[1] In this meane tyme the Scottiſh king Do|nald being reſtored againe to his Countrey, was receyued with more ioy and honour than hee had deſerued, in hope yet by this ſcourge of aduerſe fortune, that he woulde haue reformed his former abuſes. Neuertheleſſe,King Donald falleth to hys old vices againe. he had not bin at home any long time, but that he fell to his old vicious trade of life againe, remouing from his companie ſuche honorable perſonages as wiſhed the ſuretie of his eſtate, with the aduãcement of the cõmon welth, to the reliefe and eaſe of his poore miſerable ſub|iects. At length the nobles of the realm perceiuing the daunger that their countrey ſtoode in, by rea|ſon of Donaldes inſolent miſorder, vndiſcrete rule and gouernment,King Donalde is laid in priſõ. they found meanes to ap|prehend and commit him vnto ſafe keeping, but the monſtrous creature within a fewe dayes after he was thus put in ward,

He ſlaieth him ſelfe in priſon.

860.

in great deſperation ſlue himſelfe, in the ſixt yeare after he began his infor|tunate raigne, & in the yeare of our ſaniour 860.