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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Finally, this Finnanus died at Camelon beyng come thither to viſite the kyng of Pictes as then ſore diſeaſed, after hee had raigned a|bout the ſpace of a .xxx. yeares. His bodie was conueyed vnto Berigonium, and there buried amongſt his predeceſſours.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 [figure appears here on page 25] AFter hym ſucceeded his ſonne ye forena|med Dur+ſtus,Dur|ſtus. farre differyng from his noble fa|ther in all vertuous demeanour, as he that was altogether [figure appears here on page 25] gyuen to banquetting and exceſſiue drunken|neſſe. Suche of the nobles as his Father had in highe reuerence he made light accompts of: ac|cepting onely thoſe that of theyr wicked deuices could finde out new kindes of voluptuous plea|ſures, through whoſe perſwaſions ſome of his peares he cõfined,Wicked coun|ſellers. ſome he ſpoyled of al their ſub|ſtance & inheritance, other he put to death with|out iuſte cauſe or any kinde of lawfull meanes. [figure appears here on page 25] Furthermore he forſoke the cõpanie of his law|full wife Agaſia, cauſing hyr to be forced and abuſed by diuers vile perſons in moſte vilanous maner.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 22With theſe and the ſemblable inordinate pra|ctiſes he procured the indignation of his people ſo farre foorth agaynſt him,A conſpiracie. that thoſe of the we|ſterne Iſles with them of Cantyr, Lorne, Ar|gile and Roſſe, conſpyred togither in the refor|mation of ſuche diſorders as were dayly vſed in the adminiſtration of iuſtice, by the wicked ſug|geſtion of euill diſpoſed councellours, againſt whom they pretended to make theyr warre, and not againſt theyr king.

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