Compare 1587 edition: 1 About the time of his entring into the poſſeſ|ſion of the crowne,A dearth. there was a greate death through all the boundes of Scotlande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And ſoone after followed a ſore death bothe amongſt men & beaſtes,A death not contagious. though it was not per|ceyued that the diſeaſe whereof they died was a|ny thing contagious.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Hereof did one Somerleid the Thane of Ar|gile take occaſion to attempt an higher enter|priſe,Somerleid Thane of Ar|gile, goeth a|boute to make himſelfe king. than ſtoode with the baſeneſſe of his lynage and eſtate: for conſidering that the one halfe of the realme was conſumed by mortalitie, and the other halfe neare hande famiſſhed through lacke of foode, hee thought it an eaſie mater for him, now whileſt the king was vnder yeares of ripe diſcretion, to vſurpe the gouernance of the realme into his owne handes, and ſo aſſembling togi|ther an huge companie of ſuch as in hope of pray lightly conſented to his opinion, hee came fore|ward to make as it were a full conqueſt,Somerleides crueltie. ſteaing and ſpoyling all ſuch in his way as went aboute to reſiſt him.