Compare 1577 edition: 1 Which being doone, he himselfe repaired the same night vnto Carrike, where he remained for a sea|son, making prouision for defense of his realme the best he could deuise. Maximus hauing knowledge in the morning how the Scots were quite gone their waies, he determined to haue followed them; but béeing certified of a rebellion amongest the Britains in Kent, he changed his purpose, and re|turned A rebellion in Kent. thitherwards, to appease that tumult, leauing in Galloway a good part of his armie to keepe such holds as he had got in that voiage. The yeare fol|lowing, Maximus was so busied in the south parts of Britaine, that he could not attend vnto the warres against the Scots, otherwise than in main|teining such garrisons as he had placed in their countries, by reason whereof sundrie bickerings happened betwixt them of the same garrisons and the Scots, who laboured not onelie to deliuer their owne countrie out of the hands of all forrainers, but also to inuade and destroie Pictland, so that they har|r [...]ed the countrie of Fife, with part of Menteth and The Scots [...]age the [...]. Sterling shire, burning & wasting townes, castels, and houses most crue [...]ie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Whereof Maximus being certified, made sem|blance as [...]hough he were sore gréeued therewith, Maximus [...]. but inwardlie he could haue reioised at nothing more than to heare of the iniuries doon by the Scots vnto the Picts, supposing it to make chieflie for his purpose; and here vpon preparing an armie against the next summer, when he had disposed all things in a quiet order amongest the Britains, he set forward with the same towards Galloway, where being ar|riued, Maximus [...] s [...]nes in| [...]adeth the Scots. there was no kind of crueltie spared against the poore inhabitants. Eugenius in the meane time vnderstanding the comming of his enimies, mu|stered his people, and appointed the assemblie to be Eugenius prepareth an armie to de|fend his coun|trie. made in the countrie of Kile, which way he heard that his enimies would trauell. Thither came also not onlie all the able men of the Scotish dominions, but likewise a great number of lustie & strong wo|men apt to beare armour according to the old ac|customed [...]omen vsed to the warres. guise of their nation, so that there were numbred in this armie fiftie thousand persons right The number o [...] the Scotish armie. fierce and hardie, desirous either to vanquish the enimie with dint of sword, or else to die presentlie in the place.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Maximus hearing that the Scots were thus in|camped in Kile, marched towards them, and lod|ged the same night not far off from the riuer of The approch of Maximus towards the Scots. Munda, where knowledge was giuen vnto Euge|nius, that Maximus was come within fiue miles of him, with a greater armie than he had at his last in|countring with him in Galloway. [...] aduertise|ments caused no small [...]r to be [...] in the campe, some being striken with p [...]sent feare: where other contrariwise moued with high indignation, desired nothing so much as to [...]oine in battell with the Ro|mans, whose cruell tyrannie they much detested. Eugenius himselfe shewed no countenance of feare at all, but incouraging his people with comfortable Engenius co [...]orteth his people. words, he brought them streight in order o [...] battell, diuided into thrée wards, committing one of them to the leading of his brother Ethodius, the second to D [...]alus the gouernour of Argile, & reseruing the third to himselfe. This d [...]ne, he made vnto them a p [...]thie oration, declaring how necessarie it was for them to plaie the men, considering that in victorie consisted the onelie hope of libertie; and in being vanquished, their countrie was indangered to be brought into perpetuall bondage for euer, for the onelie marke which the Romans shot at, was to op|presse the libertie of the whole Iland, and to reduce the same into the forme of a prouince, to be gouer|ned at the will of the victorers, to the brea [...] of all their old ancient lawes & long continued customs.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Whiche being done, he himſelfe repayred the ſame night vnto Carricke, where he remayned for a ſeaſon, making prouiſion for defence of his realme the beſt he could deuiſe. Maximus ha|uing knowledge in the morning how the Scots were quite gone theyr wayes, he determined to haue followed thẽ, but being aſcertayned of a re|belliõ amongſt the Brytains in Kent,A rebellion in Kent. he chaũ|ged his purpoſe, & returned thitherwardes, to ap|peaſe that tumulte, leauing in Galloway a good parte of his armie to keepe ſuch holdes as he had got in that voyage. The yeere following Maxi|mus was ſo buſied in y^e ſouth parts of Brytaine, that he could not attẽd vnto the warres againſt the Scots, otherwiſe than in maintayning ſuch garriſons as he had placed in their countreys, by reaſon whereof ſundry bickerings happened be|twixt them of the ſame garryſons & the Scots, who laboured not onely to deliuer theyr owne countrey out of the handes of all forrainers, but alſo to inuade & deſtroy Pictlande, ſo that they harried the countrey of Fyfe,The Scots en|domage the pictes. with part of Men|teth, and Sterling ſhyre, brenning and waſting townes, caſtels and houſes moſt cruelly.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Wherof Maximus being certified, made ſem|blãce as though he were ſore grieued therewith,Maximus his fayned griefe. but inwardly he could haue reioyced at nothing more than to heare of the iniuries done by the Scots vnto y^e Picts, ſuppoſing it to make chief|ly for his purpoſe: & herevpõ preparing an armie againſt the next ſommer, whẽ he had diſpoſed al things in a quiet order amongſt the Brytains,Maximus eft|ſoones inua|deth the Scot [...] he ſet foreward with the ſame towardes Gallo|way, where being arriued, there was no kinde of crueltie ſpared againſt the poore inhabitants.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Eugenius in the meane time vnderſtãding y^e cõming of his enimies, muſtred his people,Eugenius pre|pareth an ar|mie to defend his countrey. & ap|pointed the aſſemble to be made in the countrey of Kyle, whiche way hee heard that his enimies would trauayle. Thither came alſo not only al the able men of the Scottiſh dominiõs, but like|wiſe a great number of luſtie and ſtrong womẽ apt to beare armure,Women vſed to the warres. according to the old accu|ſtomed guiſe of theyr nation, ſo that there were numbred in this armie .l.M.The number of the Scottiſh armie. perſons right fierce and hardie, deſirous either to vãquiſh the enimie with dinte of ſworde, or els to die preſently in the place.