Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The Saxons & Britains also vpon the approch of their enimies gathered their companies togither, & maintenantlie herewith the Saxons incouraged The Scots through com|fort of Hen|gists exhorta|tion desire battell. with such comfortable speach as Hengist vttered a|mongest them, required to haue battell without de|lay: whose example the Britains following, shewed themselues also right willing therevnto. Congall the Scotish king perceiuing the enimies to make readie for battell, went likewise amongst his folks, The Scotish and Pictish kings exhort their people to fight valiant|lie. and exhorted them in best wise he could, to play the men. The like also did Galanus the Pictish king a|mongest his people, omitting nothing that might incourage them to fight manfullie. After this, the battell on both sides comming forward to some, the arrowes and darts [...] freshlie betwixt them, but The battell is begun. neither part minding to giue place for all the sho [...], at length they ioined at handblowes, fi [...]st the Bri|tains in the right wing with the Scots in the left EEBO page image 94 wing; but the Britains not able long to indure a|gainst The Bri|tains flée. the force of the Scots, gaue backe and fled. In the meane while came a great shower of raine, mixt with such a tempest of haile, that the hardiest there wished himselfe thence, the storme beating so fast vpon them that one might [...]eath sée another, A great tem|pest. so that the Scotishmen and [...] wi [...] not whether were [...] pursue the Britains that fled, or to keepe their pl [...]s.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 On the oth [...]r part, the S [...]xons according to their maner in [...] of anie present danger; closed them|selues The S [...]xons close them|selues togi|ther. togither and drew neere vnto their chiefteins standard Fi [...]allie th [...] tempest no sooner [...] to ceass [...] but the Scots and Picts leauing their order of battell fell to follow the chase of the Britains, supposing the victorie had beene wholie theirs. Which The Scots an [...] Picts pursue the Britains. the Saxons (now after that the element began to cleare vp) plainelie perceiuing, by commandement of He [...]gist their generall assailed the Scots and Picts here and there dispersed about the spoile and The Saxons [...] [...]he Scots and Picts disor|dered in [...] of the Britains. slaughter of the Britains, and made such murther of them on euerie side where they found them, that pitie it was to behold. Those that escaped by flight, neuer staied till they were gotten into places farre inough out of danger. This was a blacke day with the Scots and Picts. Neither was it verie ioifull to the Britains, of whome no small number died in the place by the enimies sword lamentable to sée. Hengist hauing thus gotten the victorie, with|drew to Yorke, leauing those countries betwixt Tine and Twéed in the enimies handes, of purpose ceassing from further indamaging them, that the Britains might haue neighbours whome to feare: Hengist pur|posed at the first to make conquest of the Britains. for that (as he thought) should make much for his purpose, alreadie hauing determined to make a conquest of this Ile.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 When summer then was well néere passed, he pla|ced his souldiers in harbrough to lodge for the win|ter season, and went himselfe to London, where he Hengist retur|neth to Lon|don. counselled Uortigerne to send of his owne people to the borders of his enimies, to keepe the same from their inuasions till the next spring, against which time he promised to cause such notable numbers of his Hengist offe|reth to send for more aid into Germa|nie. countriemen to come to his aid, as should suffice not onelie to vanquish the Scotishmen and Picts, but also vtterlie to destroy both the nations, or at least wise to driue them foorth of the whole countrie. This offer vnto some of the nobilitie was not greatlie li|ked, as euer suspecting that which followed, least in Hengists of|fe [...]s [...]isliked of some of the nobilitie of Britaine. time to come Hengist should seeke the dominion of the realme in placing his owne people, and expel|ling the former inhabitants. But Uortigerne did not onelie giue him most hartie thanks for those his offers, but also shewed by the maner of his inter|teinement, which he vsed towards him, that he thought he could not doo vnto him too much honor for such notable seruice as he had doone alreadie, and trusted he should doo hereafter. According to Hen|gists The honor shewed vnto Hengist by Uortigerne. aduise also, there was a crue of men of warre of Britains sent vnto the borders to the number of fiue thousand, who shortlie after their comming thi|ther, were quicklie dispatched and made awaie in sundrie skirmishes and incounters with the Scots Britains sent to defend the borders, are distressed. and Picts, that assailed those places which they were appointed to d [...]end.