The Holinshed Texts (1577, Volume 2, p. 76)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Fin|docke. [figure appears here on page 76] THis Fin|dock was in y^e flower of his age, of per|ſon moſt beu|tyfull,Findocke his noble quali|ties, and ver|tuous diſpoſi|tion. cleane made, and of a goodly ſtature: wherew^t were ioyned moſte excellent gifts of the minde, not ſo much deſirous to ſeeme, as to be vertuous in deede. He was curteous, meeke, and full of af|fabilitie, ſtudying alwayes to winne friendſhip and loue, rather by gentleneſſe, than by feare and menacing wordes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The leagues with the Brytaines,

Findock ob|ſerueth the leagues con|firmed of for|mer tymes with his ney|bours.

Thoſe of the out Iſles in|uade the coũ|treys of Roſſe and Murray lande.

Pictes and Romains hee firmely obſerued. But as peace with forrayne enimies, breedeth ofttimes ciuill diſcorde at home, ſo came it then to paſſe with him at this preſent: for one Donald of the Iſles, a noble man borne, came ouer with an armie in|to Roſſe and Murray land, fetching from thence a great ſpoile & bootie, not without great ſlaugh|ter of ſuche as enforced themſelues for to reſiſt him. The occaſion as he pretended was to re|uenge the death of Natholocus.Findocke ma|keth a iourney into the Iſles, to ſubdue the rebelles. But Findock vnderſtanding his doings, prepared an armie with ſhippes, and ſayled ouer with the ſame into the Iſle of Ila, where encountring with Do|nald and other his enimies, he vanquiſhed & cha|ſed them egerly without returning once backe, till eyther the ſwoorde or the ſea had made an end of them all.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Donald himſelfe taking a boate in hope to haue eſcaped,Donald is drowned. the preaſſe was ſuch at his entring into the ſame, that before they could get it off frõ the ſhore, it ſunke by meanes of the ouerlading, and ſo he and all they that were on borde were drowned therewithall.The Iland mẽ with ayde of the Iriſhe kernes, make oftẽ incerſions into Argile, & other of the Scottiſh coun|treys.