Compare 1587 edition: 1 A parliament at Bertha.He cauſed an aſſemble of all the eſtates of his realme, to be called at Bertha, a caſtell in thoſe dayes ſtanding not farre from the place where the towne of Perth nowe ſtandeth. In whiche conuention were many things enacted, both for the ſetting foorth of Goddes honour and the weale of the realme, whereby Malcolme wanne much prayſe amongſt his ſubiectes, to the eter|nall memorie of his name.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After this ſuppoſing it moſte honorable to aduaunce the bloud of ſuch as had ſerued well in the laſt [...] [...], or had their fathers or other frindes ſlaine in the ſame,A parliament at Scone. he called a parliament at Scone, in the whiche cauſing partition to be made of the realme,Diuiſion of the realme in|to Baronnies. by deuiding it into Baron|nies, he beſtowed the ſame amongſt the nobles according to the qualitie of euery one his me|rites, referring in maner nothing to the mainte|nance of the crowne, common entries onely ex|cepted, with the mountayne wherein the marble chaire ſtood, and a fewe other poſſeſſions whiche he purpoſed to giue vnto churches and chapels.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The nobles on the other parte, to the [...]d [...] the king might haue ſufficient wherewith to main|tayne his royall eſtate, graunted vnto him and his ſucceſſours for euer,The wardſhip of heyres graunted to the king. the cuſtodie and ward|ſhip of theyr heyres, if they chaunced to die lea|uing them vnder the age of .xxj. yeares: [...] the meane time till the ſame heyres came to the ſayd age, they agreed that the king & his ſucceſ|ſours ſhoulde enioy the vſe and profites of theyr landes, whether they were men or women, and when they came to the age of .xxj. yeares, that then they ſhould enter into the poſſeſſion of their landes, yeelding vnto him or his ſucceſſours one yeares rent in name of a reliefe, and if they chaũ|ced not to be maried before their fathers deceaſſe,Mariage of wardes. thẽ alſo ſhould they marie at the kings appoint|ment, or els compounde with him for the ſame.