Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 This sudden chance sore disordered the Britains, and immediatlie the Scots incouraged afresh, assai|led their enimies with more eger minds than they had doone at the first, so that maintenantlie both the wings of the British armie were vtterlie discomfi|ted. The wings of the Bri|tains put to flight. The campe of the Bri|tains woon. The Bri|tains chased, know not whither to flée. Guitell with twentie thou|sand Bri|tains slaine. Foure thou|sand Scots and Picts slaine. And héerewith a certeine number of the Picts were commanded by their king to make haste to win the campe of the Britains, that such as sought to escape by flight, should find no refuge in the same. Thus the Britains being chased and slaine on euerie side, they knew not whither to flée: so that in the end a great number of them throwing awaie their wea|pons, yéelded themselues, most humblie crauing mercie at their enimies hands. There were slaine in this battell aboue twentie thousand of the Britains, togither with their generall Guitellus, and a great number of other of the nobilitie. There died also of the Scots and Picts néere hand foure thousand. The prisoners with the spoile of the field were diuided by appointment of the kings amongst the souldiers. Which doone, they marched foorth into the countrie to conquere castels and townes, such as stood in their waie.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 In the meane time, the Britains being sore dis|comfited with the ouerthrow, assembled a councell at London, there to deuise by what meanes they A councell holden at London. might best defend their countrie from the imminent danger in the which it now stood. Uortigerne as one giltie in conscience, doubted least through want of good wils in his commons, he should not be able to Uortigerne doubting the hatred of his people, would haue fled out of his realme. withstand the mightie inuasion of his enimies, wher|vpon he was minded to haue auoided the realme, but there were of his councell that aduised him to the contrarie, holding, that better it was for him to trie the vttermost point of fortunes hap, than with EEBO page image 93 dishonor so to yéeld at the first blow of hir froward hand, considering the abundance of treasure which he had in store, wherewith he might wage souldiers and men of warre out of Germanie & other places, in number sufficient to match with his [...]ies. This counsell as the best was follo [...]d, and messen|gers with commission & s [...]cient [...] sent [...]ortigerne is counselled to send for a [...]d in|to Germanie. with all spéed into Germanie, to ret [...]ine a number of Sa [...]ns, and to [...]ing them ouer into Britaine, to serue against the Scots and P [...]cts in wages with Uortigerne.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 At the same time there were amongst those Sax|ons two brethren, de [...]nded by right [...]ull [...]age of the princes of that nation, who being reputed for va|liant [...]apteins, appointed with the British commis|saries for a cert [...]ine summe of monie to take vp their pres [...]ribed number of men, & to receiue charge of them as coronels, aswell for their [...]onuaie ouer into Britaine, as also for their seruice there, after their arriual. The one of these two brethren was cal|led Hengist or Engist, and the other Horsus, who ha|uing [...]gist and [...]us retei|ned in seruice with Uorti|gerne. their appointed numbers once filled, contei|ning about ten thousand souldiers in the whole, they bestowed them abroad in thirtie hulks, hoies, and plaits, and in the same transported them ouer into Britaine, in the 449 yéere after Christ, as our histo|ries doo affirme: where they were receiued with great ioy and gladnesse of Uortigerne, who trusted by their aid to ouercome his fierce and dreadfull eni|mies.