Compare 1587 edition: 1 A prophecie.Thus continuing in his wickedneſſe certain yeares at length the nobles began to conſpire a|gainſt him, ſo that they wold haue deuiſed mean howe to haue rid him out of the waye, if Biſhop Colman had not forbidden them that practyſe, propheſying as it wer by diuine inſpiration, that Ferquhard ſore deteſting his owne wicked do|ings, ſhould ſhortely be puniſhed by the handes of Almightie God, according to his deſeruings.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And ſure his wordes proued true:The king is ſicke for within a moneth after, as the ſame Ferquhard followed in chaſe of a wolfe, the beaſte beeing enraged by purſuite of the houndes, flewe backe vppon the king, and ſnatching at him, did wounde & byte him righte ſore in one of his ſides; immediately wherevpon, whether thorough anguiſhe of his hurt, or by ſome other occaſion, he fel into a moſt filthie diſeaſe: for a venemous humoure with a ſoft conſuming heate, did ſo eate and waſte hys membres and limmes, that a lotheſome ſighte it was to beholde the ſame: for out of his legges, feete and priuie partes, there iſſued filthie corrup|tion and matter, with ſo vile a ſauour, that vn|neth myght any creature abide it. His belly was ſwollen as though hee had ben infected with the dropſy, & therto was it verie hard withal. Finally lyce bred ſo abundantly in his ſecrete partes that he might in no wiſe be rid or clenſed of them.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length when he had ben vexed in this ſort for the ſpace of two yeares togither,He ſent for his confeſſor. or therea|boutes, he began to call himſelf to remembrãce, and to conſider how this puniſhment was wor|thyly fallen vpon him for his ſins, and thervpon cauſing biſhop Colman to be fetched vnto him, [figure appears here on page 148] being as then about .xx. myles off, he confeſſed vnto him the whole ſumme of his offences, de|claring himſelfe right penitent for the ſame.