Compare 1577 edition: 1 But now to my purpose. When the next sum|mer was once come, Arthur led foorth his Britains against their enimies, but by reason of such ease and pleasure as they had taken whilest they soiourned in Yorke, being now come into the field, they were able The Bri|tains through rest and ease became vnapt to susteine the paines of warres. A league con|cluded be|twixt Arthur king of Bri|tains, & Loth king of Picts. to abide no paines, so that no good was doone of cer|teine yéers after, till finallie Arthur ioined in league with Loth king of the Picts. The conditions of which league were these. That Arthur during his naturall life should reigne as king of the Britains, and after his decease, the kingdome to remaine vnto Mordred and his issue, if he chanced to haue anie. That the Picts should aid the Britains against the Saxons, and haue all such land as might be recouered of them beyond Humber. Also the league which was betwixt them and the Scots, they should dulie obsurue. Mor|dred should marrie the daughter of Gawolan a no|ble Mordred ma|r [...]h the daughter of one Gawolan a Britaine. man amongst the Britains, and of highest autho|ritie next vnto Arthur himselfe: the children of this marriage to be brought vp with their grandfather in Britaine, till they came to yeeres of discretion. Gawan the brother of the foresaid Mordred, should Gawan or Gawen in ser|uice with [...]. Arthur. serue king Arthur, and receiue at his hands large interteinment, and great possessions to mainteine therewith his estate.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 Other articles there were comprised in this league, according as was thought requisite for the mainte|nance of stable friendship betwixt these kings and their nations. So that Arthur hauing concluded this league, and still being desirous to purge the whole Ile of all miscreants and enimies of the christian faith, he sent vnto the Scotish and Pictish kings, re|quiring Arthur sen|deth ambassa|dors vnto the kings of Scots and Picts. them on the behalfe of that dutie which they owght vnto the aduancement of Christs religion, to assemble their powers, & to méet him at Tinmouth, whither he would repaire to ioine with them, at such day as they would appoint, from thence to march foorth against the Saxons.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Loth king of the Picts, and Conranus king of the Scotishmen, failed not in this so necessarie an enter|prise, Scots, Picts and Britains ioine togither against the Saxons. but agréeable to Arthurs request, within few daies after they came forward, and ioining with the Britains, forth they went against the Saxons, whom they vnderstood to be alreadie in campe, vnder the conduct of their king Occa, in purpose to stop their passage. When both the armies were approched néere togither, they prepared to the battell, and first Col|germe duke of Northumberland mounting vpon a light gelding, rode almost euen hard to the face of the Picts, where they stood in their order of battell right stoutlie, and there vttering manie reprochfull Colgerme re|proueth Loth. words vnto Loth, and other of his nobles, for breach of their promised friendship to him and his Saxons. declared that he trusted shortlie to see iust punish|ment light vpon them for this falshood and vntruths sake, in thus ioining with their former enimies a|gainst their most trustie friends and stedfast alies.