Compare 1587 edition: 1 For theſe and the like conſiderations, allea|ged by ſome of no ſmall authoritie amongſ [...] them,Feritharis choſen king. it was agreed in the ende, that one Fe+ritharis the brother of the late deceaſſed Ferguſe ſhoulde be crowned King and ha [...]e the gouer|nance of the Realme during his l [...] [...] here|with in the meane time to ſee his Nephewes king Ferguſe his [...] brought vp in prince|ly nurture and diſcipline, as appertayned to the Sonnes of a king: that after his deceaſſe, if he liued till any of them were come to rype yeares, they might ſucceede him [...] the [...]ſtate and king|dome.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This ordinance alſo they decreed to be ob|ſerued as a lawe from thence foorth euer after that if the king died leauing no iſſue, but ſuche as were vnder age to ſucceede him, then ſhoulde one of his neareſt Couſins, ſuch as was thought moſte meete to occupie the roome, be choſen to raigne as king during his life, and after his de|ceaſſe the crowne to reuerte vnto his predeceſ|ſors iſſue without controuerſie, if the ſame were ones growne vp to lawfull age.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 By this meanes then were children exclu|ded from obtayning the crowne, leaſt the pu|blike libertie of the realme might chaunce to be put in daunger. But yet was it afterwardes per|ceyued that this deuiſe for chooſing of kings, mi|niſtred occaſion ſometimes to the vncle to ſeeke the deſtruction of the Nephew, and likewiſe to the Nephew to procure the diſpatche of the vn|cle and vncles Sonnes,The chooſing of kings was not alowed. with the committing of many haynous murders of right woorthie prin|ces, to the no ſmall daunger of ouerthrowing the whole ſtate of the commune wealth, ſo that finally that ordinance was clearly abrogated, as you ſhall heare hereafter.