Compare 1577 edition: 1 The Armorike Britains with a new kind of order in their fight, sore troubled the Saxons, in persing The Armo|rike Britains their battels, with their men arraied in certeine wards, broad behind and narrow before, wedgewise. The Scots also & Picts bare downe both the wings of the Saxons, in such manner, that the standards of all the three nations, Scots, Picts, and Britains, were at point almost to méet, hauing made waie therevnto through the middest of their enimies. Wherewith the Saxons (being sore discouraged) be|gan The Saxons discomfited. to giue backe; and finallie, notwithstanding all that Hengist could saie or doo to haue staied them, they fell to running awaie, and fled amaine, which when he throughlie saw, & perceiued that there was no recouerie, he himselfe (in manner the last man Sée more here of in England that abode) fled likewise his waies out of the field, with an ambushment of horssemen about him, but being pursued by Aurelius verie fiercelie, he was run through the bodie by him with a speare, and so was there slaine out of hand, in the 488 yéere of Hengist is slaine by Au|relius, as the Scotish chro|nicles say. Christ, and 40 after his comming into this Ile. How|beit the other of the Saxons conueied his sonne Oc|ca (being also sore wounded) awaie with them vp in|to the next mounteins, whither they fled for their re|fuge, leauing the dead bodie of his father Hengist in the field, to their high reproch, there to be spoiled and abused of his enimies.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Aurelius Ambrose hauing thus got the vpper hand Aurelius ha|steth foorth to London. of his enimies, hasted foorth with all spéed vnto Lon|don, where hauing both the citie and tower deliuered into his hands, he recouered the whole Iland from the possession of the Saxons: and such of them as were apt men, able to beare armor, and to serue in the warres, he commanded to depart foorth of the land. The other that were minded to tarrie behind their fellowes that were thus forced to depart, be|came subiects to the Britains, and couenanted to be|come christians. ¶ Thus much haue I written tou|ching Aurelius Ambrose, according to the report of the Scotish writers, but more héereof ye may read in the historie of England, where ye shall find this matter set foorth more at large. For that which we write héere, is but to shew in what sort the Scotish writers make relation of the warres which their na|tion had with the Saxons, when they began first to set foot héere in this land.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 To our purpose then. In the meane time Aureli|us hauing thus recouered the land out of the Sax|ons hands, and now remaining at London, did all the honor he could imagine, both vnto Loth the Pic|tish king, and also vnto Conranus generall of the Scotishmen, acknowledging how that by their aid By support of Scots and Picts Aureli|us confesseth he got the vic|torie of the Saxons. The league betwixt Scots, Picts, and Britain [...] is renewed. chieflie he had got the vpper hand of his enimies, and so he willed to haue it notified amongst his subiects. Héereto he caused the league to be renewed betwixt the Scots, Picts, & Britains, the ancient ordinance for the countries beyond Humber, being appointed to remaine vnto the Scotishmen and Picts: also that the Saxons should be reputed common eni|mies to all the thrée nations, and that vpon inuasion made by anie forren power, the Scots, Picts, and Britains, should aid one another as occasion serued.