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Snippet: 470 of 4298 (1577, Volume 2, p. 59) Compare 1587 edition:
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Lug|thake.
An vngracious force ſucce|deth after his worthy father.
[figure appears here on page 59] AFter this famous Prince was thus departed
hence, his ſon Lugthake ſucceeded in rule of the Scottiſhe kingdome, no leſſe
ab|horred of al men for his deteſtable and filthye vices ioyned with all kind of crueltie and co|uetouſneſſe,
than his fa|ther was beloued for his noble and excellent ver|tues.The inconti|nencie of Lugthake. This Lugthake went ſo
farre paſte the boundes of all continencie in following his ſen|ſuall luſtes,
that he forced and rauiſhed not one|ly aunt, neece, and ſiſter, but euen his
owne daughters alſo.
His ſmall re|garde to the nobilitie.
Fauor ſhewed to men of baſe condition.
Such as were honourable per|ſonages and meete to gouerne in the common
wealth he nothing regarded, but committed the adminiſtration of things vnto
vile perſons, and ſuch as coulde beſt deuiſe home to inuent quarels agaynſt the
riche, whereby they might be fleeſed of all whatſoeuer they had: and oftentymes
vpon ſome forged cauſe cruelly put to death. So little did he prouide to ſee
offenders in any wiſe cor|rected,Offenders
mainteyned. that contrarily hee mainteyned them in ſuche ſorte
therein, that iuſtice was quite bani|ſhed, and nothing but ſpoyle and rauine
ex|erciſed.Iuſtice is ba|niſhed.
Snippet: 471 of 4298 (1577, Volume 2, p. 59) Compare 1587 edition:
1 Thus he continued aboue two
yeares, to the greate ruyne of the common wealth. Finally, when he went about
to put vnto death ſuche as in an aſſemble called at Dunſtafage ſpake a|gainſt
the miſordered gouernment of the realme,Lugthake woulde haue
put to death ſuch as ſpake agaynſt his miſgouern|ment. Lugthake is murthered
with a num|ber of his mẽ. he was there murthered amongeſt the
people, with a number of thoſe alſo, whome he vſed to haue attendaunt on his
perſon for ſafegarde of the ſame.
Snippet: 472 of 4298 (1577, Volume 2, p. 59) Compare 1587 edition:
1 His owne bodie was ſolemnly
buryed by appoyntment of the Nobles, hauing reſpect to his fathers benefites,
but the carkaſſes of hys Garde were caſt out into the fieldes, there to bee EEBO page image 60 deuoured of beaſtes and byrdes of rauyn.
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