Compare 1587 edition: 1 They being in a wonderfull furie to heare of ſuche an iniurie done to their bloud,The kinſmen and friends of the gentlewo|men conſpire againſt Athir|co. promiſed in reuenge thereof to ſpende bothe life, landes and goodes, and foorthwith departing in ſunder, they prepared themſelues to aſſemble theyr powers, procuring a greate number of other Noble men to ioyne with them in ſo neceſſarie an enterpriſe, as to rid the countrey of ſuche a caytife wretch, reſpecting nothing but the ſatiſfying of his fil|thie carnal luſtes, and the accompliſhment of his moſt beaſtly appetites.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 When they were once got togither in a com|panie, they marched forth towards Dunſtafage, where they vnderſtoode that the king as then did ſoiourne, a great multitude of people ſtill reſor|ting vnto them by the way, after it was once knowen whereabout they went. Athirco hearing of theyr approche, called togither his power ſup|poſing at the firſt to haue beaten downe his eni|mies, but when hee had throughly wayed the matter,Athirco doub|ting to be for|ſaken of his owne mẽ, if it came to the triall of bat|taile, cõu [...]yed himſelfe from amõgſt them. and conſidered of what force and power they were, and how feeble his part was through want of good willes in his people, hee priuily ſtale away from them, and woulde haue paſſed ouer into Ila, one of the weſterne Iſles, to haue procured ſome ſuccour there, but being embar|qued and ſet from the ſhore, he was by contrarie windes driuẽ backe againe to land, where doub|ting to come into his enimies handes, hee choſe rather to ſlea himſelfe,Athirco ſlay|eth himſelfe. and ſo ended his wretched life in ſuche miſerable extremitie after hee had raigned the ſpace of. xij. yeares. His raigne con|tinued till the dayes of the Emperour Gordian the third, or as other ſay, till the time of the Em|perour Valerian.242. H. B. But as Maſter Hariſon hath gathered, hee raigned in the dayes of the Empe|rour Aurelius Claudius.Doorus the brother of A|thirco co [...]y|eth himſelfe out of the way Doorus the brother of Athirco vnderſtãding of the death of his brother, diſguiſed himſelfe in beggers weede for doubte of death, and went into Pictlande with .iij. of his Nephewes, ſonnes to the ſame Athirco, whoſe names were Sindock, Carance, and Donald.