Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 293For the people conceiued double ioy and glad|neſſe hereof, bycauſe that both a newe Prince was borne, and that enimie dead which ſought the deſtruction of the whole Realme.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 After the deceaſſe of king Acho, his ſonne Magnus ſucceeded him, a fight faythfull prince, and one that had the feare of God before his eies.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the ſeconde yeare of his raigne, he ſent his Ambaſſadours (of whome the chiefe was the Chauncelor of Norway) vnto king Alexander,Ambaſſadours ſent frõ Mag|nus king of Norway to K. Alexander. whome they found at Saint Iohns towne and there ſignified to him that king Magnus theyr maiſter, would willingly giue ouer all his tytle, right and clayme vnto Arrane and Bute, ſo that the reſidue of the Iles might remaine in quiet poſſeſſion of him and his ſucceſſours in tyme cõ|ming. Herevnto was anſwere made by K. Alex|ander, that the Iles by right of olde inheritance perteined vnto him and his progenitors kings of Scotland, and therefore he might not make any agreement with the Danes or Norwegians, til he had recouered the ful poſſeſſion of ye ſame Iles.