Compare 1587 edition: 1 With theſe theyr ſenſible inſtructions they perſwaded many of the Scottiſhe nation vnto theyr opinion, though the greateſt parte woulde by no meanes follow any other kinde of religion, than that whiche they had receyued from theyr elders: neyther coulde any of them be brought to thinke otherwiſe of the Sunne, the Moone & Starres, but that there was a certaine deuine power or godhead in euery one of thẽ. And thus much of theſe ſtraungers briefly and by the way, who came into Scotlãd at this preſent,Ioſina depar|teth this life. but now to proceede with our purpoſe, when Ioſina had raigned .xxiiij. yeares, hee departed out of this worlde at Berigonium, beyng a man of greate age. He lefte behinde him a ſonne named Fin|nanus, who a little before his Fathers deceaſſe was by conſent of the people proclaymed king of Scotlande.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 THis Finnanus had the nobles of his realme in ſuch eſtimatiõ,Finna|nus. that he ordeyned that no|thing ſhould be decreed or practiſed touching the publike affayres of the realme, except they were firſt made priuie and of counſell in the ſame. He ſought alſo to winne the fauour of his people by meekeneſſe & gentle intreating of thẽ, in ſomuch EEBO page image 25 that though he wente aboute to reſtore the olde religion ſomewhat defaced by his father through information as is ſayde of the twoo aboue men|cioned ſage Philoſophers, yet did he not con|ſtreyne any man to woorſhip the Goddes, other|wiſe than his fanſie ſerued him.