Compare 1587 edition: 1 The death of king Alexan|der.Their mother the ſayde Maulde was before that time departed out of this life. It was not long after, but that Alexander deceaſſed alſo, and was buryed in Dunfermling byſydes hys fathers ſepulture, in the .xvij. yeare of his raigne complete, and from the incarnation of Chriſt 1125.1124. H.B. yeares.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the dayes of this king Alexander, the kynred of the Cummings,The begin|ning of the Cummings. had their beginning, by one Iohn Cumming a man of great prowes and valiancie, obteyning of the king in reſpect thereof certaine ſmall portions of landes in Scotlande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The houſe of theſe Cummings roſe in pro|ces of time thus from a ſmall beginning to highe honour and puiſſance, by reaſon of the great poſ|ſeſſions and ample reuenues which they after|wardes atteyned.