Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Earle of Mar ſo long as he lyued had the gouernaunce of the North partes of Scot|lande vnder king Iames the firſt, for he was a right prudent perſon, aſwell in warlike enterpri|ſes, as in ciuill adminiſtration.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Stood Mares brought out of Hungarie into Scotlande for breede.He brought forth of Hungarie ſundrie great Horſes and Mares for generation, that by ſuche meanes the countrey might be prouided of great horſes of their own race, where til that time there was none bred within Scotland, but ſmal nags, more meet to ſerue for iourneying hackneis than for any ſeruice in the warres.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Not long before this time,Ambaſſadors out of Den|marke. there came an Ambaſſade from the King of Denmarke vnto king Iames, requiring him to make payment of ſuch yearely tribute as was due to the ſayde king of Denmark, being alſo king of Norway,Their requeſt. for the weſterne Iles, according to the promiſe and a|greement made by Alexander ſometime king of Scotland, the thirde of that name, vnto his pre|deceſſor Magnus, at that time king of Norway.