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Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the ſame yere,1411 (or rather in the yere before) the vniuerſitie of ſaint Androwes was firſte foũ|ded,The firſt be|ginning of the vniuerſitie of Saint An|drowes. which afterwardes was furniſhed with dy|uers notable learned men brought in and placed there by King Iames the firſte, to the ende, that by their inſtructions hys people mighte encreaſe in learning, to the further aduancemente of ver|tue, lawdable manners, and all ſortes of other ci|uill cuſtomes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 374Amongſt ſundry other expert men in all ſcien|ces which he brought into Scotlande,Doctors of Diuinitie, and of the Canon lawe. there were eighteene Doctors of Diuinitie, and eight Do|ctors of the law Canon.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Much what about ye ſame time, Iohn Drum|mound ſlewe Patricke Graham Earle of Stra|therne,The Earle of Stratherne ſlayne. by a trayterous meane, and therevpon fled into Ireland: but as he was about to haue paſſed from thence ouer into England, the veſſel where|in he ſayled, was driuen on the coaſt of Scotlãd, where hee was taken, and ſhortly after loſt hys head for the ſayd offence.

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