Compare 1587 edition: 1 Druſkene in all haſt ſent vnto thoſe Engliſh men a meſſenger,Druskene ſendeth to the Engliſhmen. willing them with large pro|miſes of rewarde to returne to his ayde: but the Engliſhmen aunſwered, that their vſe was not to fyght without order and cõmaundemente of their generall, and that the Pictes lyke vnſkilful men had caſt away themſelues to bee ſlayne by the enemies hande: where it appertained vnto warlyke knowledge to auoyde the battail, when no hope of victorie appeared.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 The middle warde of the Pictes ſeing them|ſelues left naked on the one ſyde, and aſſayled on the backes where the Engliſhmen ſhoulde haue kept their grounde and defended them, they be|gan to ſhrinke: which the Scottes perceyuing, ſtroke on the more freſhly,The Pictes are vanquiſhed. til at length the Picts not able to withſtand their force, fell to running away. They made their courſe towards the wa|ter of Forth, whiche was not farre from the place of the battaile, where beeing ouertaken, they were beaten downe and ſlayne in greate numbers: for Kenneth gaue cõmandement that they ſhuld ſpare none of the Picts nation, neither gentleman nor other, yt fel into their handes.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Engliſhemen whyleſt the Scottes and Pictes were thus occupyed in the fyghte and chaſe,The Engliſh|men eſcape. withdrewe homewardes with all ſpeede, and by reaſon of the mountaynes whiche they had to paſſe, that tooke awaye the ſight of them from the Scottes, they eſcaped into their coun|trey without any purſuite.