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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 BVt Natholocus beyng once proclaymed king by the multitude,Na|tholocus and Athircos bloud attaynted of treaſon, and ſo publiſhed, accor|ding to the cuſtome, he tooke the othes of thoſe that were preſent,Natholocus goeth vnto Dunſtafage to be [...]ſed. and then repayred vnto Dun|ſtafage, there to be inueſted according to the manner.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This done, hee called ſuche aſide as he ſuſpe|cted, and talking with them alone, hee exhorted them to be faithfull,Natholocus ſeeketh to pro+cure loue of the nobilitie through bribes. promiſing to be theyr aſſu|red good Lorde and Maiſter, and for an earneſt thereof, he gaue vnto diuers of them very great rewardes.