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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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In wasting therefore his kinglie reuenues vpon such riotous excesse, he was nothing abashed to re|quire in an open assemblie of his nobles, a subsidie to be granted, towards the maintenance of such roi|all chéere, as he iudged to stand with his honor to haue dailie in his house. And therefore whereas the rents that belonged to the crowne were not suffici|ent to furnish the charges, he requested a generall contribution to be leuied through the realme, of eue|rie person according to their abilities, for the main|tenance of such superfluous expenses as he dailie vsed in excessiue banketting. The lords maruelling to heare him moue anie such demand, and consi|dering withall the occasion thereof, they asked re|spit The lords conspire a|gainst Cona|rus. to make their answer till the next day: which be|ing granted, in the night following they commu|ded secretlie togither, and in the end concluded, not onelie to denie his request, but also to depose him of all kinglie gouernement, sith his naughtie life re|quired no lesse.

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