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Compare 1587 edition: 1 And againe ſome helde opinion, howe hee ought to bee made Knight firſt, before hee were crowned, ſo that thus they were at ſtryfe to|gither, in ſuche earneſt maner, that it was doubted, leaſt this contention woulde haue bred ſome great inconuenience,The Earle of Fife preuen|teth the occa|ſion of further trouble. had not the Earle of Fife preuented the ſame, in cauſing vpon a ſo|dayne the Crowne to bee ſette vppon the Kinges heade, beeing placed in the Marble Chayre, according to the cuſtome, without re|garde to the friuolous allegations of them that ſpake to the contrarie.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The ſalutation of an Hielande man.When the ſolemnitie was ended, there came before him an Hielande man (for ſo they call ſuch as inhabite the mountaine Countreys of Scot|lande) who in a certaine kynde of meetre of the Iriſh language, ſaluted him as king, thus [...]

Ben|nach de re Albyn Alexander, mak Alax, mak William, mak Henrie, mak Dauid,
and ſo foorth, recyting in maner of a Genealogie or pede|gree all the Kings in order, of whom hee was diſcended, tyll he came vp to Gathelus the fyrſt begynner of the Scottiſhe name and Na|tion.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The wordes in Engliſhe are as followeth:

Hayle king of Albine, Alexander the ſonne of Dauid, the ſonne of Alex, the ſonne of William, the ſonne of Henrie, the ſonne of Dauid,
and ſo forth as before.

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