[1] [2] The king had no ſooner made an ende of his long oration,The Peeres of the realme did willingly graunt to his requeſt. which he handled after the pithieſt ſort he coulde, but that diuerſe of the noble men which were there amongſt other, being made pri|uie to the matter aforehande, mocioned meanes to haue Malcolme the ſonne of Kenneth created Prince of Cumberlande, that hee might ſo haue an entrance to the crowne after the deceaſſe of his father. This motion by and by was in many of their mouthes, whiche Kenneth perceyuing, re|quyred of the moſt auncient Peeres whom they would name to be Prince of Cumberlande, that there might be a meane to radifie and cõfirme the league betwixt the Scottes and Engliſhe men. Cõſtantine the ſonne of king Cullen, and Grime the nephew of king Duffe by his brother Mogal, howbeit by the force of ye former law they might by good reaſon haue looked to haue had the prefer|ment [page 220] themſelues, yet perceyuing it was in vaine to denie that which would be had by violence (al|though they ſhould neuer ſo much ſtand agaynſt it) being firſt demaunded of the Heralde what they thought,The Heralde required Con|ſtantine hys voice firſt. they anſwered (notwithſtanding agaynſte theyr myndes in deede,) that the king might order all things as ſhould ſtande with his pleaſure,Conſtantine his ſaying. appoynting whome he thought moſte meeteſt to be Prince of Cumberlande, and to ab|rogate the auncient lawe of creating the kings in deuiſing newe ordinances for the ſame, as ſhould ſeeme vnto him & thoſe of his counſel moſt requiſite and neceſſarie.The multitude well pleaſed, crie Malcolm. The multitude then fol|lowing their ſentence, cryed with lowde and vn|diſcrete voyces, to haue Malcolme the ſonne of king Kenneth created Prince of Cumberlande. And thus the ſame Malcolme (though as yet vn|derage was by the voyces of the people ordeyned Prince of Cumberlande, in place of the other Malcolme ſonne to king Duffe.