Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 AFter him reigned his sonne Ewin, the third of that name, nothing like in any princelie quali|tie vnto his noble progenitors, but contrariwise Ewin. infamed by all kind of vices. In the first yéeres of his reigne he was wholy drownd in lasciuious leche|rie, A licentious king. abandoning himselfe altogither to lie weltering EEBO page image 45 amongst a sort of vile strumpets, his lust being ne|uer throughlie satisfied, though neuer so often wea|ried. The nobles of the realme he had in no regard at all, of whom some he confined, and some he cau|sed to be murthered, onlie bicause he might the more fréelie without gainsaieng hant his vile trade of li|uing with their wiues and coosins. Such delight he had also in his filthie and abhominable ribaldrie, Filthie lawes that he made lawes for maintenance of the like a|mongst his subiects, as thus: That it might be law|full for euerie man to marie diuers & sundrie wiues, some six, some ten, according to their substance and qualities. And as for poore mens wiues, they were appointed to be common vnto the lords of the soile: and further, that the same lords should first defloure the bride after hir marriage: which last ordinance tooke such effect, that of manie hundred yéeres after it could by no meanes be abrogated, though the two former liberties were by authoritie of the kings suc|céeding, shortlie after this Ewins deceasse, taken awaie and reuoked.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 But now to conclude touching the dooings of this Ewin is pur|sued and for|sake [...] of is subiects. Ewin, ye shall vnderstand, that at length such lords as greatlie abhorred his vile conditions & vsages, conspired against him, and raising an armie of their friends and partakers, incountred with him in the field, and there tooke him prisoner, being destitute of all aid and succors: for such as he brought with him, not once offered to strike one stroke in his qua|rell. Ewin con|demned to per petuall prison Ewin being thus taken, was by and by con|demned to perpetuall prison; and Cadallan, of whom ye haue heard before, immediatlie proclamed go|uernor of the realme. Howbeit the night following, after that Ewin (according to the iudgement pro|nounced against him) was committed vnto ward, a presumptuous yoong man, in hope to haue thanks of Cadallan, entred into the chamber where he was inclosed, and there strangled him. But in stéed of thanks he was recompensed with death: for Ca|dallan detesting such a wicked déed, caused him to be hanged in open sight of all men. Such was the end of Ewin, being thus dispatched in prison, in Ewin is strangled. the seuenth yéere after he began his reigne ouer the Scotishmen, being the 9 yéere of Augustus Cesar his gouernment of the Romane empire. 32 H. B.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 AFter Ewin succéeded Metellanus, son to one Carren, the brother of Ederus a prince of most Metella|nus. gentle behauiour. This Metellanus mainteined his subiects in great quietnesse and rest, without anie maner of wars, either forren or ciuill. Such wic|ked lawes as his predecessor had established, he did what he could to abolish. But such yoong gentlemen as delighted in sensuall lust, and licentious libertie, stood so stiffelie therein against him, that in the end he was glad to leaue off his purpose. About the same time also there came vnto Kimbaline king of the Kimbaline king of the Britains. Britains an ambassador from Augustus the empe|ror, with thanks, for that entring into the gouerne|ment of the British state, he had kept his allegiance toward the Romane empire: exhorting him to keepe his subiects in peace with all their neighbors, sith the whole world, through meanes of the same Augustus, was now in quiet, without all warres or trouble|some tumults.