Compare 1587 edition: 1 But now to return to the purpoſe, King Ro|berte a little before the tyme of his death, called togither into the chamber where he lay, the chie|feſt peeres of his realme, and there in preſence of them all, committed vnto them the gouernment of his ſonne Dauid, a child as then not paſt ſe|uen yeares of age.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 He alſo aduiſed them of ſundry things tou|ching the rule of the Realme after his deceaſe, whiche he perceyued was at hand.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The aduice gi|uen by K. Ro|bert vnto his nobles before his deceaſe.And firſt he counſelled them that in no wyſe they ſhould at any tyme make an abſolute lord ouer the Iles, bycauſe the people of the ſame are of nature vnſtedfaſt, & ſoone ſeduced & broughte to moue rebellion againſte the Kyng, into the which beeing once fallen, they are not eaſily re|duced to their due obedience againe, by reaſon theyr countreys are of ſuche ſtrength, that they can not be approched but by ſea, as enuironned with the ſame.