxons ſlaine. be|ſide thoſe that were hurt and woũded, not many aboue .vj. M. By this ouerthrowe the force of thoſe Saxons or Engliſh men of Northumber|land was not onely ſore diminiſhed, but alſo of ſuch other Saxons, the which in no ſmall num|bers were come vnto Egfred to ayde him a|gainſt the Scottes in that iourney.