Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thoſe pryſoners al|ſo whiche he had taken in the battell, he kept in perpetuall captiuitie, menacing them preſent death if any of their friendes and alies attempted any ſturre againſt him.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Moreouer hee nouriſhed priuie factions a|mongſt the nobilitie, ſuppoſing therby that their powers would be the more feeble in any publike exployte that was to be moued againſt him: fi|nally if any miſchiefe happened among them, he cauſed the matter throughly to be looked vpon, but with ſuch regarde that he alwayes enriched his owne cofers with the forfaytures and penal|ties which he tooke vp amongſt them.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 He ſeldome times went abroade, and when he ſtirred foorth any whither, he had his garde a|bout him appoynted with weapon in warlike ſorte, for doubte of treaſon. He aduaunced di|uers of baſe condition to great wealth & honour, and behaued himſelf ſo in ſundry ſortes with his miſtruſtful crueltie, that many there were which dradde him, & but a fewe that loued him, ſo that in the end being in a maner runne into the dead|ly hatred of al men,

Donald of the Iſles is mur|thered.

Anno chriſti. 27 [...]. H.B.