Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 This Maximianus at his arriuall in the Iland was most ioifullie receiued by the soldiors and sub|iects of the foresaid empire. All the lords and nobles of the countrie resorted also vnto him, shewing them selues most glad of his comming, & promising with what aid soeuer they were able to make, to go with him against their enimies. Wherevpon, procuring Maximianus causeth the Britains to [...]ine with him to go against the Scots. them to assemble their powers, and to ioine the same with his, which he had brought ouer with him, he pas|sed through the countrie vnto Yorke, and so from thence marched foorth towards the Scots, being al|readie assembled in campe to defend the countrie of Westmerland against him. There were both the kings of Scots and Picts, Ferg [...]e and Du [...]stus, The Scots and Picts as|sembled a|gainst the Ro|mans. with Dionethus, naming himselfe king of the Bri|tains, who had brought with him, beside the Welsh|men, a great number of those Britains that inhabi|ted in the countries now accounted the marches of Wales, the which onelie amongst all other the Bri|tains acknowledged him for king.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 When both the armies were come néere togither, The armies prepare to bat|tell. they camped for that night the one in sight of the o|ther, and in the morning following they prepared themselues to battell. Ferguse first making an ear|nest Ferguse ex|horteth his people to doo valiantlie. Right mini|streth hope of good successe. oration vnto his people, to incourage them the more boldlie to giue the onset, declared amongst o|ther things how the right was on their sides, which alwaies ought to minister hope of good successe in them that enterprise anie thing in defense thereof; where contrarilie all such as attempted to disquiet o|ther by iniurie and wrong dooing, could not but looke for an euill conclusion of their malicious intents and purposes. Neither were other of his capteins negligent in their duties, but that both in exhorting their bands, they vsed most comfortable woords, and in disposing them in good order of battell, they shew|ed most readie and earnest diligence.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 On the other side, Maximianus with his capteins and officers of bands were as busie on their side to array their battels most for their aduantage, as they saw cause and occasion, so that both the armies being readie to fight, the onset was giuen, and that in most The onset is giuen. furious wise, the Romans being at the first sore an|noied with arrowes and darts, which flue so thicke from ech side, that their sight was in manner taken from them, the skie séeming as it had béen couered o|uer with a pentise. So that Maximianus perceiuing Maximianus perceuing the disa [...]uantage, prouideth to r [...]die the same. this disaduantage, he caused a fresh iegion of his sol|diors to aduance forward to the succour of their fel|lowes; by reason whereof the battell was foorthwith most crueltie renewed, the hindermost wings of the Romans sore preasing vpon their enimies: so that in the end passing quite through their battels, they caused a great disorder and feare amongest those The Scots disordered. Scots and other their confederats, which were pla|ced in the hindermost ranks. But yet casting them|selues in a ring, they made great & stout resistance for a space, and at length a great number euen of the most valiant personages of the whole host, closed themselues togither, and with maine force assaied to haue broken through the thickest prease of their enimies, but being inuironed about on ech part, they were there staine ech mothers sonne. Whilest the Ro|mans drew togither to resist on that side, other of the Scotishmen, Picts, Britains, & Welshmen, found a waie to get foorth through their enimies on the other side, and so being gotten past them, made awaie as fast as their féet might beare them: but a great num|ber being notwithstanding ouertaken, were staine and beaten downe right pitifullie,