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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length,The Picts en|trench their campe. by commaundement of Hungus theyr King they fell vnto fortifying of theyr campe: but yet they quickly perceyued howe that it woulde not long preuayle them, conſide|ring that theyr enimyes had gotten into theyr handes not onelye all the ſpoyle whiche they had brought wyth them oute of Northumber|lande, but alſo all other theyr prouiſion, truſſe, and baggage, which they had left in a field there adioining vnto the ſide of their campe. Herevpon manye reaſons were put forth amongeſt them, which way they might eſcape out of that preſent daunger.