Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Brudus perceiuing himselfe thus mocked and de|luded Brudus be|ing deceiued of the English men, called his owne subiects to the warre, assembling them at the [...] of Calidon wood. by the Englishmen, commanded by sol [...]mne summons, that all such of his subiects, as were a|ble to beare armor, should assemble in nether Cali|don within eight daies after, with conuenable pro| [...]ision of vittels, there to know his pleasure. His commandement was obeied: so that a mightie ar|mie of men at the day and place appointed came to|gither, which being mustered, they streitwaies re|mooue vnto Calidon castell, now called Dunkeld, Brudus en|treth into An|gus with an ar [...]e. where they passe the riuer of Taie, and so enter into Angus, not without some difficultie: but being once gotten ouer, they march foorthwith towards the place where they vnderstood their enimies did lie. Brudus the night before the day in the which he thought they should haue battell, by the aduise of certeine expert warriours, which he had with him, appointed all the horses that were in the campe, seruing for burden, to A woonderful policie vsed by Brudus. be bestowed amongst the women, lackies, and coi|strels, part of them being clad in armor, and part in white linnen, with long poles in their hands like to speares and iauelins. Amongst them also he ordeined an hundred horssemen to be placed, whome he made priuie as then to his intention, by whose leading that feat which should be wrought in this behalfe, was to be atchiued. These he caused to lie couertlie within a wood néere vnto the place where the battell should be fought, giuing them in commandement not to shew themselues till the battell were begun.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 King Alpine all this while held himselfe in a castell which stood vpon an hill, a little from Dundée, being The incam|ping of Alpine his armie. now decaied, so that little thereof remaineth to be séene at this day. Upon the north side of the hill, there lieth a great large plaine, compassed on ech side with mounteins, as then full of woods & launds, but now for the most part bare and without anie trées or bu|shes. In this plaine were the Scots incamped. Al|pine beholding foorth of the castell, how the Picts ap|proched to giue battell, got him into the campe, & ex|horting his people to shew themselues valiant, pla|ced them in araie. The Picts no lesse desirous to fight than their gouernors would haue wished them, be|gan Rashl [...]e the Picts begi [...] the battell. the battell before they had commandement, with such violence, that the right wing of the Scots was sore disordered. But Alpine perceiuing that, came spéedilie to their succours, greatlie reproouing them for their faintnesse of courage. To be short, he did so much to imbolden them, that by his means the fight was renewed in most cruell wise: insomuch that those which before were put backe, began to winne ground againe, and to beate downe their enimies verie fiercelie.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 But heerewith did the counterfet troope of horsse|men, which was hid in the wood suddenlie come foorth, and shewed themselues vpon the backe halfe of the EEBO page image 128 Scotishmen, appéering in sight to be an huge num|ber, The Scots being deceiued with a coun|terfet troope of horssemen fled. & farre more than they were in déed: with which sight the Scots being brought into a sudden feare, least they should be compassed about with multitude of enimies, they brake their arraie, threw off their ar|mor, and tooke them to their féet, so to escape and saue themselues by flight. Thus few were slaine in the battell, but a great number died in the chase, & were beaten downe on ech side as they were ouertaken by the Picts. Alpine himselfe was taken, and hauing his hands bound behind him, was led to the next King Alpine taken by his enimies and after beheaded towne, and there beheaded. The place beareth the name of him vnto this day, being called Pasalpine. His head also was set vpon a polé, and borne vnto Camelon, and there set vp vpon one of the highest turrets of the wall. The Scots that escaped from this sorowfull ouerthrow, got them with all spéed in|to Kenneth the sonne of Al|pine inuested king of Scot|land. 834. Argile, where they inuested Kenneth the sonne of Alpine king of their realme. This was in the yéere of our Lord 834, and the fourth yéere after Alpine entred first into the estate.