Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe Philoſophers after they had refreſhed themſelues at theyr caſe for the ſpace of .xiiij. dayes, the king cauſed them to come before him, requyring them to ſhew their opinion what they thought by the nature of the ſoyle, the maners and cuſtomes of his people, ſo farrefoorth as they had ſeene and heard. They without pauſing for anſwere declared, that as yet they had not had time to learne thoſe things but onely thus farre, by coniecture they ſuppoſed that the ground was more likely to be fruitefull of metall mines, than of corne and grayne, as conteyning farre more riches vnderneath the earth than aboue, and this they ſayde that they gathered by the influence of the Heauens vnder the whiche it lay. And as for the rites and vſages of the people, in one pointe they coulde in no wiſe commende them,The Scottiſh religion [...]|proued. for that in religiõ they followed the ſuperſtitious rites of the Egyptiãs, worſhipping the immortall Gods in the ſhape of beaſtes and foules, where as God was euen the ſame that did comprehended bothe heauen and earth, with the waters and al things in them conteyned, whom they named Nature, and as it were the prymordiall cauſe or begin|ning of all things, vnto whom it was not poſ|ſible to deuiſe any ſimilitude of liuing thing that might in any wiſe repreſent him. Therfore (ſayd they) mẽ ought to worſhip the liuing God with fire and deuoute prayer, buylding him a temple for that purpoſe, and onely vnto him to burne incenſe, and to perfourme vowes: at whoſe hãds ſuch as liued chaſtly, vprightly, and according to the rules of iuſtice,Vpright li|uing well re|warded at Gods hands. ought euer to looke for ſome high benefite, where other that liued contrarily might euer ſtande in doubte of contrary reward.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 With theſe theyr ſenſible inſtructions they perſwaded many of the Scottiſhe nation vnto theyr opinion, though the greateſt parte woulde by no meanes follow any other kinde of religion, than that whiche they had receyued from theyr elders: neyther coulde any of them be brought to thinke otherwiſe of the Sunne, the Moone & Starres, but that there was a certaine deuine power or godhead in euery one of thẽ. And thus much of theſe ſtraungers briefly and by the way, who came into Scotlãd at this preſent,Ioſina depar|teth this life. but now to proceede with our purpoſe, when Ioſina had raigned .xxiiij. yeares, hee departed out of this worlde at Berigonium, beyng a man of greate age. He lefte behinde him a ſonne named Fin|nanus, who a little before his Fathers deceaſſe was by conſent of the people proclaymed king of Scotlande.