Compare 1587 edition: 1 Pardons gran|ted by the go|uernour are [...]yde.He allowed no pardon graunted afore by the gouernour, alledging the ſame to be expyred by his death. For he thought indeede it ſtoode ney|ther with the pleaſure of God, nor wealth of the Realme, that ſo many ſlaughters, reiffes, and oppreſſions, as had beene done afore in the coun|trey, ſhoulde remayne vnpuniſhed through fault of iuſtice.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Three thou|ſand offenders put to death within two yeares ſpace.It is ſayde, that within the fyrſt two yeares of his raigne, there were three thouſande perſons executed by death, for ſundrie olde crymes and offences.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And though ſuch extreeme iuſtice might haue bene thought ſufficient to giue enſample to other to refourme their naughtie vſages,Angus Duffe. yet one An|gus Duffe of Strathem nothing afrayd therof, came with a company of theeues and robbers, and tooke a great pray of goodes out of the coun|treys of Murray and Cathnes: for recouerie whereof, one Angus Murrey followed with a great power, and ouertaking the ſayde Angus Duffe neare to Strachnauern, fiercely aſſayled him. Who with like manhoode made ſloute re|ſiſtance,A cruell fight. by reaſon whereof, there enſued ſuche a cruell fight betwixt the parties, that there remay|ned in the ende but onely .xij. perſons aliue, and thoſe ſo wounded, that they were vneth able to returne home to theyr houſes, and lyued but a few dayes after.