Compare 1587 edition: 1 Arthure hauing thus vanquiſed his enimies, gaue licenſe vnto thoſe nobles which hee had de|teyned (as is ſayde) in his campe, being ſent vnto him as Ambaſſadors, to depart ouer into Germa|nie, appointing the reſidue of ſuch Saxõs as were men of no defence, to remain ſtil in the land, yeel|ding a yearly tribute vnto the Brytains, and alſo with cõdition that they ſhuld become chriſtians.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Scottiſhmen and Picts which had ayded the Brytaynes in this iourney, ſoiourned awhile after at London, where Arthure feaſted and ban|ketted them in moſt royall wiſe,Arthures [...]|nificence. ſhewing them al the honor that might be deuiſed, and afterwardes ſent them home right princely rewarded with many great giftes and rich preſents.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Whileſt ſuch buſineſſe as ye haue heard was thus in hand betwixt the Saxons & Britains, the EEBO page image 131 eſtate of the Scottiſh common wealth, was go|uerned by great wiſedome and policie, without any notable trouble or diſorder.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 Arthur hauing thus vanquished his enimies, gaue licence vnto those nobles which he had deteined (as is said) in his campe, being sent vnto him as ambas|sadors, to depart ouer into Germanie, appointing the residue of such Saxons as were men of no de|fense, to remaine still in the land, yéelding a yéerelie tribute vnto the Britains, and also with condition that they should become christians. The Scotishmen and Picts which had aided the Britains in this iour|nie, soiorned a while after at London, where Arthur feasted & banketted them in most roiall wise, shew|ing them all the honor that might be deuised, and af|terwards Arthurs mu|ni [...]cence. sent them home verie princelie rewarded with manie great gifts and rich presents. Whilest such businesse as ye haue heard was thus in hand be|twixt the Saxons & Britains, the estate of the Sco|tish common-wealth was gouerned by great wise|dome and policie, without anie notable trouble or disorder. But finallie, when king Conrane began to waxaged, and that such as had the chiefe dooings vn|der him, sought not the execution of iustice, but their owne commodities, to the hinderance of a multi|tude, the people began to repine thereat, and to prac|tise a conspiracie with diuerse of the nobles against Conrane, and those which ruled by his appointment. A conspiracie practised a|gainst Con|rane.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 It chanced that there was one Toncet, a man of base birth, assigned by the kings commission to be chiefe iustice, or as it were chancelor for the admini|stration of the lawes in Murrey land, a person pas|sing full of rigorous crueltie, especiallie in iudge|ments of life and death, and in gathering vp of all manner of forfeitures of penall lawes, which he did onelie to purchase fauor of the king, by the inriching of his coffers, in respect whereof he had small regard An euill offi|cer. either of right or wrong, so that there were hope of somewhat to be gotten. Amongest other the violent dooings of this Toncet, he caused diuerse merchant|men of the towne of Fores in Murrey land (as then the chiefest towne of all that countrie) to be accused of treason by a light information, and in the end ex|ecuted without anie apparant matter, onelie vpon a couetous desire to haue their goods and riches, bicause they were men of great wealth and substance. Di|uerse noble men of the countrie there abouts, and namelie of the towne of Fores, being partlie of kin vnto those merchants, were sore offended with this act, and héerevpon they first came vnto Toncet, and reuiled him with manie high reprochfull woords, and afterwards fell vpon him in the place of open iudge|ment [...] presumptu|ous act. where he sat as then in his iudgement seate, & there murthered him, getting them foorthwith vp in|to the mounteins, to auoid the danger which they knew vnpossible for them to escape, if they should happen to be taken while Conrane should be liuing.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 After this, they deuised how they might increase their heinous déed and bold enterprise with an other The determi|nation of the [...] to dispatch the king also. farre more horrible and notable, which was to s [...]ea the king himselfe, as the originall cause of all such mischiefe that then reigned in the realme through the vnwoorthie gouernment of his vniust ministers and couetous magistrats, hoping withall to obteine th [...] fauor of some of the noble men, whome they knew to maligne the king and his councell most extrem [...]lie, and thereby in short time to be assured of their par|don. Shortlie after it chanced that one Donald also Donald go|uerner of A|thol conspi|reth with th [...] outlawes to murther the king. gouernor of Atholl, a man in great fauor and trust with the king, had vnderstanding what these out|lawes intended, and therevpon practised with them by priuie messengers, that they should come in secret manner vnto Enuerlochtée, where the king so [...]orned, promising them by most assured meanes of oths and vowes, that they should haue all the furtherance he could deuise towards the atchiuing of their enter|prise.