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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Howebeit Natholocus hauing knowledge whither he was fled,Natholocus ſeeketh the life of Doorus ſent forth certaine of his ſer|uants with cõmaundement to ſearche him out, commaunding furthermore very ſtraightly, that if they founde him, they ſhould diſpatch him out of life, for feare of further miſchiefe. But they that were ſent, finding one in all features & pro|portiõ of body reſembling Doorus, ſlew the one in ſteede of the other, & ſo returning home to their Maſter, they made him very ioyfull of y^e newes, although in deede they came not neare to Doo|rus. Then Natholocus cauſing the eſtates of the Realme to aſſemble, he handled the mater in ſuch wiſe, by diſſwading thẽ to chooſe any of A|thircos bloud to raigne ouer thẽ, (for doubt leaſt they ſhould ſeeke any meanes how to reuẽge his death,) that in the ende,Natholocus is choſen to be king. this Natholocus was e|lected himſelf, more by force, than by any cõmon cõſent of the nobles: for diuers of them doubting y^e craftie nature (whiche they knew to be in him) wiſhed rather that the iſſue of Athirco (hauing deſerued nothing why to be defrauded of y^e king|dome, ſaue only in reſpect of the fathers offences) might haue enioyed that whiche of right they ought to haue had, that is, either one of thẽ to be king, or els ſome neare kinſman of theyrs to raigne as king, til the eldeſt of them might come to ſufficient yeares, to beare the rule himſelfe.