Compare 1577 edition: 1 Herewith Traherus being not a little mooued, as|sembled Traherus inuadeth west merland. his power, and entred into Westmerland, the which countrie had remained in the Scotish|mens hands euer since Carantius deliuered it ouer vnto them. Fincomarke hearing that the Romans would thus make him wars, had likewise raised a puissant armie to resist them, so that he had at the Fincomarke raiseth his power. least 60 thousand persons togither in one armie, as 30 thousand of his owne countriemen, 20 thou|sand Picts, & ten thousand of such Britains as follo|wed after Octauius. Fincomarke being thus furni|shed, hasted foorth to incounter with his enimies, be|fore they should haue time to doo any notable da|mage vnto his subiects, & so comming within sight of them, sent an herald vnto Traherus, to vnder|stand the cause why he thus inuaded his countrie, but receiuing frõ him an vntoward answer, he brought forth his people into the field in order readie to giue battell, and so ioining with the enimie, there was Fincomarke ioineth in bat|tell with Traherus. fought a right sore and cruell conflict, which continu|ed for a time with vnmercifull murther and slaugh|ter on both parts.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Finallie, when the Romans were at a point to haue got the vpper hand, they were suddenlie put in such feare with the sight of a number of husband|men, who had got togither their cattell and were dri|uing the same awaie, that supposing they had beene some new succors comming to aid their enimies, they immediatlie fled vpon the same, leauing the The Ro|mans flée. victorie to their aduersaries: howbeit of the Scots side were slaine (as their chronicles report) fiftéene thousand men, and on the Romane part about six|teene The number is slaine. thousand. Traherus himselfe escaped vnto Yorke, but hearing that Fincomarke and Octauius pursued after him, he forsooke that citie, and got him into places of more suertie, so that when the enimies yorke is yéel|ded vnto Octauius. came thither, the citizens yeelded themselues, and receiued Octauius as their prince, offering from thenceforth to be vnder his rule and gouernement. The newes of these atchiued victories being bru|ted throughout the realme, caused a great number of the nobles to come in vnto Octauius, who recei|ued Octauius obteineth the rule of Bri|taine. them most thankfullie; & to conclude, wrought so by their support, that he was shortlie after resto|red to the gouernance of the whole realme, and esta|blished therein according to his owne wish.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 This doone Fincomarke returned into his coun|trie, as well himselfe as other of his nobles and men of warre, being highlie rewarded for their westmerland assigned to the Scotishmen. paines and trauell susteined in that iournie. There was also promise made and confirmed by solemne oth, that the countrie of Westmerland, with such o|ther parts as were assigned to his predecessor king Crathlint, by order of Carantius at the time of their ioining togither in league against the Ro|mans, should for euer remaine vnto Fincomarke, & to his successors the Scotish kings, without anie claime or title to be made to the same by any of the EEBO page image 74 Britains: but this promise was not long kept, for shortlie after that Octauius had once chased all the Romans foorth of the British confines, and that Tra|herus was fled ouer into France, there was a coun|cell A councell [...] at yorke. called at Yorke, where it was not onelie ordei|ned, that from thencefoorth there should neuer anie stranger be suffered to reigne ouer the Britains, but also that the bounds of the realme should be ex|tended foorth beyond the wall made (as before is re|cited) by the emperor Adrian, euen vnto the old an|cient bounds and limits, expelling foorth the inhabi|tants of forren nations.