[1] Then ſaide Malcolme, I am alſo the moſte auaritious creature on the earth, ſo that if I were king, I ſhould ſeeke ſo many wayes to get lands and goodes, that I woulde ſlea the moſt part of all the nobles of Scotland by ſurmiſed accuſati|ons, to the end I might enioy their lands, goods, and poſſeſſions, & therfore to ſhew you what miſ|chief may enſue on you through mine vnſatiable couetiſe, I will rehearſe vnto you a fable.