Compare 1577 edition: 1 In this meane while that things passed thus a|mong the Scots, by the procurement of one Uorti|gerne, Constantius the eldest sonne of the late de|ceassed Constantine king of Britains, was taken out of an abbeie, where he was shorne a moonke, and Constantius a moonke elec|ted king of Britaine. aduanced to the kingdome: but being not meet of himselfe to gouerne, Uortigerne had the whole rule committed to his hands, wherevpon he first caused the league to be renewed betwixt the Britains, the Scots, and Picts, and appointed a gard of the same Scots and Picts to be attendant on the kings per|son: in the end also he procured some of them to mur|ther the king, and after put all the said Scots and Uortigerns treason. Constantius murdered. Picts to death, as well the giltie as the vngiltie, and finallie made himselfe king, as in the historie of England you shall find more at large expressed.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The Scots and Picts (for displeasure that their countriemen which had beene appointed to gard the person of Constantius king of the Britains, were maliciouslie circumuented, & the more part of them wrongfullie executed) made sundrie roades and for|raies into the British borders, neither sparing fire nor swoord where they came. So that the said Uorti|gerne by a gréeuous report informed héereof, caused an armie with all spéed to be leuied, and appointed Guitellus the prince of Wales to haue the leading thereof against the enimies: whilest he (doubting least the people would not be ruled by him, for that it was knowen how he would haue made awaie Con|stantines children) kept him about London, & durst not commit himselfe so much to the sight of a multi|tude, as to go foorth in that iournie in his owne per|son.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Guitellus, in respect of the loue which he bare to Guitellus ge|nerall of the British army causeth fiue hundred of the enimies to be hanged. his countrie, purposing to serue truelie in defense thereof, chanced vpon his approch to the borders to take the number of fiue hundred of the enimies, be|ing aduanced from the residue to fetch a bootie. These Guitellus caused to be hanged, as condemned for robbers and pillers of the countrie afore anie ouer|ture of warre was denounced. Wherevpon such o|ther as escaped by flight, and had séene their fellowes thus executed, declared vnto their gouernors what had happened vnto their fellowes. The confederate kings, being in a great chafe héerewith, gather togi|ther The Scotish and Pictish kings gather their people to resist the Bri|tains. Guitellus in|courageth the appalled harts of his men of warre with comfortable woords. their people, and haste forward with all spéed to|ward the enimies, who at the first shewed manifest tokens that they were sore afraid of the Scotish and Pictish power: wherevpon Guitellus their generall with comfortable woords willed them to be of good courage, and not to doubt of victorie, hauing so iust a cause to fight with truce-breakers, and such as were giuen more vnto pillage and spoile, than to anie o|ther commendable exercise or practise of warre.