Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 The Saxons that poſſeſſed now ſixe ſeuerall kingdomes in the Ile of Brytayne, reioyſed not a little at this ciuill diſcorde betwixt the Bry|tayne king and his ſubiects, wherevpon meaning to make a full conqueſt of the Brytaines, and vt|terly to expulſe them forth of the whole Ile, aſ|ſembled their powers & ioyned to the ſame Gur|mũdus,Gurmundus an Archpyrate of the nation of Norway. a notable rouer of the Norwegians, who hauing at all tymes a Nauie in a readineſſe, and men to furniſhe it, holpe the Saxons to chaſe the Brytaynes into the Marches of Wales. For from thence (being retyred into the Moun|taynes and Wooddes) they coulde not dryue them.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Gurmound (as ſome thinke) buylded at the ſame tyme the towne of Gurmondcheſter, and after beeing aſſyſted by the Saxons, hee made a voyage into Irelande, where hee ſpedde not greatly to his deſire, and therefore the I|riſhe account not this for any of theyr conqueſts, as ſome of their antiquaries infourmed oure Authour.Champion.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Gurmounde therefore fynding but ſorie ſuc|ceſſe, buylt a fewe ſleight Caſtelles and Fortes in the frontiers, and ſo lefte the lande, and ſayled from thence into Fraunce, where at length hee was ſlaine. Our Chronicles in deede name him King of Irelande,Turgeſius. but the Iriſhe affyrme that before Turgeſius there was none of the Eaſterne people that obteyned dominion in theyr Coun|trey.