Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Beside these ordinances for hunting, Doruadille Old lawes allowed, and new estabi|shed. commanded also, that all such statutes as Ferguse had made, should be kept and obserued: wherevnto he added certeine new, namelie diuerse sorts of pu|nishments for sundrie kinds of transgressions, ac|cording to the qualities of the same: which he caused to be ingrossed in books of record, and committed to EEBO page image 37 the custodie of a graue councellor, who by a common consent should haue the interpretation of those lawes if anie doubt arose, and that when anie offen|dor should come before the iudge, and heare the sen|tence read by him, the same offendor might vnder|stand that he receiued nothing but right at the iud|ges hands: by reason whereof it came to passe, that such offendors without repining willinglie were contented to suffer anie punishment whatsoeuer it was that the law did so appoint them. This custome grew into such force, that it neuer might yet be ab|rogated amongst them of the westerne Iles, but that euen vnto this day they haue their lawiers a|mongst them, without whose denuntiation or decrée taken out of the register, no iudgement is reputed lawfull.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 These were the acts and dooings of king Dorua|dille, who in the 28 yéere of his reigne departed this world at Beregonium, now called Dunstafage, lea|uing behind him a sonne called Reuther as yet not of sufficient age to succéed in the estate. By reason whereof Nothatus the brother of Doruadille, a man Nothatus. of comelie personage and wit, apt (as was thought) to haue a realme in gouernance, was crowned king by force of law aboue remembred, debarring children vnder age to inherit the succession of the crowne.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 THis Nothatus had vneath reigned two yéeres, when all the people began to crie out vpon him, Nothatus for such tyrannicall parts as he practised as well a|gainst the meane estates as the high. And for somuch as he being admonished of his duetie, and required to reforme certeine dishonorable vsages by him ex|ercised, he would giue no eare thereto: therefore one Brigantia, now called as the Scots say Galloway. Doualus gouernor of Brigantia, conspiring with other nobles of the realme to depose him, intised Reuther king Doruadilles sonne, to take part with them, and to claime the crowne as due to him by des|cent from his father. And so assembling a companie of their faction sufficient for their enterprise, they en|tered the palace where Nothatus lay, and after rea|soning with him of certeine points touching his mis|gouernment in the estate, diuers of their companie not tarieng till they were commanded, rashlie fell Nothatus murdered. vpon him, and murthered him togither with diuers of such nobles and gentlemen, as they knew to be enimies to Doualus and his friends.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Beſide theſe ordinaunces for hunting,Old lawes al|lowed, & new [...] eſtabliſhed. Dor|uadille commaunded alſo that all ſuch ſtatutes as Ferguſe had made ſhoulde be kept and obſer|ued: wherevnto he added certaine new, namely diuers ſortes of puniſhments for ſundrie kindes of tranſgreſſions, according to the qualities of the ſame: whiche hee cauſed to be ingroſſed in bookes of recorde, and committed to the cuſtodie of a graue counſellour, who by a common con|ſent ſhould haue the interpretatiõ of thoſe lawes if any doubt aroſe, and that when any offender EEBO page image 14 ſhould come before the iudge, & heare the ſentence redde by him, the ſame offender might vnderſtãd that he receyued nothing but right at the iudges handes: by reaſon whereof it came to paſſe, that ſuch offenders without repining willingly were contented to ſuffer any puniſhment what ſoeuer it was that the law did ſo appoynt them.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This cuſtome grewe into ſuche force, that it neuer might yet be abrogated amongſt them of the weſterne Iſles, but that euen vnto this day they haue theyr Lawiers amongſt them, with|out whoſe denunciation or decree taken out of the regiſter, no iudgement is reputed lawfull.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe were the actes and doyngs of kyng Doruadile, who in the .xxviij. yeare of his raigne departed this world at Berigonium, now called Dounſtafage, leauing behind him a ſonne called Reuther as yet not of ſufficient age to ſucceede in the eſtate.Nothatus. By reaſon whereof Nothatus the brother of Doruadille a man of comely perſo|nage and witte, apte (as was thought) to haue a Realme in gouernaunce, was crowned king by force of the law aboue remẽbred, debarring chil|drẽ vnder age to inherit in ſucceſſiõ of y^e crowne.