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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Conarus his miniſters are puniſhed for their offences.In lyke maner, all ſuche as had borne of|fices vnder him, were attached and had to priſon, where the moſt part of them vpon examination taken of their offences, ſuffered death according to their iuſt demerites.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Then was the rule of the Realme commyt|ted vnto one Argadus, a man of noble byrth,Argadus is choſen to go|uerne the Realme. and ruler of Argyle, who vnder the name of a Go|uernour tooke vpon him the publike regiment till other aduiſe might be taken.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 His ſtudie in the begynning was onely to clenſe the Countrey of all myſdoers, and to ſee the peace kept to the quiet of the people: and fi|nally in all his doings ſhewed a perfite patrone of an vpright Iuſticier.Argadus an vpright in|ſticier. But within a few yeares after (as it often happeneth) proſperous ſucceſſe chaunged his former mynde to an euill diſpoſi|tion, whereby he ordered things after his owne ſelfewill more than by reaſon,Proſperitie chaungeth conditions. without the aduiſe of his peeres.

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