[1] And euen ſo came it to paſſe:Makbeth and Banquho are ſent agaynſt the rebelles. for being ſente foorth with a newe power, at his entring into Lochquhaber, the fame of his cõming put ye eni|mies in ſuche feare, that a great number of them ſtale ſecretely away from theyr captaine Mak|dowald,The rebelles forſake theyr captayne. who neuertheleſſe enforſed thereto, gaue batayle vnto Makbeth, with the reſidue whiche remained with him, but being ouercome and fle|ing for refuge into a caſtell (within the whiche hys wyfe and chyldren were encloſed,) at length when he ſaw how he coulde neyther de|fend the hold any longer againſt his enimies, nor yet vpon ſurrender be ſuffered to depart with lyfe ſaued, he firſt ſlew his wife & children,Makdowald ſleeth his wife and children, and laſtly him ſelfe. and laſtly himſelfe, leaſt if he had yeelded ſimply, he ſhoulde haue bene executed in moſt cruell wiſe for an ex|ample to other.