Compare 1587 edition: 1 [figure appears here on page 281] AFter the deceaſe of king Willi|am,Alex|ander. his ſonne Alexander the ſecond of that name ſuccee|ded,Alexander the ſecond is crow+ned at Scone. and was crowned at Scone wyth all due ſo|lemnitie, which beeing furniſhed, hee went vnto Abirbrothok, where he remayned .xiiij. dayes in attending the funerall obſequies of his father,A tyme of mourning. and commaunded that no publike playes, nor great feaſtes ſhould be vſed or kept of all that yeare, to the intent the death of his father might be lamen|ted through the whole Realme.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The King himſelfe and all his ſeruants alſo were clothed in mourning weed,A Parliament at Edenburgh. during the ſpace of one whole yeare.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The firſt Parliament which he called, was holden at Edenbourgh, in the whiche he confyr|med all the actes and ordinaunces deuiſed by his father:Confirmation of Officers. and further appoynted that all ſuche as had borne offices vnder him, ſhould ſtill enioy the ſame. Namely he commaunded that William Wood Biſhop of Dunblayne ſhoulde ſtill conti|nue Lord Chancellour,The office of the Conſtable. and Alane of Galloway high Conſtable, which is an office of moſt honor and reputation next to the king, as hee that hath power of life and death, if any man drawe bloud of an other by violence within two myles of the Court.