Compare 1587 edition: 1 But the principall leader of them, that is to wite, the forenamed Herald, for that tyme eſca|ped into the weſt Iles, but ſhortly after, retur|ning into Cathnes,The Thane o Cathnes takẽ. Seuere puni|tion. he was taken and brought to the king, who cauſed his eyes fyrſte to be put out, then gelded, and laſtly to bee hanged on a paire of gallowes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Alſo all thoſe of his lignage that were men, were lykewiſe gelded, that no ſucceſſion ſhould followe of ſo wicked a weed.Great death. 1199.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the yeare nexte enſuyng was more dearth felte in Scotlande, than euer was hearde off be|fore: for a meaſure of Barley in Scottiſhe called a bolle, was ſold for fiue crownes, and yet in the yeare next following, accompted from the Na|tiuitie of our ſauiour .1199. was more plenty|full abundance than euer had bin ſeene afore.