Compare 1587 edition: 1 [figure appears here on page 11] BVt nowe to my pur|poſe.Feri|tharis. After Feri|tharis with the full conſente of al the people was thus elected king, hee was inthro|nized with all ſo|lempnities in re|ceiuing his king|ly ornamẽts, as his two edged ſword,A two edged ſword. his Scep|ter royal, & his crown of gold faſhioned in forme of a rampire made for defence of a towne or for|treſſe, ſignifying that hee tooke vppon him to preſerue the libertie of his countrey to ſee of|fendours duely puniſhed, and the execution of lawes with equall iuſtice truely miniſtred.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe ornamentes of inueſture remayned vnto the Scottiſhe kings, without being in a|ny poinct chaunged, till the dayes of Achaius kyng of Scotlande, who eſtabliſhing a perpe|tuall league with Charles the greate Empe|rour and king of Fraunce,The crowne chaunged. to endure for euer betwixte the Scottes and French menne, ad|ded vnto the crowne foure Flower de Lyces to|gither with foure croſſelettes deuided in ſun|der by equall ſpaces, riſing ſomewhat higher than the Flower de Lyces that thereby the ob|ſeruing of the Chriſtian Religion and ſincere faithe, maynteined by the Scottiſhe nation, might be the more euident to all men that be|helde it.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But now as touching Feritharis,The league with the Picts confirmed. ſhortly af|ter he was thus inueſted kyng he came to an en|ternew with the king of the Pictes, where many EEBO page image 12 things being communed of, touching the wealth of bothe nations,The league with the Picts confirmed. the league was in ſolempne wiſe confirmed, and ſuche puniſhed as had done any thing ſounding to the breache of the ſame.