Compare 1587 edition: 1 But here I thinke it ſhall not much make a|gaynſt my purpoſe, if (according to the order which I find obſerued in the Scottiſh hiſtorie) I ſhall in fewe wordes here rehearſe the originall line of thoſe kings, whiche haue diſcended from the foreſayde Banquho, that they,The lyne of the Scottiſhe kings. whiche haue enioyed the kingdome by ſo long continuaunce of diſcent, from one to an other, & that euen vnto theſe our dayes may be knowen from whence EEBO page image 247 they had theyr firſt beginning.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Fleaunce therfore (as before is ſayd) fled into Wales, where ſhortly after by his curteous and amiable behauiour, he grew into ſuch fauour and eſtimation with the prince of that countrey, that he might vnneath haue wiſſhed any greater: at length alſo he came into ſuch familiar acquain|tance with the ſayd princes daughter,Fleaunce de|floureth the prince of Wales his daughter. that ſhe of courteſie in the ende ſuffred him to get hir with childe: whiche being once vnderſtood, hyr father the prince conceyued ſuch hatefull diſpleaſure to|wardes Fleaunce,Fleaunce is ſlayne. that he finally ſlewe him, and helde his daughter in moſte vile eſtate of ſerui|tude, for that ſhe had conſented to be on this wiſe defloured by a ſtraunger.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Walter the ſonne of Fle|aunce.At the laſt yet, ſhe was deliuered of a ſonne named Walter, who within few yeares proued a man of greater courage and valiancie, than a|ny other had commonly bene founde, although he had no better bringing vp than (by his graũd|fathers appointment) amongſt the baſer ſorte of people.His bringing vp Howbeit he ſhewed euer euen frõ his in|fancie,The ſtoute ſtomake appea+ring in Wal|ter from his childehood. that there reigned in him a certaine ſtout|neſſe of ſtomake, ready to attẽpt high enterpriſes.