Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 DOngall the sonne of king Soluathius was re|ceiued to succéed by the common consent of the Dongall. Dongall suc|céedeth after Conuall. states of all the realme, a man of singular wisdome and great knowledge. But for that he was some|what seuere in punishing the misordered behauiours of the nobilitie, & misgouerned youth of his realme, A seuere pu|nisher of ma|lefactors. diuers of the nobles conspired against him, forcing one Alpine the sonne of Achaius to make claime to the crowne; who perceiuing there was no remedie, Alpine con|strained by the nobles, taketh vpon him to be crowned king. but either to follow their minds, or else to be mur|thered amongest them, consented to go with them into Argile, where they purposed to crowne him king sitting vpon the chaire of marble, according to the manner. Howbeit, at his comming into that countrie, he found means to conuey himselfe from Alpine vnwil|ling to receiue the crowne fled. amongest them, least through his means the quiet state of his countrie should be brought into trouble: and foorthwith being escaped out of their hands with a few other that were priuie to his intention, he ma|keth all the hast he could, till he came to the presence of Dongall, who receiued him in most ioifull wise, promising that if it should be thought necessarie by Alpine was ioifullie recei|ued of Don|gall. the states of the realme, he would gladlie resigne vnto him his whole crowne and dignitie, desirous of nothing more than to sée the aduancement of the house of Achaius. Such (saith he) were the merits of that famous prince towards the preseruation of the Scotish common wealth, that it were too much wickednesse to go about to defraud his issue of the inheritance of the realme.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Alpine giuing the king most hartie thanks, be|sought Alpine his ex|cuse vnto Dongall. him to continue in the administration, draw|ing God and the world to witnesse, that he minded nothing lesse than to be about to claime the gouerne|ment of the kingdome so long as he liued. For as touching his offense, in that he had gathered an ar|mie, and led the same into Argile, it was not his fault, but the conspirators which had forced him thereto, being determined to haue slaine him, if he had not consented vnto their desires. Within thrée Dongall ma|keth an armie against the re|bels. yeares after, there came messengers from the re|bels to excuse themselues also, & to put all the fault in Alpine: but king Dongall giuing small credit to their forged words, gathereth his power, and ma|keth such spéed towards the place where he vnderstood the said rebels were assembled togither, that he was vpon them yer they had anie knowledge of his set|ting forwards. So that before they could make anie shift to escape out of danger, which they went about to doo, they were apprehended, and immediatlie con|demned and put to death. Which execution put other presumptuous persons in feare, so that [...]he state of the realme remained afterward a great deale more in quiet.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Whilest things passed thus in Scotland, Eganus Eganus murdereth his brother. the second sonne of Hungus the Pictish king, found means to murder his brother Dorstolorgus, to the end he might reigne in his place: and through sup|port of some of the nobilitie he atteined to his pur|pose. And for that he w [...]uld assure himselfe the more firmelie in the estate, he frankelie bestowed his fa|thers treasure amongest his lords and chiefest péers of his realme, and tooke to wife Brenna the king of Mercia his daughter, whom his brother the forena|med Dorstolorgus had maried, that thereby he might asswage the said king of Mercia his displea|sure, which otherwise he should happilie haue concei|ued for the death of his other sonne in law the same Dorstolorgus. His feare was great on ech side, and Eganus li|ueth in feare. therefore had small affiance in anie person, doubting lest one or other should séeke to reuenge his brothers death. He durst neuer go anie waies foorth abroad without a gard of men of warre about him, whome he had woone & made his fast friends by his passing great largesse and bountifull liberalitie. At length yet, his wife to reuenge hir former husbands death, found means to strangle him as he lay one night Eganus is strangled of his quéene. fast asléepe, hauing droonke a little too much in the euening before, and in this sort he came to his end, after he had reigned much what about the space of two yeares.