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Ferguſe

767.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 He ſeemed to ſtriue howe to paſſe his predeſ|ſour in all poyntes of wickedneſſe.A wicked Prince. Hee tooke no regarde at all to the gouernment of his Realme, but gaue himſelfe to exceſſiue gluttonie in de|uouring of delicate meates and drinks, and ther|with EEBO page image 157 kept ſuche a number of vile ſtrumpettes in houſe with him, whom hee vſed as concubines, that his wife was no better eſteemed than as an handmayde, or rather a kitchin mayde. Who being a woman of great modeſtie: and ſober ad|uiſedneſſe, coulde not yet but take ſore griefe and indignation hereat: and therefore ſundrie tymes aſſayed by waye of wholeſome perſwaſions to turne his minde from ſuch ſinfull vſages and fil|thie trade of liuing. Finally when ſhe ſaw there was no hope to conuert his deprauate minde, nor by any meanes to refourme him, but that the more ſhee laboured to doe good vppon him, the worſe he was, through verie diſpleaſure of ſuche iniuries as ſhee daylye ſuſteyned at the handes of his concubines,King Ferguſe the third ſtran|gled by his wife. ſhee founde meanes to ſtrangle him ſecretely one night as hee lay in his bed, chooſing rather to be without a huſband, than to haue one that ſhoulde deceyue hir of the right and dutie of mariage, and that in ſuch ſort, as ſhe muſt be faine to ſuffer the reproch dayly a|fore hir face, being miſvſed of them whom he kept as paramours in moſt diſpiteful maner.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The day after ſhe wrought this feate: the bo|die being founde deade, was apparayled in fune|rall wiſe, & brought forth into the place of iudge|ment, where inquiſition was ſtraightly made what they were that had done ſo heynous a deed. For though there were but few that lamented his death, yet ſome of his friends were verie earneſt to haue the matter tryed forth, that ſuch as had cõ|mitted the murther, might ſuffer due puniſh|ment.