Compare 1587 edition: 1 Reu|tha. [figure appears here on page 18] AFter Reuther his deceaſſe, his vncles Sonne called Reutha ſucceeded in the king|dome, choſen thereto by the common agree|ment of all the eſtates, bycauſe that Thereus Sonne to Reuther vn|neath come to the age of tenne yeares, was thought vnable to take the charge vpon him.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Reutha therfore being thus elected to raygne as king ouer the Scottiſh mẽ,An ordinance for buriall of theyr Princes. ordained that ſuch noblemen as had atchieued any notable exployte in defence of their countrey, ſhould be had in per|petual memorie, & buried in ſolempne wiſe in ſe|pulchres aloft vpõ hilles or mountaines,Obeliskes or pointed ſtones vpõ the which were ſet ſo many Obeliſks or lõg pointed ſtones, as they had ſlaine enimies in the warres: wherof ſome remaine there to be ſeene euen vnto this day.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 Craftes men brought into Scotlande to inſtruct the people.This Reutha alſo vnderſtandyng of the lacke of all maner of craftes men in his Realme, & of ſuche as were expert in the liberall ſciences, cauſed a great number of moſte perfect artificers to be ſent for, to inhabite amongſt his people, the better to inſtruct them in their occupatiõs. Vnto theſe alſo as vnto other profeſſing any liberall arte,Liuings ap|pointed forth vnto theſe craftes men. were appointed honeſt liuings, by way of fees aſſigned to be receiued, of ſuche oxen & beefes as were killed, to euery man of ſcience & artificer his parte. And further eche of them had certaine meaſures of Otes and Barly in ſteede of yearly annuities. For as yet the vſe of coigne was not knowen among the Scottiſh men. The whiche cuſtome of diſtributing theyr beaſts, which they killed in this wiſe, is ſtill vſed in the Weſterne Iſles euen vnto theſe our dayes. Reutha per|ceiuing furthermore that through vnſkilful Chi|rurgions & Phiſitions many wounded & diſeaſed perſons were oftentimes caſt away,A law for Phi|ſitions & Chi|rurgions. ordeined by the aduice and conſent of his counſell, that none ſhould take vpõ them as a Chirurgion or Phiſi|tion, vnleſſe they were by long experience well practiſed aforehand in thoſe ſciences. For before that time they vſed to carie foorth ſuch perſons as were ſicke or otherwiſe hurte, and to lay them in ſome open place in the ſtreetes or market ſ [...]edde, that al ſuch as came by, might according to their knowledge declare their aduiſe, and ſhew if they had bene vexed with the like diſeaſe) by what meanes they had eſcaped the daunger, & recoue|red agayn theyr health. For no mã might with|out the note of high reproche paſſe by in keeping ſilence in this behalf. And this was according to the cuſtome of the olde Egyptians.