Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 19 Cona|nus. [figure appears here on page 19] IMme|diatlye after this his auoyding y^e Realme, the Nobles and peeres choſe one Cona|nus Lord of Galoway to rule y^e eſtate as Gouernour,Conanus is choſen king. whoſe authoritie had bene euer great amõgſt the people. His ſtudie was chiefly imployed how to reduce the Lordes & Nobles of the Realme, into concorde and friendly amitie, where before through the negligence of Thereus eche ſought others deſtructiõs. Alſo he cauſed due puniſhment to be executed vpon all ſuch as liued by robbyng & reuing, of whom in the beginning of his gouernment there was no ſmal nũberConanus per|ſecuteth of|fendours. but he weeded them foorth, in ſuche wiſe that ere he lefte off, there was not one of them to be founde.

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Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length, after it was vnderſtood that The|reus was deade,He renoun|ceth the eſtate. this Conanus renounced the adminiſtration in preſence of all the eſtates aſ|ſembled in parliament at Berigonium, where by common conſent Ioſina the brother of The|reus was choſen to raygne as king,Ioſina elected king. for that Thereus had lefte no iſſue behinde him to ſuc|ceede.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 IMmediatlie after this his auoiding the realme, the nobles and péeres chose one Conanus lord of Gal|loway Conanus. to rule the estate as gouernour, whose au|thoritie had beene euer great amongest the people. Conanus is chosen king. His studie was chieflie imploied how to reduce the lords and nobles of the realme into concord and friendlie amitie, where before through the negligence of Thereus each sought others destructions. Also he caused due punishment to be executed vpon all such as liued by robbing and reuing, of whome in the be|ginning of his gouernement there was no small number: but he wéeded them foorth, in such wise that Conanus persecuteth offendors. yer he left off, there was not one of them to be found. At length, after it was vnderstood that Thereus was dead, this Conanus renounced the administration in presence of all the estates assembled in parle|ment He renoun|ceth the estate. at Beregonium, where by common consent-Iosina brother of Thereus was chosen to reigne as Iosina elected king. king, for that Thereus had left no issue behind him to succéed.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 THis Iosina being proclaimed king, renewed Iosina. the ancient leagues with the Picts and Bri|tains! He had physicians in great estimation; for that during his abode in Ireland, he was nourished of a child amongest them, and by reason thereof had some knowledge in the facultie, speciallie he vnder|stood the vertues and properties of herbes, where|with in those daies the Scots vsed to heale and re|medie all maner of sores and diseases, which as then were few in number, in respect of the sundrie kinds which are now knowen amongst vs; and all by rea|son of the superfluous féeding and excesse of meats and drinks vsed in our time, whereas our elders suf|ficed Surfeting the cause of strange disea|ses, which so commonlie now reigne. with a little, liued without surfeting, the chie|fest bréeder of such strange and manifold sicknesses. In this Iosina his daies it chanced that a Portin|gale ship was driuen and drowned by force of a streinable tempest néere vnto the shore of one of Two anti|ent philoso|phers through shipwrack ar|riue in Scot|land, and are ioifullie recei|ued of the king. the Scotish Iles, where diuerse of those that were within the same ship, mariners and other escaped to land, amongest whome were two ancient and fa|therlie old men of right reuerend aspect and counte|nance.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 These two in companie with some of the inha|bitants of that Ile came ouer into Beregonium, where the king as then soiourned. They were Spa|nish priests of the pagane religion, whose purpose was to haue gone vnto Athens in Grecia (as some write) but whence soeuer they were, and what pur|pose soeuer they had, certeine it is they were phi|losophers; and therefore the king receiued them most ioifullie, dooing them all the honor he could deuise, and commanding that they should be lodged within his owne palace, where they had all things néedfull, and accordinglie ministred vnto them.