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Compare 1587 edition: 1 A righteous king.Through which cauſing of iuſtice thus to be executed, in reliefe of his commons, he wan him wonderfull loue, not onely in Galloway, but alſo throughout all his Realme:Offenders put in feare. and therewith were offenders put in ſuch feare, that they durſt in no place commit any ſuch like miſorders againſt the ſimple and meaner people. And for the more in|creaſe of his ſubiectes wealth, he alſo continued the league with the Picts, Brytaynes, and Eng|liſhe men, accordingly as his late predeceſſour had done.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 But yet as the nature of man through licenci|ous libertie is euer readie to offende in one poynt or other, ſo came it to paſſe by thys worthie Prince Eugenius, who in ſuch wiſe as is before expreſſed, raigning in peace & quietneſſe amongſt his louing ſubiects,Eugenius is peruerted with ſenſual luſt & concupiſcence. yet fell into moſt vile luſt to accompliſh his vnſaciable fleſhly concupiſcence, ſeeking al meanes he could deuiſe to defloure yõg virgins and honeſt matrones, and that as well thoſe of the nobilitie as other. And ſuch compani|ons as could beſt further his purpoſes in that be|halfe, and deuiſe new meanes and wayes of fleſh|ly company, thoſe he ſet by, and greatly made of, deliting altogither to haue them in his company.A filthie delite Thus being drowned in leacherous luſt, and fil|thie cõcupiſcence, he fell dayly into more grieuous vyces,Couetouſneſſe [...]inked with crueltie. as into exceſſiue couetouſneſſe and beaſtly crueltie, conſenting to make away his wealthie ſubiects, to the end he might enioy their goodes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This wickedneſſe remained not long vnpuni|ſhed, for the Lordes and peeres of his realme, per|ceyuing how he proceeded dayly in his abhomi|nable and tyranlike doings, not once giuing eare to the wholeſome aduertiſements eyther of God or man,Eugenius is murthered. they ſlue him one day amongſt them as he ſate in iudgement aboute to haue condemned a great riche man, though not guiltie in the crime whereof he was accuſed.

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