Compare 1587 edition: 1 Makbeth ſhewing himſelfe thus a moſt dili|gent puniſher of all iniuries and wrongs at|tempted by any miſordered perſons within his realme, was accompted the ſure defence & buck|ler of innocent people: and hereto he alſo appli|ed his whole endeuour,A kingly en|deuour. to cauſe yong men to ex|erciſe themſelues in vertuous maners, and men of the Churche to attende their diuine ſeruice, according to theyr vocations.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Iuſtice mini|ſtred without reſpect of per|ſons.He cauſed to be ſlaine ſundry Thanes as of Eathnes, Sutherland, Stranauerne, and Ros, bicauſe through thẽ and their ſeditious attẽpts, much trouble dayly roſe in the realme.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 He appeaſed the troubleſome ſtate of Gallo|way, and ſlewe one Makgill a tyraunt, who had many yeares before paſſed nothing of the regall authoritie or power. To be briefe, ſuch were the woorthy doings and princely acts of this Mak|beth in the adminiſtration of the realme, that if he had attayned therevnto by rightfull meanes, and continued in vprightneſſe of iuſtice as he be|gan, till the ende of his reygne, he might well haue bene numbred amongſt the moſte noble princes that any where had reygned.