Compare 1587 edition: 1 Athelſtane perſueth Hungus.Athelſtane being certified hereof, omitting his iourney into Mertia, turned al his power againſt the Picts: & hearing that they were withdrawne into theyr Countrey, he followed them ſo neare at the heeles, that very earely in one morning he was vpon their backes where they lodged by a brooke ſide, not paſſing two miles from Had|dington, before they had any knowledge of hys approche.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Athelſtane vpon a fierce courage, hauing thus founde his enimies according to his wiſhed de|ſire, and herewith comming vpon them in ſuche order of battaile as they had no way forth to e|ſcape without fight,Athelſtane his cruel procla|mation. hee commaunded a procla|mation to be made by one of his Heralds, that all the whole number of the Pictes ſhoulde paſſe by the edge of the ſworde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Pictes thus ſeeing theyr enimyes at hande,The Pictes are amazed. and hearing of thys cruell commaun|dement, were wonderfully amazed wyth the ſtraungeneſſe of the thing, and oppreſſed ſo wyth feare, that they wyſt not what might bee beſt for them to do.