Compare 1587 edition: 1 [figure appears here on page 268] Mal|colme. KIng Da|uid be|ing dead and buried (as be|fore is men|cioned,) Mal|colme nephew to him by his ſonne Henry, ſucceeded in ye aſtate.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 He was but .xiij. yeares of age, when he be|gan his reygne, but yet his modeſtie and vertu|ous conditions were ſuche, that all men concey|ued a good hope, that he would proue a right no|ble and worthie prince.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 The educatiõ of king Mal|colme.He was nouriſhed and brought vp in ſuche vertue, euen from his infancie, that deliting in chaſte conuerſation and cleanneſſe of body and minde, he liued ſingle all the dayes of his life, and without mariage, wherefore he was ſurna|med Malcolme the Mayden.