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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the night following,The Pictes prepare them|ſelues vnto battaile. after ſundrie conſul|tatiõs had amongſt thẽ, it was agreed by general conſent, that the next day they ſhould giue battail to the Engliſh men. And ſo herevpon preparing EEBO page image 166 themſelues for the purpoſe, euen vpon the breake of the day forwarde they make towardes their e|nimies wich fierce willes, ſpecially encouraged thereto by the comfortable wordes of Hungus.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Engliſh men are put to flight.The Engliſhmen halfe amazed at the hardie approch and onſet of the Pictes, were not long a|ble to ſuſteyne their ſore impreſſion: ſo that, be|ginning ſomewhat to ſway, at length they were forced to flie vnto the place, where ye heard howe they tooke the baggage and ſpoyle of the Pictiſhe campe: were they were beaten downe in greater numbers than before, inſomuch that ſuch priſo|ners as they had before taken of them that kept the ſayde ſpoyle, greatly now to aduance the vic|torie of their fellowes, ſhewing more crueltie to|wardes the Engliſhe men than any of the reſt, now that they ſawe once howe the victorie was inclined to the Pictiſh ſide.