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Compare 1587 edition: 1 His wife Queene Eufame deceaſſed the third yeare after hir huſband atteyned the crowne,Eufame the Queene de|ceaſſeth. and then incontinently hee maryed Elizabeth Mure his olde lemman,Elizabeth Mure maried to K. Robert. to the ende that the children which he had by hir might be made legitimate by vertue of the matrimonie ſubſequent.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Not long after by authoritie of a Parliament aſſembled, he made his eldeſt ſonne Iohn,The prefer|ment of the kings ſonnes to dignitie. begot|ten on Elizabeth Mure aforeſayde, Erle of Car|rik: his ſecond ſonne begottẽ on hir Erle of Men|teith and Fife: and his third ſonne Alexander be|gotten likewiſe on the ſame mother, he created Earle of Buchquhane, and Lorde of Badze|nocht.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Hys eldeſt ſonne Walter, begotten on Eu|fame his fyrſt wyfe, was made Earle of Atholl, and Lorde of Brechin: his ſeconde ſonne Dauid, begotten on the ſame Eufame, was made Earle of Stratherne.

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