Compare 1587 edition: 1 Reutha thus ſtudying for the aduauncement of the common wealth of his ſubiects, continued in the eſtate with great proſperitie, til finally per|ceyuing himſelfe farre growen in age and not ſo able to trauell in the affayres of the realme as he was before, he cauſed a parliament to be aſſem|bled, and there in preſence of all the eſtates he re|quired to be diſcharged of the gouernment: and that the ſame might be cõmitted vnto his couſin Thereus, who as then was not onely of ſuffici|ent age to take it vpon him, but alſo of ſuche to|wardneſſe as that in eche mans opinion he was thought likely to atteyne vnto the proweſſe of any of his noble progenitours.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus, Reutha after he had raygned a .xvij. yeares, returned to a priuate lyfe,Reutha reſig|ned the eſtate vnto his co [...] Thereus. reſigning the whole rule of the realme vnto the foreſayd The|reus being through his perſwaſion receyued as king of all eſtates by common conſent there in that preſent aſſemble.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 THis Thereus for the firſt .vj. yeares was e|quall in al points of princely gouernmẽt to any of his predeceſſors,The|reus. but afterward he chaũged his copie in ſuch maner, that iuſtice and all other kindes of vertue being ſet aparte,Iuſtice negle|cted and [...] embraced. he neyther re|garded the lawes of the Gods nor yet of men, but gaue himſelfe to al ſortes of filthineſſe & moſt deteſtable vices, ſo farre foorth, that his ſubiectes (as their cuſtome is in following the maners & vſages of theyr Princes,) became ſo outragious in theyr licentious liuings, and namely the No|bles and Gentlemen, that thereof enſue [...] the [...]te, murder, rape, ſpoyling, and all kindes of oppreſ|ſion of thoſe ſeely ſoules that had not meane to reſiſt, ſo as in fine diuers gouernours of the tribes perceyuing no hope of amendmẽt whileſt The|reus ſhould raygne, conſpired togither,The nobles cõſpire againſt Thereus. deuiſing meanes how to depoſe him of al kingly autho|ritie. But he hauing notice of their purpoſed in|tentions, and doubting the ſequele thereof, con|ueyed himſelfe out of the way, in moſte ſecrete wiſe, fleyng for ſuccour vnto the Brytaines,Thereus fled to the Brytai [...] vn|to whom though he made earneſt ſuyte for ayde to be reſtored home againe, yet coulde hee pur|chaſe no ſuche fauour amongſt them ſo that leading a miſerable lyfe long time after with|in the citie of Yorke, hee finally there ended his daies. He raigned in Scotland about, xij. yeares or more.