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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In whiche meane tyme Athelſtane hauing brought his people into good order of battaile,Athelſtane doth chalenge his enimie. prouoked the Pictes to come forth of theyr ſtrength into the playne fielde, there to trie their forces. But for that daye no notable thing was done: the Pictes keeping themſelues ſtill within theyr campe.