The history of Scotland written in Latin by George Buchanan ; faithfully rendered into English.
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The history of Scotland written in Latin by George Buchanan ; faithfully rendered into English.
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Buchanan, George, 1506-1582.
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London :: Printed by Edw. Jones, for Awnsham Churchil ...,
1690.
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Scotland -- History -- To 1603.
Scotland -- History -- 16th century.
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"The history of Scotland written in Latin by George Buchanan ; faithfully rendered into English." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A29962.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 15, 2024.
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Athirco, The Twenty Ninth King.
ATHIRCO, his Son, manifesting greater Ingenuity than is usu∣ally found in such an Youthful Age, was therefore made King: For, by his Manly Exercises in Riding, throwing the Dart, and vy∣ing with his young Courtiers in Feats of Arms; as also, by his Boun∣ty and Courteous Demeanor, he won to himself the Love of all. But his Vices increasing with his Age, by his profound Avarice, Peevishness, Luxury and Sloath, he so alienated the Minds of Good Men from him, that the more the Sons were delighted with his Ne∣farious Practices, the more their Fathers were offended thereat. At last, a Conspiracy of the Nobles was formed against him, occasioned by one Nathalocus, a Nobleman, whose Daughters, being first de∣flowred by him, and then ignominiously beaten with Rods, he pro∣stituted to the Lust of those Ruffians, that were about him. He en∣deavoured to defend himself against them, but perceiving he had not
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Force enough so to do, being also forsaken by his Domesticks, who detested his lewd Practices, he laid b violent Hands on himself, in the Twelfth year of his Reign. After his Death cDorus, either because he was his Brother, or, else had been a Pander to his Lust, fearing lest the Nobles, in the heat of their Provocation, should ex∣ercise their Rage upon all the Kings Lineage, saved himself by flight, with his Brothers Three small Children, Findocus, Carantius and Donaldus. Neither was he mistaken in his Opinion; for Nathalo∣cus, who had receiued so signal an Injury, not contented with Dorus his Exile, suborned Emissaries to kill him, and his Brothers Chil∣dren too; who, coming to the Picts, (for the Royal Youths had chosen the Place of their Banishment amongst them) and lighting upon one very like Dorus, in Stature and Physiognomy, they slew him, instead of Dorus himself.
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Athirco, be∣ing disgusted for vitiating Noble Virgins, kills himself.