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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length (as often happeneth) the importa|ble height of this lynage was the onely cauſe of the decay and finall ruine thereof, as in the ſe|quell of this Hyſtorie ye may at full perceyue.