Compare 1587 edition: 1 Some wryters haue recorded that by com|maundement of Kenneth at the ſame time, whẽ this ſtone was thus by him remoued, thoſe latine verſes were engrauen vpon it, whereof mencion is made before, where we ſpake of the aforeſayd Ferguſe the firſt his cõming ouer foorth of Ire|land into Albion there to reygne.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Now in the meane time when thoſe fewe of the Picts,The reſidue of the Picts were diſperſed. which by flight had eſcaped the Scot|tiſhmens hands, and were gottẽ into England, could by no meanes perſwade the Engliſhmen being troubled with inteſtine warre, to ayde thẽ in recouery of theyr countrey, ſome of them paſ|ſed the ſeas ouer into Norway, and ſome into Denmarke, and diuers other of them remayned ſtill in England, where they got theyr liuing ey|ther by ſome manuall occupation, eyther els by ſeruice in the warres.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Scots from thence foorth liued in quiet,The Scottes liue in quiet. during the lifetime of king Kenneth, who de|ſerued eternal fame, by the enlarging of the [...]oũds of his kingdome, ſo mightily and in ſuche wiſe, that where he founde the fronters, hee made the ſame well neare the middeſt of his kingdome. Other things he did alſo touchyng the politike gouernment of his ſubiectes in time of pea [...]e, no leſſe worthie of prayſe than his noble & famous conqueſtes:Kenneth ma|keth lawes and ordinances. but ſpecially he ordeyned certayne lawes for the wealth of his people, whereby his iudges and other officers ſhould proceede in the adminiſtration of iuſtice, of the whiche I haue thought requiſite to rehearſe parte as yet beyng vſed, that aſwell the Author, as the time of their firſt eſtabliſhment, may the better appeare, to ſuche as ſhall peruſe this hiſtorie.