Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 23This election was acceptable to all eſtates, for that thereby the adminiſtration of the king|dome continued in the ly [...] of theyr former kings.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 ANd Ewin ſhortly after was brought foorth of Pict lande with al regall ſolempnitie, and at Berigonium placed vpon the ſtone of Mar|ble, to the great reioyſing of the people there aſ|ſembled. Herewith alſo the nobles of the realme putting theyr hands in his, bound themſelues by othe to be loyall and faithfull ſubiectes vnto him in all points,Swearing of fealtie firſte begonne. which cuſtome of ſwearing fealtie then firſte by Ewins commaundement begon, and continued many hundred of yeares after amongſt his and their poſteritie: in ſomuch that the Captaines of the Trybes alſo required the ſame kinde of othe of them that inhabited with|in theyr liberties, whiche in parte remayneth yet vnto this day amongſt thoſe of the Weſterne Iſles, and ſuche as inhabite in the mountaynes. For at the creation of a new gouernour, whom they name theyr Captaine, they vſe the like cere|monies: whiche being ended, at the nexte fayre kept within that countrey, proclamatiõ is made, that no man inhabiting within his iuriſdiction, ſhall name this newe gouernour by any other name from thenceforth, than by the aunciẽt and accuſtomed name as ſuche rulers aforetime haue bene called by. And that ſo ofte as they heare him named,Humble re|uerence. they ſhall put off theyr cappes or hattes, and make a certaine curteſie in ſigne of honour due to him, in ſuche maner as we vſe in hearing diuine ſeruice, whẽ any holy miſterie is in doing, or any ſacred name of the almightie creatour re|cited.