Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Lucius Antenous the Romane lieutenant, lieng Lucius Ante nous lieute|nant of Bri|taine. Mogall exhor teth his men to doo valiant|lie. at the same time at Yorke, being certified hereof by such as fled for feare out of those parties thus inua|ded by the Scots, gathered a mightie armie out of all the countries of Britaine, and hasted forth with the same towards his enimies; of whose approch Mo|gall hauing notice, he made a long oration vnto his people to incourage them to fight manfullie against the Romans, persuading them effectuallie thereto by manie familiar examples brought in of the vali|ant enterprises atchiued by their elders, in the de|fense of their countrie and libertie of the same. In like maner Lucius Antenous for his part exhorted the Romans, and other his souldiers, to call to re|membrance the victorious exploits of their predeces|sors, and how that as then they should fight but with a rude and barbarous people, running to battell more vpon a furious rage and violent madnes, than with any discretion or aduised order, saieng further|more, that it laie now in their hands with no great adoo to recouer that which through the negligent sloth of Cneus Trebellius was before lost, whereby they should atteine great honor and famous renowme for euermore.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 By this meanes the armies on both sides being kindled with desire of battell, in hope of victorie, they drew neere togither, and began the fight right fierce|lie The battell beginneth be tweene the Romans and Albions. at the first, with throwing and shooting of darts and arrowes so thicke that one might vnneth sée an|other. The place was more for the aduantage of the Scots than of the Romans, bicause they were com|pelled to fight as it were by companies and parts, by reason of bogs and marishes, with such sideling banks on the sides that they could kéepe none araie: yet all these impediments notwithstanding, this bar|tell was fought so far forth to the vtterance, that in the end, after a woonderfull slaughter on both sides A cruell fight. made, when their swords and other weapons were spent, they buckled togither with short daggers.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 EEBO page image 62 Finallie the violent charge of the Scots & Picts was such, that the Romans were constreined to re|tire, which their generall Antenous perceiuing, did what he could to staie them, and to bring them for|ward The Ro|mans retire. againe, but as he was most busie in the fore|front to exhort them hervnto, he was wounded with an arrow, and therevpon departed out of the bat|tell, which gaue occasion to diuers other of his com|panie to follow him, by meanes whereof all the re|sidue fell to running awaie, and made toward the Lucius Ante nous is woun ded. The Ro|mans are put to flight. next wood, there to saue themselues as well as they might, though some companies perceiuing that they could not reach thither without manifest danger, clo|sed themselues togither and departed by another waie, which they tooke at aduenture, not knowing towards what parts they drew, so that they laie all the night following within two miles of the Scots and Picts, who for that the daie was in maner spent (before the Romans were put to flight) incamped themselues in the selfe-same place where the battell was fought, and in the morning, hearing that part of their enimies were lodged so néere them, & knew not which waie to draw, they sent a number foorth of their campe to fight with them, & to kill them if they resisted, or to bring them captiue to the king if they should seeme willing to yéeld. Those that were thus sent, found the Romans in verie good order of bat|tell for so small a band, not minding to yéeld them|selues as prisoners. By reason of which their obsti|nate wilfulnesse, they were slaine in the end euerie motherssonne.