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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 After this Mogall liued manie yeares in good qui|et without anie trouble of enimies. But being puf|fed vp in pride, by such notable victories as he had thus got of the Romans the conquerours of the world, he could not in time of peace maister his owne vnrulie appetites; but that drowned in the fil|thie lustes of the bodie, he spared neither maid, wi|dowe, nor wise. Againe, he was giuen to such vn|quenchable couetousnesse, that nothing might suffice him, finding manie forged matters against the rich, whereby to bereue them both of life and substance. He was the first which ordeined that such as were banished or condemned for anie crime, should forfeit all their lands & goods without any consideration had A couetous and cruell or|dinance. either of wife or child, which is obserued at the full euen vnto these our daies, where before it was o|therwise in that countrie. But these so notable vices in the prince could not long continue vnpunished, for at last a conspiracie was practised against him, whereof he hauing knowledge (whether by witch|craft A conspiracie attempted a|gainst Mo|gall. Mogall fléeth out of his owne house. or otherwise by relation of friends, the cer|teintie is not knowen) in the dead of the night he ar|med himselfe, and with two of his seruants onelie fled to the next wood, not giuing notice of his depar|ture to anie other of his houshold.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The morning being come, and knowledge had how he was thus departed, the conspiratours pursued af|ter him, who perceiuing them to approch, sought waies how to haue escaped their hands; but such was his hap, that he fell amongest other that were as readie as the first to wreake their malice vpon him, and so by them he was immediatlie murthe|red in the 36 yeare of his reigne, being the 4136 of Mogall is murthered. 148. H. B. the world, and after the birth of our sauiour 169, Antoninus Pius then gouerning the Romane em|pire, and Phiatus surnamed Albus reigning a|mongest the Picts. His head being smitten off, was set vpon a poles end, and caried about in derision; but afterwards in respect of his linage it was bu|ried EEBO page image 63 togither with the bodie by appointment of the nobles, notwithstanding the commons thought it most vnworthie of anie such honor.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 MOgall being thus dispatched, as ye haue heard, his sonne Conarus was admitted king, who Conarus. Conarus the sonne of Mo|gell succéedeth his father. (as is reported) was priuie to the conspiracie deui|sed against his father, and as he came to the gouern|ment by wicked means, so in the end he vsed him|selfe much what accordinglie in the same; for after he had for a time dissembled his naughtie nature, he began at the last openlie to shew himselfe in his right colours, committing first of all the admini|stration of publike affaires vnto men of base condi|tion and vile nature. His chiefe delight was altogi|ther in banketting and costlie fare, not regarding the ancient temperancie in féeding, vsed amongest Conarus giuẽ to ex [...]essiue gluttonie. his woorthie ancestors.

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