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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.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 The chiefe of the conſpiratours was one Crathlynt the ſonne of king Findock,Crathlynt chiefe conſpi|ratour in the murthering of Donald. who im|mediatly after the deede done, conueyed himſelf ſecretely out of the chamber, and repayring vnto certaine nobles and gentlemen inhabiting neere hand in the countrey, he declared vnto them the whole mater, exhorting them to ayde him in re|uenging the iniuries done not only to them pri|uately as he knew very well,Crathlynt pro+cureth the n [...]|bl [...] of the countrey, to oppreſſe the ſeruaunts of king Donald but alſo to ye whole ſtate of ye Scottiſh cõmõwealth, by the naugh|tie ſuggeſtion of diuers of the kings complices, who as yet vnderſtood nothing of theyr Mai|ſters death, but were all quiet in theyr beddes, EEBO page image 79 as men ſuſpecting nothing leſſe than that which was now happened.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Gentlemen hearing the newes, and re|ioyſing greatly thereat, got them to theyr wea|pons, and early in the very dawning of the day, coming vpon the kings houſhold meagny, they ſlew aboue .ij.C. of them in the place where they lodged, the reſidue eſcaping foorth of the houſe, and thinking to ſaue themſelues, were beaten downe in the coũtrey as they paſſed, by the peo|ple, who bare ſo deadly and mortall hatred vnto the late king, that they not onely reioyced muche at his death, but thought themſelues ſufficiently reuenged, when they could kill any that did be|long vnto him.