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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 About the time of his entring into the poſſeſ|ſion of the crowne,A dearth. there was a greate death through all the boundes of Scotlande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And ſoone after followed a ſore death bothe amongſt men & beaſtes,A death not contagious. though it was not per|ceyued that the diſeaſe whereof they died was a|ny thing contagious.