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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The ſayde Walter procured the ſlaughter of Iames the firſt, for that hee pretended a right to the crowne, as after ſhall appeare.