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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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The gouernour Suetonius being then in Gallia, hearing of this ouerthrow, & in what danger things stood in Britaine, by reason of the same, came ouer with two legions of souldiers, and ten thousand of other Brigants as aiders to those legions. Uoada Uoada assem|bled an armie against the Romans. the quéene vnderstanding of his arriuall, assembled againe hir people, and sent vnto the Scots and Picts to come to hir aid: who togither with the Morauians came with all spéed vnto hir. When they were thus assembled, Britains, Scots, Picts, & Morauians on one part, and Romans with their aids on the o|ther, they marched forth to incounter togither with deliberat minds to trie the matter by dint of sword, being earnestlie exhorted thereto by their gouernors on either side. So that ioining puissance against puissance, they fought a right cruell battell, manie in the beginning being slaine and borne downe on both sides. But in the end the victorie abode with the Romans, the Britains with other the Albans were chased out of the field. There were slaine of them at the point of foure score thousand persons, as Taci|tus The Romans ouerthrow the Scots and Picts. The Mora|uians all slaine. Uoada [...]e hir selfe. writeth. The more part of the Morauians, togi|ther with their capteine Roderike, were in that number. Uoada the quéene, doubting to come into the hands of hir enimies, slue hir selfe. Two of hir daughters were taken prisoners, and brought ar|med, euen as they were found fighting in the bat|tell, vnto Suetonius.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The eldest of them within a few moneths after was maried vnto a noble Romane named Marius, Marius was made king. who had defloured hir before time. He was also cre|ated king of Britaine by the emperours authoritie, that thereby the state of the countrie [...]ght be r [...]|ced vnto a better quiet. He vsed to lie most an end in the parties of [...]endale, and named a part th [...] of EEBO page image 53 (where he passed the most part of his time altogether in hunting) Westmerland, after his owne name, Westmerland. though afterwards, when the Romans were expel|led, a portion of the same adioining next vnto the Scots was called Cumberland. The Morauians Humf. Lluid doubteth of this historie of the Mora| [...]ns. Murrey land. which escaped from the discomfiture, had that por|tion of Scotland assigned forth vnto them to inha|bit in, that lieth betwixt the riuers of Torne and Speie, called euen vnto this day Murrey land.

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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Scottes and Picts with other the Bry|taines hauing atchieued this victory, purſued their enimies frõ place to place, ſo that there died by the ſwoord,70000. Ro|mains ſlaine, and [...] Bryt [...]. what in the batayle and els where in the chaſe a .lxx. M. Romains & other ſtraun|gers which ſerued amongſt them, and of Scots, Pictes, and other Brytaynes, were ſlaine .xxx. thouſande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Gouernour Suetonius being then in Gallia, hearing of this ouerthrow, and in what EEBO page image 45 daunger things ſtoode in Brytayne, by reaſon of the ſame, came ouer with two Legions of ſoul|diours, and .x. thouſande of other Brygants, as ayders to thoſe Legions.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Voada the Queene vnderſtanding his ar|riuall,Voada aſſem|bled an armie agaynſt the Romaines. aſſembled againe hir people, and ſent vnto the Scottes and Pictes to come to hir ayde: who togither with the Morauians came wyth all ſpeede vnto hir. When they were thus aſſem|bled, Brytaynes, Scottes, Pictes and Mora|uians on one part, and Romaines with theyr aydes on the other, they marched forth to en|counter togyther with deliberate myndes to trie the matter by dynt of ſword, being earneſtly ex|horted therto by theyr gouernours on either ſide. So that ioyning puiſſance agaynſt puiſſance, [figure appears here on page 45] they fought a right cruell battaile, manye in the beginning being ſlaine and borne downe on both ſides. But in the ende the victorie abode with the Romaines, the Brytaynes wyth other the Albians were chaſed out of the fielde.The Romayns ouerthrow the Scottes and Pictes. There were ſlaine of them at the poynt of a .lxxx. thou|ſande perſons as Tacitus wryteth. The more part of the Morauians, togither with their cap|taine Roderike were in that number.The Moraui|ans all ſlaine. Voada the Queene doubting to come into the handes of hir enimies, ſlue hir ſelf. Two of hir daughters were taken priſoners,Voada ſlue hirſelfe. and brought armed euen as they were founde fighting in the battaile, vnto Sue|tonius.