Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Corbreid being highlie displeased towards the Romans for the euill intreating of his sister, deter|mined either to sée hir satisfied by woorthie recom|pense, or else to be reuenged on them that had mis|vsed hir: and hereof gaue signification vnto Catus the procurator that was as then returned into Bri|taine with a power of men of warre. Corbreid re|ceiuing but a scornefull answere from him, found meanes to ioine in league with Charanach king of the Picts, and gathering togither a mightie armie Charanach K. of the Picts. of one & other, pursued the Romans and their asso|ciats, slaieng downe a woonderfull number of them. He also burned and destroied diuers townes, such as in kéeping their allegiance to the Romans stood earnestlie to their defense, as Berwike and Carleill The Romans slaine. with others. About the same season there arriued in the frith a number of Dutch ships, fraught with Dutchmen ar|riue in Scot|land. people of Merherne or Morauia, a region in Ger|manie situat betwixt Boheme and Hungarie. They were driuen out of their owne countrie by the Ro|mans, and assembling togither vnder a famous capteine named Roderike, came down to the mouth of the Rhene, where making shift for vessels, they tooke the seas to séeke them some new habitations; and thus arriuing in Pictland, were ioifullie recei|ued of the Picts and Scots, for that they were re|puted right valiant men, and glad to reuenge their owne iniuries against the Romans. Namelie with the Picts they were much estéemed, for that they came forth of the same countrie from whence their ancestors were descended.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Their huge bodies and mightie lims did greatlie Merth [...] were [...]en of goodlie sta|ture. commend them in the sight of all men before whome they mustered, so that comming to the place where the kings of Scots and Picts were incamped with their people readie to march foorth towards the eni|mies, they were highlie welcomed, and vpon their offer receiued into companie, and appointed to go forth in that iournie, in aid of quéene Uoada against women come with the [...]eene in ar|mour. the Romans. With this Uoada was assembled a mightie host of the Britains, amongest whom were fiue thousand women, wholie bent to reuenge the villanies doone to their persons by the Romans, or to die in the paine. And for this purpose were they come well appointed with armour and weapons, to be the first that should giue the onset. Uoada hea|ring of hir brothers approch with the king of Picts and their armies, met them on the waie accompa|nied with a great number of the nobles of Britaine, and brought them to hir campe with great ioy and triumph.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 After taking aduise how to behaue themselues in their enterprise, they thought it good to make hast to fight with the procurator Catus, yer anie new power of men of warre might come to his aid forth of Gallia now called France. Wherevpon mar|ching The Romans are put to flight and o|uerthrowne. towards him, they met togither in the field, where betwixt them was striken a right fierce and cruell battell; but in the end the horssemen of the Ro|mans part being put to flight, the footmen were bea|ten downe on ech side; Catus himselfe being woun|ded, Ca [...]s was wounded. escaped verie hardlie by flight, and shortlie after got him ouer into France. The Scots and Picts with other the Britains, hauing atchiued this victo|rie, 70000 Ro|mans [...]laine, and 30000 Britains. pursued their enimies from place to place, so that there died by the sword, what in the battell and else|where in the chase, seuentie thousand Romans and other strangers, which serued amongest them; and of Scots, Picts, and other Britains, were slaine thirtie thousand.