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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Gothred mo|ued a rebelliõ in Cathnes.About the ſame time there roſe eft ſoones new trouble in Cathnes, for one Gothred the ſonne of Makuilȝem (of whoſe rebellion ye haue heard before) ſpoyled with often incurſions and rodes the Countrey of Roſſe, and other boundes there aboutes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 His companie encreaſeth.His companie encreaſed dayly more and more, by repayre of ſuch number of Rebelles as came vnto him oute of Lochquhaber and the Weſterne Iles.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Earles of Fife & Athol ſent agaynſt him.King William to repreſſe theſe attemptes, ſent forth the Earles of Fife and Atholl, with the Thane of Buthquhane, hauing ſixe thouſande in their companie, the which encountering with the enimies in ſet battail,The Rebelles ouerthrowne. Gothred taken and beheaded. gaue them the ouerthrow, and taking Gothred their chiefe Captaine priſo|ner, brought him vnto the king, who cauſed both him and diuerſe other which were likewiſe taken priſoners, to loſe their heades.

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