Compare 1577 edition: 1 Now to returne where I left touching Aurelius Ambrose. Ye shall vnderstand, that he hauing once subdued and dispatched his aduersarie Uortigerne, determined to make warres against Hengist and Aurelius Ambrose pur|poseth to make warres a|gainst the Saxons. his Saxons, to prooue if his chance might be to reco|uer the realme out of their hands, and so to restore a|gaine the christian religion. But first yer he attemp|ted anie exploit against the enimies, he sent ambas|sadors both vnto Congall the Scotish king, and also vnto one Loth a towardlie yoong gentleman, and of Ambassadors sent vnto the Scots and Picts to re|quire their [...] against the Saxons. verie comelie personage, as then reigning among the Picts, requiring them both to aid him in so ne|cessarie an enterprise as he had in hand against the enimies of Christ and his religion. Wherevpon both these kings, weieng with themselues the dutie of all christian princes, in respect of the aduancement of EEBO page image 98 the cause of faith, and suppressing of ethnike idolatrie, promised their helpe to the vttermost of their pow|ers The Scots and Picts promise to aid the Britains against the Saxons. The league renewed be|twixt Bri|tains, [...]ts, and Scots. against the Saxons, who had in such tyranlike sort subuerted and abolished the christian profession within the British confines. And therefore the old league, according to the articles and couenants a|fore time concluded betwixt the thrée nations, was once againe renewed, and an armie prepared by e|uerie of them, to meet at a place and day appointed, for the better expedition of this their attempted voi|age.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 First Aurelius Ambrose, with such power as he brought with him foorth of France, & ioining there|vnto a great multitude of those Britains which had escaped the Saxons hands, either by withdrawing themselues into Wales, or else by conueieng them|selues into the countries of the Scots and Picts, set|teth forward toward the Scotish armie. But first cal|ling together those Britains that he had about him, and going vp to a little hill, where he might be heard Aurelius Ambrose ma|keth an orati|on. of them all, he made a long oration by waie of com|plaint, of the great iniuries and cruell practises vsed by Hengist, against the linage of king Constantine, and the whole estate of the British common-wealth: also of the horrible persecution made by him and his people the Saxons, against the professors of the chri|stian religion. All which matter he handled in woords so pithilie, his talke yet sauoring of the Romane elo|quence, that the minds of the souldiers being kindled therewith, required nothing but battell, as men not doubting but by his wise and politike conduct to at|chiue some glorious victorie. And to the end all thing might be doone in better order, according to his ap|pointment, immediatlie they proclamed him king. Aurelius Ambrose pro|clamed king of Britaine. Which was by account of the Scotish chronicles, in the yéere 498, after that Uortigerne with his sonne Uortimer had reigned 17 yéeres in the whole.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Aurelius in this wise being established king of Britaine passeth foorth with his people, and within six daies after met with the armies of the Scots and Picts. Generall of the Scots at that time was one Conranus generall of the Scots. Conranus brother to king Congall, who was trou|bled with the gout, so that he could not come himselfe in person. Loth the Pictish king was there himselfe amongst his people, verie desirous to shew some Loth king of the Picts. proofe of his manlie prowesse and manhood. Aurelius Ambrose shewed all the honor that might be deuised, as well to the one as to the other of those two nati|ons, promising to requite them with as much friend|ship when time and occasion should craue the like as|sistance. These three mightie armies therefore being thus assembled, marched foorth towards a place called Mahesbell, where they vnderstood that Hengist with his power as then did soiorne. Where when both the Mahesbell. camps were pitched, and one lieng not farre from the other: at the first certeine light skirmishes were procured by both parts betwixt the light horssemen, wherewith at length being the more prouoked to dis|pleasure, they come into the field with their whole maine battels, verie fiercelie incountring ech other, so that (as it appéered) their force was not so great, The Albions and Saxons incounter in battell. but their mortall hate was euen as much, or rather more, if the histories saie right.