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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Robert. [figure appears here on page 356] THen was Rob. Ste|warde conueyed vnto Scone,Robert Ste|warde is crow|ned king of Scotlande. and there crowned wt great ſolemnitie, and was called Robert the ſecõd. This came to paſſe in the .xlvij. yeare of his age, on our Ladye daye in Lent, called the Annun|tiation.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Moreouer that the fyrmer amitie and friend|ſhip might continue and bee nouriſhed betwixt this King Robert and his ſubiect the Earle of Dowglas aforeſayde, it was accorded that Eu|fame eldeſt daughter to king Robert ſhould be gi|uen in maryage to Iames ſonne to the Earle of Dowglas aforeſayde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The firſt com|ming of the Stewardes to the Crowne.Thus ye may perceyue how the Stewardes came to the crown, whoſe ſucceſſion haue enioyed the ſame vnto our time. Queene Mary mother to Charles Iames that now raigneth being the viij. perſon from this Robert, that thus firſt at|teyned vnto it.

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