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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Crath|lynt. [figure appears here on page 79] AFter this Crath|lynt, being certain|ly knowen to bee the ſonne of king Findock, by ſuche euident tokens as were ſhewed by him that brought him vp,Crathlynt is made king. was (partely in reſpect of his iuſt title, & partly for conſideration of his good ſeruice in deliue|ring his countrey of ſo deteſtable a tyraunt) ad|uaunced to the gouernment of the kingdome, by conſent of all the eſtates, and ſo being confirmed king, he perſwaded with the people that all the linage of the late tyrant Donald might be pluc|ked vp, euen as it were a tree by the rootes, leaſt any of them haply remayning aliue, ſhould find meanes afterwards to diſturbe y^e cõmon wealth.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The people cõſented lightly herevnto, as they that beſide the mortall hate whiche they bare to|wards Donald, were now ſodenly in loue with Crathlynt, not only for his witte and other qua|lities of the mind, but alſo by reaſon of his come|ly perſonage and paſſing beautie, ſetting foorth all his doings greatly to his high prayſe & com|mendation.