Compare 1577 edition: 1 Whilest he was thus exhorting his people, the Scots and Picts with great force and violence be|gan The Scots & Picts giue the charge. to giue the charge vpon him, which whilest the Saxons and Britains went about to defend, they were beaten downe by heaps so fiercelie on ech side, that the discomfiture had light vpon them foorthwith, The Saxons in danger to haue the ouer|throw. had not Hengist by sound of trumpet called foorth a|bout three thousand fresh men to their succors, which he had placed in an ambush a little before the spring of the daie within a thicke groue of wood, fast by his An ambush of thrée thou|sand men. campe, appointing them to remaine there in a readi|nesse, to come at his call, vpon what danger soeuer happened. These most fiercelie setting vpon the backes of the Scots, brought them streight out of all order: for they being occupied with the other Sax|ons before, and now assailed of these behind, they had vnneath roome for anie aduantage to turne their weapons. In the meane time the Picts being mat|ched with the Britains did put them to flight, and The Bri|tains put to flight by the Picts. chased them out of the field, not ceassing to pursue them in the chase, till they came to a riuer in the which a great number of them were drowned, as they ie [...]|parded to passe ouer the same, and to saue them|selues by swimming. On the other side, the Scots The Scots forced to flie. being sore handled by the Saxons, both before and behind, were at the length constreined to giue ground and breake foorth by flight, & so to escape the cruell hands of the enimies. Manie were slaine in the chase, and some taken prisoners. The residue get|ting Congall is wounded, but yet escapeth through helpe of his houshold seruants. away, fled streight to the Picts: but Congall himselfe, through helpe of his houshold seruants es|caped to the top of an high hill, and saued himselfe all wounded as he was.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The Picts returning from the chase, and vnder|standing how the Saxons had giuen the Scots the ouerthrow, and that they were now marching for|ward to incounter also with them, determined not to abide their comming at that time. And so night ap|proching yer the Saxons had got sight of them, order was giuen by commandement of their king, that The policie of the Picts to escape out of danger. all their carriage, and a great quantitie of logs and fagots, should be placed and piled togither before them, and in the darke of the night to be set on fire, which being executed according to the appointment, when the fire was once kindled, the Picts with the Scots which were got vnto them, departed as secret|lie as they might, and staied not to make awaie, till they were farre inough out of the danger of the Sax|ons. Hengist hauing thus got the victorie, and per|ceiuing no enimie abroad to bid him battell, muste|red his men, and found that he had lost in this iour|nie as good as foure thousand of one and other. Af|ter this, hée withdraweth to Yorke, and leauing his armie there, went himselfe vnto London, where hee was receiued with ioy inough by king Uorti|gerne.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Shortlie after, vpon knowledge that Aurelius Aurelius Am brose & Uter, sons to king Constantine. Ambrose, and Uter, the sonnes of king Constantine prepared to come ouer with a mightie armie of Ar|morike Britains, and other Frenchmen, to claime the crowne of Britaine, as lawfullie descended to them from their father: the Saxons were sent for out of the north parts, and had dwellings appointed vnto them in Kent, to be at hand if néed were to re|sist The Saxons placed in Kent. anie such attempted inuasion. But shortlie after, for a policie, Hengist caused it to be bruited abroad, that the Scots and Picts meant estsoones to inuade the British confines, & therefore was there an other power of Saxons called into the land, and placed in A new power of Saxons came ouer with their captein Occa. the north parts, to defend the same against the Scots and Picts. Occa the sonne of Hengist had the leading of these Saxons, who brought them ouer, be|ing ten thousand men of warre, in fiftie plaits, and fiftie hoies. They brought with them also their wiues and children, and setled themselues in the north parts betwixt the riuer of Humber and the borders of the Pictish dominions. And euen then it began to take Northumber|land when it first be [...]an to be so called. the name of Northumberland, which is as you wold say, the land by north the riuer of Humber, and so it dooth continue.