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Donaldus III. The Thirty Third King.
AFter his Death, i Donald the Islander, who before, without any Authority, had assumed the Name of King, did now ma∣nage all things as a Legitimate Prince; being advantaged much by the fear of the Nobles, who (left their Kinsmen, who were p••iso∣ners with him, should be slain, which Donaldus did daily threaten to do) durst not make any Insurrections against him. He was a ve∣ry Tyrant in his Government, and Cruel to all his Subjects; for he was not content, by an Edict, to forbid any others to bear Arms, but his own Servants and Officers too; and also he hurried the No∣bility to violent Deaths, whose Destruction he esteemed to be the establishment of his Government: Yea, He proceeded to sow Seeds of Discord amongst those who survived his Cruelty; neither did he think any Sight more lovely, than the mutual slaughter of his Sub∣jects. For he counted their Ruin was his Gain, and judged himself to be freed of so many Enemies as were slain, out of both Armies. Neither was he afraid of any thing more, than the union of his Sub∣jects against him. Hereupon, he kept himself commonly within the Verge of his own Palace, and being conscious of the wrong he had done to all, as Fearful of them, and Formidable to them, he seldom went abroad. These Miseries c••ntinuing Twelve Years, at length, Crathilinthus, the Son of King Find••chus, with much ado, was found out, to revenge the publick Wrongs and Calamities: He had been bred up privately with his Foster-Father, and was thought to have been dead. But having few about him, equal to him in strength or cunning, dissembling his Name and his Lineage; he first apply∣ed himself to Court, and being received into near Familiarity by the King, by the dexterity of his Wit, he became his most intimate and greatest Favourite. At last, when all things succeeded accord∣ing to his Desire; he discover'd to a few of his Confidents, Who he was, and What he designed; and gathering a small Party about him, having got a convenient opportunity, he slew Donaldus, and departed privately with his Associates.