Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 The pleaſure of mariage.Agayne for pleaſure, hee affyrmed howe no|thing coulde bee more delectable to him, than to haue a worthie Ladie to hys bedfellowe, wyth whome hee might conferre all the conceytes of his heart,The commo|dities by a wife. both of griefe and gladneſſe, ſhee be|ing a comfort vnto him as well in weale as in woe, an helpe both in ſickneſſe and health, readie to aſſwage anger, and to aduaunce myrth, alſo to refreſhe the ſpirites beeing wearyed or in any wiſe faynte through ſtudious trauayle and care of mynde.Children as ayde. Then ſhewed he what an ayde were children vnto theyr Parentes, namely vnto Kings, howe in peace they might gouerne vn|der them to the greate commoditie of the com|mon wealth, & in warre ſupplie theyr rowmthes as Lieutenants in defence of theyr Countreyes, to the no ſmall terrour of the enimies.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Wherefore [...]the men are not borne onely for theyr owne weale,Men not born for thẽſelues. but alſo for he profite of their friendes, and commoditie of their Countrey, it coulde not hee choſen, but that he [...]ught to per|ſwade with himſelfe to alter his purpoſed inten|tion, concerning the obſeruance of chaſtitie, and to take a wife to the greate ioy and comfort of hys ſubiectes,Cõmendable before God and man. ſithe it was commendable bothe before GOD and manne, and ſo neceſſarye withall and profitable, as nothing myght bee more.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But theſe and many other moſte weightie reaſons could nothing moue his conſtant mind,K. Malcolme might not be perſwaded to take a wife. hauing euen from his tender yeares fianced hys virginitie vnto Chriſt truſting that God would ſo prouide, that the Realme ſhoulde not be deſti|tute of conuenable heyres, when the time came that it ſhoulde pleaſe his diuine Maieſtie to take him hence to his mercie from amongeſt his ſub|iectes.