Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Alexander Boyis hadde afterwardes hys name chaunged, and was called Forbes, for that he ſlewe a Beare in thoſe parties by greate and ſingular manhoode.The begin|ning of the name of the Forbeſſes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And ſo the ſurname of the Forbeſſes had be|gynning, as deſcended from hym.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Scotlande beyng ſubdewed by the mightye puiſſaunce of kyng Edwarde, he wente aboute to abolyſhe all the olde Statutes and aunci|ente conſtitutions of the Realme, truſtyng by that meanes, that Scottes lyuyng togyther wyth Englyſhemen, vnder one vniforme ma|ner of Lawes, they ſhoulde fynally ſort them|ſelues to bee of one mynde and opinion, as wel touchyng the ſupreme gouernemente of theyr publyque weale, as alſo in all other thyngs, touchyng the frendly ſocietie of lyfe.