Compare 1587 edition: 1 Feritharis lyued not paſſing a three moneths after this buſineſſe, but died ſodenly in the night, the trueth not beyng knowen whether by natu|rall death,Feritharis ſud|dainly died. or through treaſo [...] of Ferlegus and certaine of his complices, (whereof there was no ſmall ſuſpition) for that he togither with them found meanes to flee firſt to the Pictes, and after to the Brytaines,Ferlegus exi|led where he paſſed the reſidue of his lyfe in great ſhame and ignominie.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 An election of a new king.Feritharis beyng thus dead in the .xv. yeare of his reygne, the Nobles aſſembled togither for the election of a new king, and in the end they agreed vpon Mainus the yonger ſonne of king Fer|guſe, as then beyng about .xxiiij. yeares of age.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 Mai|nus. [figure appears here on page 12] THys Mai|nus beyng of contrarie con|ditiõs to his bro|ther Ferlegus, was thus aduã|ced to the crown by the whole cõ|ſent of the No|bles & cõmons, who yet kept in freſhe memorie the noble gouernement of his fa|ther Ferguſe.Iuſtice mayn|tayned. He therfore ſtudying to anſweare the peoples expectation in following his ſayde fathers woorthie actes, mainteyned iuſtice in all points without ſufferyng any bearing or bolſte|ring of wrong.Smal maters redreſt among neighbours. If there were any controuerſie riſen betwixt neyghbour and neighbour within one hundred or kandrede, he willed that the [...] might be taken vp and ended amongſt them at home by order of ſome authorized courte there. But if the mater were of ſuch importãce as that it could not well be decided without auctoritie of ſome higher courte,Great [...] determined by the king. he would then haue the hea|ring thereof himſelf, at ſuch time as he vſed euery yeare once to haue a publyke aſſemblie out of al partes of his realme, to conferre togither for ſuch purpoſes: At what time alſo ſuche as were no|torious offenders, were arraigned and puniſhed by death or otherwiſe, accordyng to the faulte which they earſt had cõmitted.Mainus con|firmed the league with the Pictes. Alſo for the more quiet of his ſubiects he cõfirmed the anciẽt league with the Pictes, theyr king named Chrinus, re|quiring the ſame by his ambaſſadours ſent vnto him. Moreouer this Mainus vpõ a religious de|uotion towarde the Goddes, hauing an aſſured beliefe, that without their fauours al worldly po|licies were but vayne, deuiſed ſundry new cere|monies to be added vnto the olde: and alſo cau|ſed certaine places in ſundrie partes of his domi|nions to be appoynted out,Mainus a de|uoute man in his religion. and compaſſed about with great huge ſtones round lyke a ring: but to|wardes the South was one mightie ſtone farre greater than all the reſt, pitched vp in maner of an aulter, wheron their prieſts might make their ſacrifices in honour of their Goddes.