Compare 1587 edition: 1 There was ſeene the ſame yeare two [...] co|metes,Prodigious tokens ſeene in the ayre. or blaſing ſtarres of dreadfull aſpect to the beholders, the one went before the ſunne ryſing in harueſt ſeaſon, and the other followed the go|ing downe thereof in the ſpryng of the yeare. There was often times ſeene alſo in the ayre a viſion of fi [...]ie armies, runnyng togither with brennyng ſtaues, and the one being vanquiſhed, they ſodenly bothe of them vaniſhed away. Al|ſo at Camelon as the Biſhoppe was at ſeruice holding his croſier ſtaffe in his hande, it was kindeled ſo with fire, that by no meane it coulde be quenched til it was brent euen to aſhes. About noone dayes, the ayre being fayre and cleare, as well in the countreys of the Scottes as of the Pictes, there was heard ſuch a noyſe & clattering of weapons and armure with braying of horſes, as though twoo armies ſhoulde haue bene togi|ther in fight, whereby many of eyther nation which heard it, were put in great feare.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The interpre|tation of theſe tokens.Theſe vnkouth wonders were interpreted by deuinors diuerſly: ſome affirming the ſame to betoken ioy and happie proſperitie, and other al|ledgyng, how they ſignified rather miſhap and vtter calamitie.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But to returne to our purpoſe, King Kẽneth hauing thus deſtroyed the Pictiſh kingdome to|gither almoſt with the whole nation, cauſed the marble ſtone (whiche Symon Breke ſometime brought out of Spaine into Ireland, & the firſte Ferguſe out of Ireland into Albion, as before is recited)The marble ſtone is remo|ued frõ Argile into Goury, in the place cal|led Scone. to be brought now forth of Argile where till that time it had bene diligently kepte) into Goury, whiche region before appertayned to the Picts, there to remaine from thenceforth as a ſa|cred token for the ſtabliſhment of the Scottiſhe kingdome in that coũtrey: he placed it at Scone vpõ a reyſed plot of ground there, bicauſe that the laſt batayle whiche he had with the Pictes was fought neare vnto the ſame place, the victory as before is ſpecified chaũcing to the Scots. Vpon this ſtone, as before is rehearſed, the Scottiſhe kings were vſed to ſit, when they receyued the inueſture of the kingdome.