Compare 1587 edition: 1 This haynous act being once ſignified abrode in their countreys amongſt their friendes and kinſfolke,A new tumult. cauſed a new commociõ, ſo that with|in a fewe dayes after, many thouſandes of men in furious rage came before the caſtell,King Durſtus beſieged. and be|ſieged the king moſte ſtraitly therein. Who per|ceyuing himſelfe in ſuche daunger as he knewe not well howe to eſcape, came foorth with ſuche companie as he had about him, and encountring with his enimies was ſtraight wayes beaten downe amongſt them,Durſtus is ſlayne. and ſo at once loſte there bothe kingdome and life in the .ix. yeare of his raygne.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 Durſtus being thus diſpatched, his children doubting the indignation of the people concey|ued agaynſt them for theyr fathers faulte, to a|uoyde the peril fledde ouer into Ireland, and im|mediatly the Nobles of the Realme aſſembled themſelues togither for the chooſing of a newe king, in no wiſe minding to haue any of Dur|ſtus his race to raygne ouer them, leaſt they woulde ſeeke by ſome meanes to reuenge his death: howbeit at length when they were at poynt to haue fallen at variaunce in ſuſteyning of contrarie opinions aboute the election of their Prince, through a wittie oration made by Co|ranus gouernour of Argile, who alledged ma|ny weightie reaſons for the auoyding of ſedi|tion, they all agreed to committe the free ele|ction vnto the ſame Coranus, promiſing firme|ly to accept whome ſo euer hee ſhoulde name. Hereupon Coranus conſulting a little with the peares of the Realme, named one Ewyn the vncles ſonne of Durſtus,Ewyn is cho|ſen king. who as then remay|ned in Picte lande, whither hee had withdrawen himſelfe in Durſtus his dayes, beyng baniſhed the realme by him, for that he coulde not away with his corrupt maners.