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 1587 edition: 1 But finally when king Conrane beganne to waxe aged, and that ſuch as had the chief doings vnder him, ſought not the execution of iuſtice, but their owne commodities, to the hinderance of a multitude, the people began to repine thereat, and to practiſe a conſpiracie with diuerſe of the No|bles againſt Conrane,A conſpiracie practiſed a|gaynſt Cõran. and thoſe which ruled by his appoyntment.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 It chaunced that there was one Toncet, a mã of baſe byrth, aſſigned by the kings commiſſion to be chiefe iuſtice, or as it were Chauncelor for the adminiſtration of the lawes in Murrey land, a perſõ paſſing full of rygorous crueltie, eſpecially in iudgements of life & death, and in gathering vp of all maner of forfeytures of penall lawes which he did onely to purchaſe fauor of the king, by the enriching of his coffers,An euill officer. in reſpect whereof he had ſmal regard either of right or wrong, ſo that there were hope of ſomwhat to be gotten.