Compare 1577 edition: 1 After this, they deuised how they might increase their heinous déed and bold enterprise with an other The determi|nation of the [...] to dispatch the king also. farre more horrible and notable, which was to s [...]ea the king himselfe, as the originall cause of all such mischiefe that then reigned in the realme through the vnwoorthie gouernment of his vniust ministers and couetous magistrats, hoping withall to obteine th [...] fauor of some of the noble men, whome they knew to maligne the king and his councell most extrem [...]lie, and thereby in short time to be assured of their par|don. Shortlie after it chanced that one Donald also Donald go|uerner of A|thol conspi|reth with th [...] outlawes to murther the king. gouernor of Atholl, a man in great fauor and trust with the king, had vnderstanding what these out|lawes intended, and therevpon practised with them by priuie messengers, that they should come in secret manner vnto Enuerlochtée, where the king so [...]orned, promising them by most assured meanes of oths and vowes, that they should haue all the furtherance he could deuise towards the atchiuing of their enter|prise.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Héerevpon these outlawes, according to their in|structions, came in secret wise vnto Enuerlochtée, The outlaws enter into the kings bed|chamber. and were closelie conueied into Conrans bedcham|ber by Donalds meanes, who as though he had knowne nothing of the matter, got himselfe quicke|lie out of the waie when he saw them once entered within the doore of the chamber. Conrane the king perceiuing how he was betraied, and that his eni|mies were got into his chamber readie to murther him, stept foorth of his bed, and falling downe vpon his knées besought them to take pitie of his age, and not to de [...]ile their hands in the bloud of their naturall lord and king, considering the fault was not his, if they had béene anie waies wronged. Howbeit they Conrane is murthered within his bedchamber by traitoro [...] meanes. 35. H. B. 20. H. B. 535. H. B. doubting nothing but least he should escape their hands, streightwaies dispatched him out of life, and withall made haste awaie. This was the end of king Conranus, in the 20 yéere of his reigne, being the 16 of Arthurs dominion ouer the Britains, the fi [...] of the emperor Iustinianus, and in the yeere after the birth of our Sauior 531. But his corps was bu|ried in the abbeie of Iona, otherwise called Colme|kill, with such funerall pompe and exequies, as in those daies were vsed.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 AFter him succéeded his nephue Eugenius, the Eugenius. Eugenius is inuested king of Scotland. sonne of his brother Congall, the which Euge|nius (as aboue is said) was with Arthur in the last mentioned iournie against the Saxons. There were that counselled him in the beginning of his reigne (which he began in Argile, being placed there vpon the chaire of marble) that he should sée in anie wise the authors of his vncles death dulie punished, to the Regicid [...]s or kingque [...]ers ought chieflie aboue all other to be punished. Eugenius is suspected of his predeces|sors death. example of others, that they should not attempt the like héereafter against their liege lord and crowned king: but he contrariwise did not onelie forgiue the offense, but also receiued the forenamed Donald with other the murtheres into his seruice, and made them of his priuie councell, which caused manie men to suspect, least he himselfe had béene of councell with them in committing that murther. The talke whereof was so common in all mens mouths, name|lie amongst the common people, that the queene The queene Dowager fled with hir two sonnes into Ireland. Dowager late wise to king Conrane, doubting not onelie the suertie of hir owne life, but also of hir two sons (which she had by the said Conrane, the one na|med Reginan, and the other Aidan) fled with them ouer into Ireland, where within few yeeres after, she died with the one of hir sonnes, that is to say, Regi|nan: the other Aidan was honorablie brought vp by the king of that countrie, according to his birth and degrée.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 Amongſt other the violent doings of this Ton|cet, he cauſed diuerſe marchant men of the towne of Fores in Murreyland (as thẽ the chiefeſt town of all that countrey) to be accuſed of treaſon by a light information, and in the end executed with|out any apparant matter, onely vpon a couetous deſire to haue their goods and riches, bycauſe they were men of great wealth and ſubſtance. Diuerſe noble men of the countrey there aboutes, & name|ly of the towne of Fores, being partly of kin vn|to thoſe marchants, were ſore offended with this act, and herevpon they firſt came vnto Toncet, & reuiled him with many high reprochful wordes, & afterwards fell vpõ him in the place of opẽ iudge|ment where he ſat as then in his iudgement ſeat,A preſump|tuous act. and there murthered him, getting them forthwith vp into the moũtains to auoyd the danger, which they knewe vnpoſſible for them to eſcape, if they ſhould happen to be taken whileſt Conran ſhould be liuing. After this, they deuiſed how they might encreaſe their heynous deed and bolde enterpriſe with an other far more horrible & notable,The determi|nation of the murtherers to diſpatch the king alſo. which was to ſlea the king himſelf, as the original cauſe of all ſuch miſchief that then raigned in y^e realme through the vnworthie gouernment of his vniuſt miniſters & couetous magiſtrates, hoping with|all to obtain the fauor of ſome of the noble men, whom they knew to maligne the king & his coũ|ſell moſt extreemly, & thereby in ſhort time to be aſſured of their pardon. Shortly after it chaunced that one Donald alſo gouernor of Athol,Donald go|uernour of A|thol, conſpi|reth with the Outlawes to murther the king. a mã in great fauour and truſt with the king, had vnder|ſtanding what theſe outlawes intended, & there|vpon practiſed with them by priuie meſſengers, that they ſhould come in ſecret maner vnto En|uerlochtee, where the king ſoiourned, promiſing them by moſt aſſured meanes of othes & vowes, that they ſhuld haue al y^e furtherance he could de|uiſe towards the atchieuing of their enterpriſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Hereupon theſe outlawes according to their in|ſtructions,The outlawes enter into the kings bed chamber. came in ſecret wiſe vnto Enuerlochtee and were cloſely conueyd into Conrans bed chã|ber by Donalds meanes, who as though he had knowne nothing of the matter, got himſelf quick|ly out of the way when he ſawe them once entred within the doore of the chamber. Conran the king perceiuing how he was betrayed, and that his eni|mies were got into his chamber ready to murther him, ſtept forth of his bed, & falling down vpõ his knees beſought them to take pitie of his age, & not to defile their handes in the bloud of their naturall lord and king, conſidering the fault was not his,

Conran is murthered within his bed chamber by trayterous meanes.

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Compare 1587 edition: 1 [figure appears here on page 131] AFter him ſucceeded his nephewe Euge|nius,Euge|nius. the ſon of his bro|ther Congall, the which Eugenius as aboue is ſayde,Eugenius is inueſted king of Scotland. was with Arthure in the laſte mentioned iourney agaynſte the Saxons.