Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus in the firſt yeares of his raigne, hee did many things to the aduauncement of the com|mon welth,Banketting cheare bani|ſhed. and baniſhed ſuch banketting cheare as was vſed amongſt his people after the enſam|ple of the Engliſhe men, perceyuing the ſame to breede a great weakning and decay of the aunci|ent ſtoutneſſe of ſtomacke, that was wont to re|maine in the Scottiſh nation.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 He buylded the number of .xv. Abbeyes,King Dauid built .xv. Ab|beyes. part of them in the beginning of his raigne before the warres were begon which he had with the Eng|liſhe men, and part after the ſame warres were ended.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The names of thoſe Abbeyes are as follo|weth: Holy Roode houſe, Kelſo, Iedburgh,The names of the Abbeys buylded by king Dauid. Melroſſe, Newbottell, Holmecultrane, Dun|dranane, Cambuſkenneth, Kynlois, Dunfirm|ling, Holme in Cumberland: alſo two Nunries, the one at Carleil, & the other at north Barwike: with two Abbays beſide Newcaſtel, y^e one of S. Benedicts order, and the other of white Monks.