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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 There were ſo many alſo that fauoured them in this quarrell,A craftie and cloked diſsi|mulation. and ſo fewe that leaned to the king to ayde him againſt them, that he was conſtreyned to diſſemble with them for a tyme, in promiſing not onely to remoue from him ſuche as they woulde appoint, but alſo to be or|dered in all things according as they ſhoulde thinke good. And to put them in beliefe that hee ment as hee ſpake, he cõmitted ſome ſuch coun|ſellours as hee had aboute him vnto warde, and other ſome (of whome he little paſſed) he ſenſe vnto them as pryſoners, to receyue ſuch puniſh|mẽt by death or otherwiſe, as they ſhould thinke conuenient.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 He further alſo in preſence of Doro the go|uernour of Cantyr, ſente to him for that pur|poſe,Craftie diſsi|mulation. ſware in ſolempne wiſe afore the image of Diana, to performe all ſuche promiſes and co|uenantes as he was agreed vpon and had made vnto the conſpiratours.

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