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,

Compare 1587 edition: 1 A dreame.This victorie fell to the Pictes by myracle, for in the night ſeaſon as Hungus was layde downe to ſleepe (after it was agreed that they ſhoulde giue battaile) there appeared vnto him the Apoſtle Saint Andrewe (as the tale goeth) promiſing him and his people victorie agaynſte theyr enimies on the day next following, and for an aſſured token thereof,The Croſſe of S. Andrew. he tolde him that there ſhoulde appeare ouer the Pictiſhe hoſte in the ele|ment ſuch a faſhioned Croſſe, as hee ſometyme [figure appears here on page 166] ſuffered vppon. Hungus awakened, and behol|ding the Skie, ſawe the Croſſe as the Apoſtle had tolde him: Wherevpon calling his people togyther, hee not onely ſhewed them the ſame ſight, but alſo declared vnto them what viſion had appeared vnto him in hys ſleepe, wyl|ling them therefore to bee of good comfort, ſithe there was cauſe of ſuch aſſured hope to haue aſſyſtaunce from aboue agaynſte theyr cruell enimies.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The ſigne of the foreſayde Croſſe was not onely ſeene of the Pictes and Scottes beeyng there wyth them in ayde,Saint Andrew the Scottiſh mens patron. to both theyr greate comfortes and gladneſſe, but alſo of the Eng|liſhe men to their no leſſe diſcouragement, as they that vnderſtoode Saint Andrewe to bee Patrone and Aduowryer of the Scottiſhe and Pictiſhe Nations. For it did put ſuche a feare into theyr heartes, that when they came to the poynte of ioyning, theyr ſtomackes ſo ſay|led them, that wyth ſmall reſyſtaunce they were eaſily vanquiſhed (as is ſayde) and put to flyght.