Compare 1587 edition: 1 The houſe of theſe Cummings roſe in pro|ces of time thus from a ſmall beginning to highe honour and puiſſance, by reaſon of the great poſ|ſeſſions and ample reuenues which they after|wardes atteyned.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length (as often happeneth) the importa|ble height of this lynage was the onely cauſe of the decay and finall ruine thereof, as in the ſe|quell of this Hyſtorie ye may at full perceyue.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Knightes of the Rodes.Alſo in the dayes of king Alexander, the or|der of knights of the Rodes had their beginning, and likewiſe the order of white Monkes,White Monks the au|thour whereof was one Nodobert.