Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Some of them that were not ouer-hastie to fol|low Agricola ma|king a bridge ouer Tay wa|ter, passeth by the same with his host, and incampeth néere to the foot of the mounteine of Granzbene. the first, séeing the present losse of their fellows, returned by the same way they came vnto Agricola, who in this meane time had caused a bridge to be made ouer the riuer of Tay, by the which he passed with his whole armie, and incamped on the further side thereof néere to the roots of the mounteine of Granzbene, leauing the bridge garnished with a competent number of souldiers to defend it against the enimies. The Picts being not a little troubled herewith, dispatched forth a messenger with all hast vnto Gald the Scotish king, signifieng vnto him the whole matter, and thervpon required of him aid.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Gald hauing mustered his people aswell Scotish as Irish, assembled them togither to the number of fortie thousand persons, what of one and other, and incontinentlie with all spéed marcheth forth to come vnto the aid of the Picts, and so within a few daies passing ouer the mounteine of Granzbene, he arri|ueth in a vallie beyond the same mounteine, where Gald king of the Scotish men commeth to the aid of the Picts. he findeth the Picts, Danes, and Norwegians in|camped togither not far off from the host of the Ro|mans. Here taking aduise togither, & in the end de|termining to giue battell, king Gald (vnto whome as before is expressed, the gouernance of the whole The Scots and Picts de|termine to giue batttell to the Ro|mans. Gald exhor|teth his peo|ple to fight manfullie. was cõmitted) assembling togither all the number of the confederats, made vnto them a long and pi|thie oration, exhorting them in defense of libertie (the most pretious iewell that man might inioy) to shew their manlie stomachs against them that fought onelie to depriue them of that so great a be|nefit. And sith they were driuen to the vttermost bounds of their countrie, he persuaded them to make vertue of necessitie, and rather choose to die with honor, than to liue in perpetuall shame & igno|minie, which must néeds insue to their whole nation, if they suffered themselues to be vanquished in that instant. With these words, or other much what of the semblable effect, Gald so moued the hearts of his people, that they desired nothing but to ioine with their enimies, & to trie it by dint of sword, which they vniuersallie signified according to their ac|customed vse with a great noise, shout, and clamor.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 On the other part Agricola, though he perceiued a great desire amongest his souldiers to fight, yet he was not negligent on his owne behalfe to incou|rage them with most chéerefull words and counte|nance; so that both the armies being thus bent to haue battell, the generals on both parties began to set them in araie. Agricola to the end his armie be|ing the lesser number should not be assailed both a front and on the sides, prouided (by disposing them in a certeine order) a remedie against that disaduan|tage. On the other side, king Gald by reason of Gald by rea|son of his multitude, thinketh to inclose his enimies. the aduantage which he had in his great multitude and number, ordered his battels thereafter with a long and large front, placing the same vpon the higher ground, of purpose to compasse in the eni|mies on ech side. At the first approch of the one ar|mie towards the other, the battell was begun right The armies approch togi|ther to fight. They [...]. fiercelie with shot of arrows and hurling of darts, which being once past, they ioined togither to trie the matter by hand-strokes, wherein the Scots & Picts had one disaduantage, for those that were archers, or (as I may call them) kerns, comming once to fight at hand-blowes, had nothing but broad swords The Scotish mens disad|uantage, by reason of th [...] vnfit wea|pons. and certeine sorie light bucklers to defend them|selues with, such as serue to better purpose for men to ride with abroad at home, than to be carried foorth into the warres, though the same haue béene so vsed among the Scotishmen, euen till these our daies.