Compare 1587 edition: 1 This miſhap hapned him in the .vj. yeare of EEBO page image 170 his reigne, and after the birthe of our Sauiour, 830. His bodie was buryed in Colmekill,930. with all funerall obſequies.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 Alpine crouned king of Scot|land.AFter Dongall was Alpyne receyued to the crowne and gouernement of the realme by the generall voyces of all the people, whoſe chie|feſt ſtudie was vpon his firſt entring into the e|ſtate to followe his ſuite touching his title to the Pictiſh kingdom: and herevpon with all diligẽce preparing a mightie hoſte and all other thinges (which were thought requiſite for the furthering of his enterpriſe) he paſſed foorth towardes An|gus,Alpine with an army inuadeth pictlande. not ſtaying till he came to the caſtel of For|fair, whiche he beſieged, but the thirde daye after his comming thither, Feredeth the Pictiſhe king with a great armie of his ſubiectes araunged in good order of battayle, came and preſented him ſelfe in ſighte of the Scottes, whervpon imme|diately neere to the towne of Reſtennoth they mette, and ioynyng there in battayle, foughte [figure appears here on page 170] righte fiercely: At the firſte encounter the righte wyng of the Scottiſhe armie was neere hand o|uerthrowne,Fenedocht the Thane of Athole. but Fenedocht lieutenaunte of A|tholl came ſpeedyly to the ſuccours with .400. of his countreymen, and reſtored the batayle on the Scottiſh ſide: wherby enſued a ryght cruell bickeryng with great ſlaughter, and no ſigne of ſhrinkyng on eyther parte, by meanes whereof it ſemed doubtful for a lõg ſpace to whether ſide the victorie woulde enclyne. At length Feredeth perceyuing the myddle warde of his battayle a little to ſhrinke, ſpeedylye preaſed foorthe to ſuccour the ſame with a choſen compante of ſuch as hee hadde appoynted to attende him: but en|tring thus with greate violence amongeſt the thickeſt preaſe of his enimies, he was cloſed in on eche ſyde, and excluded ſo from the reſidue of hys owne people, that he coulde neyther returne by the ſame waye hee entred, neyther yet by any other, ſo that hee wyth thoſe that were wyth him, perceiuing their lyues to be in preſent dan|ger, they didde caſte themſelues into a ryng, determinyng yet to reuenge theyr owne deaths, wherevppon rather awearyed with continuall fyght, than vanquiſhed or with any feare op|preſſed,Feredeth is ſlaine in. they were ſlayne all the whole number of them, togyther with Feredeth their king. Yet herewith did not the other Pictes giue ouer the battayle, ſo long as any daylyghte was on the ſkye. So that the nyght in the ende parted them in ſunder,The night par+ted the armies bothe the armyes withdrawyng to their campes with ſmall ioye or triumphe, by reaſon of the greate ſlaughter, whiche had bene made on both ſides.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Captaines of the Pictes waying with thẽſleues the loſſe of their king & great multitude of their mẽ,The pictes fled by night. thought it not beſt to abide any lon|ger in the field: wherfore leauing their wounded people behind them, with all their baggage in the cãpe, they fled inctõinently the ſame night, ſome into one place, & ſome into an other, where they thought beſt for their owne welth and ſafetie.