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.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The Romans therefore being well appointed with armor and broad targets, [...]lue downe right a great number of these Scots and Picts thus slenderlie furnished, without receiuing anie great damage a|gaine at their hands, till king Gald appointed his spearemen to step forth before those archers & kerns, to succor them, and therewith also the bilmen came forward, and stroke on so freshlie, that the Romans were beaten downe on heaps, in such wise that they were néere at point to haue bene discomfited, had A cohort of Germans re|stored the Ro|mane side néere at point to haue had the worse. not a band of Germans (which serued amongst the Romans) rushed foorth with great violence vpon the Scotishmen, where most danger appeared, and so re|stored againe the fainting stomachs of the Romans, whereby the battell renewed on both sides againe right fierce and cruell, that great ruth it was to be|hold that bloudie fight, and most vnmercifull mur|ther betwixt them, which continued with more vio|lence The night seuereth the armies in s [...]|der & parteth the [...]ray. The Romans withdraw to their campe, & the Scots to the moun|teins. on the Scotish side than anie warlike skill, till finallie the night comming on, tooke the daies light from them both, and so parted the fraie. The Romans withdrew to their campe: and the Scots and Picts with their confederats the Danes, Norwegians, and Irishmen, such as were left aliue, got them into the next mounteins, hauing lost in this cruell con|flict the most part of their whole numbers.