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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Conarus Conarus the ſonne of Mo|gal ſuccedeth his father. [figure appears here on page 63] MOgal be+ing thus diſpatched, as ye haue heard, his ſonne Co|narus was ad+mitted King, who (as is re|ported) was priuie to the cõſpiracie de|uiſed agaynſt his father, and as hee came to the gouernment by wicked meanes, ſo in the ende hee vſed hymſelfe muche what accordinglye in the ſame: for after hee had for a tyme diſſem|bled hys naughtie nature, he beganne at the laſt openly to ſhewe himſelfe in his right colours, committing firſte of all the adminiſtration of publike affayres vnto men of baſe condition and vile nature.

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Compare 1587 edition: 1 His chiefe delyght was altogyther in ban|quetting and coſtly fare,Conarus giuen to exceſsiue gluttonie. not regarding the aun|cient temperancie in feeding vſed amongſt hys worthie anteceſſours.

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