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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In fine, ſuch ſlaughter was made, that of the whole Engliſhe hoſte whiche was there aſſem|bled, there vneth eſcaped fiue hundred. Athel|ſtane himſelfe at the firſt encounter was runne through the bodie with a Speare,Athelſtane is ſtaine. and ſo dyed, gyuing name to the place of the battaile, whiche continueth euen vnto this day,Aylſtone foord being called A|thelſtanes foorde,