Compare 1587 edition: 1 And for that hee woulde not ſpende his time in idleneſſe, beeing nowe at reſt from warres, hee beganne to exerciſe himſelfe in hunting, and for the better nouriſhing of game,He giueth him ſelfe to hun|ting, and cau|ſeth the lawes for the main|tenaunce of game to bee well kept and looked vnto. hee tooke or|der that all ſuche ordinances as had beene deui|ſed by his elders, ſhoulde ſtraytely bee obſerued and kept: as that no man ſhoulde bee ſo hardie to goe aboute to deſtroy any Hares with nettes, grennes, or Harepypes: Neither to kill them in theyr formes by anye meanes: nor after that they had beene once courſed and eſcaped, to follow the ſute, to the entente to ſtarte them a|gayne. Alſo that none ſhoulde goe aboute to kyll anye Harte or Hynde, during all the Win|ter ſeaſon, at what tyme they were accuſto|med for hunger to leaue the Mountaynes, For|reſtes, and Wooddes, and to come downe into the fieldes and couertes, neare vnto the townes and houſes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 He ordeyned moreouer therunto, that no man ſhoulde preſume to kill any Hinde Calues, de|teſting nothing more than to haue ſuche game deſtroyed, as ſerued for the exerciſe and ſolace of him and his Nobles.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The other vacant tyme, whileſt hee reſted from hunting, hee ſpent for the moſte parte in hearing of Muſick, hauing diuerſe cunning play|ers of ſundrie kindes of Inſtruments attending in his court.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 And for that he would not spend his time in idle|nesse, being now at rest from warres, he began to exercise himselfe in hunting, and for the better nou|rishing of game, he tooke order that all such ordinan|ces He giueth him selfe to hun|ting, & causeth the lawes for the mainte|nance of game to be wel kept & looked vnto, as had béene deuised by his elders, should streict|lie be obserued and kept: as that no man should be so hardie to go about to destroie anie hares with nets, grens or hare-pipes: neither to kill them in their formes by anie meanes: nor after that they had béene once coursed and escaped, to follow the sute, to the intent to start them againe. Also that none should go about to kill anie hart or hind, du|ring all the winter season, at what time they were accustomed for hunger to leaue the mounteins, forrests and woods, and to come downe into the fields and couerts, néere vnto the townes & houses.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 He ordeined moreouer therevnto, that no man should presume to kill anie hind-calues, detesting nothing more than to haue such game destroied, as serued for the exercise and solace of him and his no|bles. The other vacant time, whilest he rested from hunting, he spent for the most part in hearing of musike, hauing diuerse cunning plaiers of sundrie kinds of instruments attending in his court. At length setting all his pleasure in hearing of a musi|cian being borne in one of the west Iles, he was murthered by him in the night time within his owne chamber. The murtherer being apprehended, and ex|amined Ethodius murthered by a musician. 194 H. B. vpon what occasion he did that heinous fact, for the which he had deserued the most extreme kind of punishment that might be deuised, he answered: that in reuenge of the death of such his kinsmen and friends as the king had caused to be executed in Ar|gile, he purposed long before to doo that déed, and now that he had accomplished his purpose, he was readie to receiue what kind of death they would ad|iudge him vnto. For sure I am of this, saith he, that how terrible soeuer my execution shall be, yet can it not bée so painfull, but that I shall reioise euen in the verie instant of my death, for that I haue in such notable sort reuenged the deaths of all my kinsmen & friends. Finallie by commandement of the magi|strates he was drawne in peeces with wild horsses in most violent wise.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Ethodius reigned 33 yéeres, vntill the latter daies of Caracalla the emperor. He was buried at Dun|stafage, Septimus Seuerus. H. B. with all such pompous ceremonies as was accustomed about the interrement of kings in that age. In his daies Lueius the king of Britaine re|ceiued Britaine re|ceiued the christian faith in the yéere 187. the faith with a great part of his people, being the yéere after the birth of our Sauior, as the Scots chronicles haue 187, but after the British 177.