[1] Malcolmes wiſdome in ordeyning officers.Further, for the better adminiſtration of iuſtice in due forme and maner, he beſtowed publike offi|ces vpon diſcrete perſons, ſkilful in the lawes and ordinances of the realme. Other offices perteining to the warres & defence of the realm, he committed vnto ſuch as were practiſed & trayned in ſuch ex|erciſes, ſo that iuſtice was miniſtred on all ſydes throughout the kingdome, with ſuch equitie and vprightneſſe, as had not beene heard of in any age before him. Whileſt the Scottiſh eſtate was go|uerned in ſuch happie wiſe, by the prudent policie of K. Malcolme,Sueno king of Denmark lan|ded in Eng|lande. it chaunced that Sueno king of Danes landed in England with a mightie nauy, in purpoſe to reuenge the iniuries done before vn|to his people by the Engliſh men.