Compare 1587 edition: 1 A peaceable prince.The league which his predeceſſours Euge|nius and Mordacke had kept with theyr neigh|bours the Brytaynes, Engliſhmen and Pictes, he duely lykewiſe obſerued.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 His chiefe ſtudie was to purge his realme of all ſuch as were knowne to be open baret [...]ers and offenders in any wiſe, agaynſt the peace and cõ|mon quiet of his ſubiects: ſo that cauſing ſun|drie notable enſamples of iuſtice to bee executed vpon ſuch euill doers, he was had in ſuch reue|rende dread [...] amongſt his ſubiects, that none of them durſt once whiſper any euill of him. Ney|ther had they verily any cauſe ſo to doe, whileſt he looked to the adminiſtration himſelfe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Foure gouer|nors vnder the king.But after he was once fallen into age, he ap|poynted foure Peeres of his realme to haue the chiefe gouernaunce vnder him: as Dowalde the Treaſurer of Argyle, Collane of Athole, & Mor|dacke of Galloway his Lieutenants, and Con|rath the Thane of Murrey lande. Theſe hauing the procuration of all things touching the go|uernment of the Realme,Vniuſt go|uernment. vſed not themſelues ſo vprightly in many poynts as they ought to haue done: but winked nowe and then at faultes and treſpaſſes committed by their kinſfolkes and a|lyes, permitting the nobilitie to liue according to theyr olde accuſtomed maner of licencious liber|tie, to the ſmall eaſe or commoditie of the other inferiour eſtates.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 EEBO page image 118 BUt now to returne touching the gouernement of the Scotish kingdome, I find that after the Ethsine. Ethsine suc|caedeth Mor|dake. deceasse of Mordake last remembred, his nephue na|med Ethsine, the sonne of the seuenth Eugenius, succaeded in the state; a man naturallie inclined vn|to peace and maintenance of iustice. The league [...] peaceable prince. which his predecessors Eugenius and Mordake had kept with their neighbors the Britains, English|men and Picts, he duelie likewise obserued. His chiefe studie was to purge his realme of all such as were knowen to be open barrettors and offendors in anie wise, against the peace and common quiet of his subiects; so that causing sundrie notable exam|ples of iustice to be executed vpon such euill dooers, he was had in such reuerend dread amongest his subiects, that none of them durst once whisper anie euill of him. Neither had they verelie anie cause so to doo, while he looked to the administration himselfe.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 But after he was once fallen into age, he appoin|ted foure péeres in his realme to haue the chiefe go|uernance vnder him; as Donald the treasuror of Foure gouer|nors vnder the king. Argile, Collane of Athole, and Mordake of Gallo|way his lieutenants, and Conrath the thane of Murrey land. These hauing the procuration of all things touching the gouernement of the realme, v|sed not themselues so vprightlie in manie points as Uniust go|uernement. they ought to haue doone; but winked now and then at faults & trespasses committed by their kinsfolks and alies, permitting the nobilitie to liue according to their old accustomed maner of licentious liber|tie, to the small ease or commoditie of the other in|feriour states. Donald of the westerne Iles, a man of goodlie personage, but of disposition inclined to all naughtinesse, mainteined a great number of Donald of the Iles maintei|neth robbers. robbers and spoilers of the countrie, liuing onelie vpon rauine. For looke what they wanted, they would not faile to catch it, if it were in anie place a|broad where they might laie hands on it: so that all the husbandmen and commons of Galloway, in which countrie they most haunted, were brought in|to The oppres|sion of the commons of Galloway. woonderfull thraldome and miserie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Neither did Mordake the kings lieutenant there, go about to chastise such insolent misdemenors, either for that he was of Donalds aliance, either Mordake the kings lieute|nant beareth with often|dors. else priuie to his dooings, and partaker of the spoile. The people hereby vexed with continuall iniuries, brought manie pitifull complaints before Mordake, who nothing regarded their lamentable sutes and supplications, but the more they complained, the woorse they were handled. Neither was there anie hope of redresse or amendment, till Eugenius the eight was admitted to the kinglie administration after the death of king Ethsine, who in the latter end of his daies continuallie being sicke and diseased, could not attend to take order for the publike go|uernement, by reason whereof such wilfull misorders insued. He died in the yeare of our Lord 764, af|ter he had continued his reigne ouer the Scotish|men The deceasse of Ethfine, 762. H. B. the space of thirtie yeares, his bodie being bu|ried in Colmekill with all funerall obsequies.