Compare 1577 edition: 1 AFter him succéeded his sonne the forenamed Durstus. Durstus, farre differing from his noble father in all vertuous demeanour, as he that was altogi|ther giuen to banketting and excessiue drunken|nesse. Such of the nobles as his father had in high reuerence he made light account of; accepting onelie those that of their wicked deuises could find out new kinds of voluntuous pleasures, through whose persuasions some of his peeres he confined, Wicked coun|cellors. some he spoiled of all their substance & inheritance, other he put to death without iust cause or anie kind of lawfull means. Furthermore he forsooke the com|panie of his lawfull wife Agasia, causing [...]ix to be forced and abused by diuers vile persons in most villanous maner.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 With these and the semblable inordinat practises [...] conspira [...]. he procured the indignation of his people so far forth against him, that those of the westerne Iles with them of Cantire, Lorne, Argile, and Rosse, conspi|red togither in the reformation of such disorders as were dailie vsed in the administration of iustice, by the wicked suggestion of euill disposed councel|lors, against whome they pretended to make their A craftie and cloked disti|mulation. war, and not against their king. There were also so manie that fauoured them in this quarell, and so few that leaned to the king to aid him against them, that he was constreined to dissemble with them for a time, in promising not onelie to remoue from him such as they would appoint, but also to be ordered in all things according as they should thinke good. And to put them in beléefe that he ment as he spake, be committed some such councellors as he had about him vnto ward, and other some (of whome he little passed) he sent vnto them as prisoners, to receiue such punishment by death or otherwise, as they should thinke conuenient.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 He further also in presence of Doro the gouer|nour of Cantire, sent to him for that purpose, sware Craftie disti|mulation. in solemne wise afore the image of Diana, to per|forme all such promises and couenants as he was a|gréed vpon, and had made vnto the conspirators. With which cloked dissimulation they being decei|ued, came without suspect of further guile vnto Be|regonium, where at their first comming he was rea|die to receiue them (as séemed by his feined coun|tenance) with gladsome hart and most friendlie meaning; but they were no sooner entred the castell, A cruell mur|ther. but that a number of armed men appointed for the purpose fell vpon them, and slue them all without mercie.