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 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 With these and manie other like reasons he went about to incourage the minds of his subiects, in such wise, that in maner the most part of them determi|ned rather to die with honor, than to liue in such mi|seri [...] as they feared would insue, if the victorie shuld rest vpon the Romans side. And as they were in such talke togither, suddenlie commeth in one of The sudden arriuall of Maximus. their scouts with newes, that Maximus with his ar|mie was euen at hand. This was in the morning, anon after the sunne was vp, where he was not loo|ked for till the euening following, insomuch that the same his sudden arriuall, chancing so farre contra|rie to their former expectations, troubled all their heads, and brought them into a great maze, for that hereby they were constreined to change the order of their battels to haue the sunne on their backs, as they had prouided at the first it should haue béene, if the enimies had not come vntill the after none. Yet notwithstanding, they had no sooner changed their place, and gotten themselues into arraie of battell againe, but that with great violence they preassed The Scots giue the onset. forward to giue the onset vpon the Romans. Which Maximus perceiuing, made all the spéed he could to set his men in order of battell, that he might receiue his enimies comming thus to incounter him. So both sides beeing fullie bent to battell, and approched within danger of shot, they let flée the same most e|gerlie, albeit that through hasting foorth to ioine at The batte [...] ioine. hand-strokes, there was litle hurt doone with bowes or darts.

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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Maximus hearing that the Scots were thus encãped in Kyle, marched towards thẽ, & lodged the ſame night not far off frõ the riuer of Mũda,The approche of Maximus towardes the Scottes. where knowledge was giuen vnto Eugenius, y^t Maximus was come within .v. miles of him, with a greater armie, than he had at his laſt en|coũtring w^t him in Galloway. Theſe aduertiſe|ments cauſed no ſmall ſturre to be rayſed in the cãpe, ſome being ſtrikẽ with preſent feare, where other cõtrarywiſe moued with high indignatiõ, deſired nothing ſo much as to ioyne in battell w^t the Romains, whoſe cruell tirannie they very much deteſted. Eugenius himſelfe ſhewed no countenance of feare at all, but encouraging his people with comfortable wordes,Eugenius cõ|forteth his people. he brought thẽ ſtreight in order of battell, deuided into thrée wardes, cõmitting one of them to the leading of his brother Ethodius, & the ſecõd to Doalus the gouernour of Argile, reſeruing the .iij. to himſelf. EEBO page image 89 This done, he made vnto them a pithie oration, declaring how neceſſarie it was for them to play the men, conſidering that in victorie conſiſted the onely hope of libertie, and in beeing vanquiſhed, theyr Countrey was endaungered to be brought into perpetuall bondage for euer, for the onelye marke which the Romains ſhotte at, was to op|preſſe the libertie of the whole Ilande, and to re|duce the lame into the forme of a Prouince, to be gouerned at the wil of the victorers, to the breach of all their olde auncient lawes, and long con|tinued cuſtomes.