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 1577 edition: 1 The Scots crieng vpon the name of their woor|thie and famous ancestor king Gald, did laie about them, most fiercelie, after they came once to the ioi|ning: and likewise the Romans, being incouraged with the chéerefull words of the lieutenant Maxi|mus, boldlie incountered them, so that it was doub|full Doubtfull fight. at the first whether part should haue the woorse end of the staffe. But shortlie there followed variable successe, for on the one part, they of Resse and Mar, being appointed vnder Ethodius to incounter that wing of the enimies where the Picts were, fought so egerlie and with such fierce wils, that they easilie Ethodius o uerthroweth the Picts. put the Picts vnto flight, beating downe a great number of them as they would haue passed the wa|ter of Dune, but streightwaies after falling to the The Scots hauing van|quished the Picts, are slaine by the Romans. spoile, they were slaine downe right, by a legion of such Romans as were sent by Maximus vnto the succours of the Picts.