Compare 1587 edition: 1 Herevpon king Malcolme tooke great paines to haue redreſſed this infectiue poyſon, and vtter|ly to haue expelled it forth of his realme, howbeit the nature of man is ſo prone & ready to embrace all kinds of vice,Mans nature prone to vice. that where the Scottiſhe people before had no knowledge nor vnderſtanding of [...] fact or riotous [...], yet after they had once taſted the [...] poyſoned bai [...] thereof, there was now nẽ meane to be found to reſtrain theyr [...]ed|rous deſires. Anny or thoſe corrupted abuſes and victour ſuperfluities (which came into the realme of Scotland with the Engliſhmen planted ther|in by the dayes of king Malcolme are not to bee compared in [...] with things vſed in our time, for in thoſe dayes as yet the nature of man was not ſo ouercome with the abuſe of ſuperflu [...]ties, as it is now adayes, for then [...]ought they were gone [...] the auncient ſpa [...]eneſſe of diet, they yet did not eate paſt twice a day,The greedie taſt of mens inſatiable luſt. and had but two diſhes at a meale: but nowe the greedie taſt of mens inſatiable luſt is ſuche, that no kinde of fleſhe, fiſhe, fruite, or whatſoeuer maye be got|ten, is vneth able to quenche theyr gluttonous appetite and rauenous gurmandize: ſo that ney|ther lande, Sea, nor ayre, is left vnſought to ſa|tiſfie the ſame, as though they were worthie of moſt high cõmendation that may deuoure moſt:Men compa|red to Wolues & Cormarãts. wherein they may be iuſtly compared to greedie Woolues and Cormorants.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 But to bewaile that in wordes which can|not be amended in deedes, is but a folly, for the infection is ſo entred into the inner partes of the intrayles, that neither with purging, cutting, nor ſearing, it may be holpen. Sooner ſhall you de|ſtroy the whole Nation than remoue this vice.