Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Therefore to begin withall, he procured two Donald deui|seth how to murther king Findocke by two naughtie persons. naughtie persons to go ouer into Albaine, and to feine themselues to haue fled from him, where also he willed them to offer their seruice vnto the king, and to disclose vnto him certeine light secrets of the said Donalds, thereby to win credit if it might be, and in the end to espie a time to rid him out of the way. These crastie mates working according to Do|nalds wicked instructions, at length with much adoo they got credit, and after credit they got place so néere the king by the furtherance of Carantius the kings brother (whome they made priuie also vnto their intent) that finding all things correspondent vnto their purpose (one day as the king hunted) the one began to féed him with a tale of the hatred which the Ilanders bare towards him, whereto he gaue verie good eare, whilest the other smote him to the heart with a iaueline, & so leauing the iron sticking in his bodie, he fled away in hast with his traitorous companion and fellow. Those that were néere, see|ing Findocke is slaine. what had happened, some of them ran to him, to sée if they might relieue him as then strugling with the pangs of death; others followed the murtherers, and ouertaking them, brought them backe to receiue their meed according to that which they had iustlie de|serued; being also examined, they confessed how they were procured vnto it, not onelie by Donald The murthe|rers confesse by whose pro|curement they did the déed. A pretie in|duction (if not forged) to the historie that afterwards followeth of Carausius or Carantius as the Scots write him. of the Iles, but also by Carantius the kings owne brother, who of set purpose being out of the way at that present, and hauing knowledge that be was ac|cused of the kings death, fled out of the countrie as a banished man, first into Britaine, from whence (after he had remained there for a time) he went vn|to Rome, and seruing in the wars vnder the empe|rours, Aurelius Probus, Carus, and Dioclesianus, he became a right famous and a verie skilfull cap|teine.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 But if this report be true that Caraussus (of whom Eutropius maketh mention) were descended of so high parentage, maruell it is, that neither the same Eutropius, nor anie other of the Romane writers, could at no time come to the knowledge thereof, which if they had doone, no doubt they would haue spoken somewhat of the same; for although he might happilie vpon the consideration aforesaid counter|feit himselfe to be borne of some base kinred, and so for a time to dissemble what he was, yet afterwards that he atteined vnto so high degrée of honour, as to vsurpe the imperiall robes of purpure, and to pos|sesse the dominion of Britaine, it is not like but that to aduance his credit and authoritie roiall, he would haue set foorth to the vttermost the nobilitie of his birth, if he had beene come of anie, and that so apparantlie to the world, that aswell his enimies as friends should both haue knowen and spoken of it.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 FIndocus being thus slaine in the tenth yeare of his reigne, and buried with great lamentation Donald. of the people at Dunsta [...]age, his brother Donald, the third son to Athirco, was admitted to the king|dome, who immediatlie vpon his entring into the estate, prepared to go into the Iles against Donald that common enimie of Scotland. But this Do|nald Donald of the I [...]es inua|deth Scot|land. himselfe deliuered the king of a great péece of that trauell: for so soone as he heard that the mur|ther by him contriued was executed, he assembled a mightie power of the Iland-men, and transporting with them ouer into Rosse, proclamed himselfe king, persecuting with fire and sword all such as de|nied him obedience. King Donald being aduertised of that attempt of his aduersarie, spéedilie mar|cheth foorth with such power as he had alreadie assem|bled, sending proclamations abroad, that all other appointed to serue, should follow him with speed.