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Compare 1587 edition: 1 This yeare Iames Prince of Scotlande and of the Iles was borne in the Abbey of the holye Rood houſe, the .xxj. of Ianuarie,

1507

Prince Iames is borne.

& on the .xxiij. of ye ſame Moneth he was baptiſed in ye ſayd Abbay Church. His Godfathers were theſe, Robert Bi|ſhop EEBO page image 414 of Glaſgew, & Patrike Erle Bothwell, and the Counteſſe of Huntley was his Godmother.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Queene after ſhee was brought to bed, was verie weake and troubled with great ſicke|neſſe, ſo that ſhe lay in great danger: for recouerie of whoſe health the king went a foote vnto Saint Ninians in pilgrymage:The K. went [...]n pilgrimage and afterwards in Iu|ly, both the King and the Queene went thither to viſite that Saint.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Pope de| [...]ared K. [...]a| [...]es protector [...]f the faith.Pope Iulius the ſecond ſent an Ambaſſador vnto king Iames, declaring him protector & de|fender of the fayth, and in ſigne thereof ſent vnto him a purpure diademe or crowne wrought with floures of gold, togither with a ſword, hauing the hylts & ſkabbert of gold ſet with precious ſtones, which were preſented vnto him by the ſaide Am|baſſador, and the Abbot of Dunfermling, within the Abbay Church of holy Roode houſe, at what time the peace contracted betwixt the two kings of Scotland and England was there confirmed.

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