Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Herevnto Kenneth answered, that he well vn|derstood Kenneth his answere. how vnstable fortunes lawes were, but si|thens the Picts fought in an vniust quarell, as to defraud the posteritie of their lawfull king Hungus, who latelie reigned amongest them, of the rightfull inheritance of their kingdome, they themselues had iust cause to doubt fortunes chance, where the Scots hauing put vpon lawfull armour, and séeking to at|teine that by warre which by other means they could not atteine at the hands of the vniust possessors, they had lesse cause to mistrust hir fauour, & therefore if the Picts were desirous of peace, they ought to cause a surrender to be made of their kingdome into his hands, accordinglie as they well knew it was rea|son they should. And what commoditie might there|of insue to both nations, being by such means once ioined and vnited into one intire kingdome, he doub|ted not but they vnderstood it sufficientlie inough. And as for other conditions of peace than this, he told them plainelie there would be none accepted. Thus did the kings depart in sunder, without anie agréement concluded: and being returned to their armies, they make readie to trie the matter by dint of sword.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Kenneth exhorted his people that day to shew themselues men, sith the same should iudge whether the Scots should rule and gouerne the Picts, or the The order of the battell. Picts the Scots. With these and manie other effec|tuall words when he had incouraged his folks to the battell, he diuided them into thrée wards, as two wings and a maine battell. In euerie of them he set first archers and arcubalisters; and next vnto them pikes and speares, then bilmen and other with such short weapons: last of all, an other multitude with all kind of weapons, as was thought most expedient. The fore ward was committed to the lea|ding of one Bar, a man right skilfull in all warlike knowledge, the second one Dongall gouerned, and the third was led by Donald the kings brother. The king himselfe with a troope of horssemen followed them to succour in all places where he saw néed.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 Then commanded he his trumpets to sound to the battell, which the Scots began with such a chéere|full shout, that the Picts euen vpon the first onset were so amazed, that if Drusken had not with com|fortable words relieued their fainting stomachs, the King Drus|ken imbolde|neth his peo|ple the Picts. most part of them had fled without anie stroke stric|ken. But being incouraged through the presence of their king, shewing himselfe with chéerefull counte|nance amongst them, and therewith exhorting them to stand by him at that present, there was fought a right sore and cruell battell betwéene them. The wo|men that were amongest the Picts, of whom there The women were a cum|brance to the Picts. was no small number, speciallie in the right wing, made such a wofull noise, when they beheld the men one kill an other, that they were a more cumbrance to the Picts, than aid, when it came to the point of seruice: by reason whereof that wing was shortlie beaten downe, and put to flight. Which when Ken|neth beheld, he set in with his horssemen on the Kenneth with the horssemen disordered the Picts araie. backs of the Picts, now left bare by the running thus away of those in the foresaid wing: and so entring in amongest them, disordred their araie in such wise, that by no means they were able to aid themselues, or come into anie order againe: so that in the end The right wing of the Picts is put to flight. they were faine to throw downe their weapons, and take them to their féete, thereby to escape the dan|ger. Such heaps of slaine men, armour, & weapons laie here & there strewed in the place of the battell, that the Scots were forced in following the chase to breake their araie, so to passe the more speedilie: by means whereof, falling amongest whole bands of the Picts, manie of them were slaine.