Compare 1587 edition: 1 Druskene cõ|meth to reſ| [...]ue his peo|ple.In the meane tyme that Kenneth with hys Scottes raged in ſuche wyſe throughe thoſe countreys, Druſkene aſſembling all the power of his countreyes, came foorthe into the fielde, to meete the Scottes, meaning eyther to put them backe out of the confines of his dominion, eyther elſe to dye with honoure in the attempte therof.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus paſſing through y^e coũtrey, at length he came vnto Scone, where afterwards ſtood a fa|mous Abbey of Chanons of Saint Auguſtines order, and here he found Kenneth with his army already encãped. The next day when both par|ties were ready to haue giuen battell, Druſkene wiſhing rather to aſke peace whileſt his power was yet in ſafetie, then after he were once van|quiſhed (if ſuch were his miſaduẽture) to intreate for the ſame in vaine, ſent an heraulde at armes vnto Kenneth, willing that he might talke with him before they ioyned, for that he had to ſay cer|taine things whiche being followed might turne to the great benefite and commoditie of both the Scottiſh and Pictiſh nations.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Kenneth for that he would not ſeeme to re|fuſe any indifferent offers, was cõtented to come to a cõmunication, & ſo thervpon both the kings in preſence of both their armies arraunged in the field ready to fight, came togither in a place ap|pointed, either of the [...] being accompanied with a like number of their nobles, as by the herauldes it was accorded.