Compare 1587 edition: 1 The firſt foun|dation of the Abbay within the Ile of Iona now Colmkil.He alſo layde the foundation of that famous Abbay within the Ile of Iona, now Colmkill, appoynting the ſame for the burial of kings, with certaine ordinaunces and cuſtomes to be vſed a|bout the ſame.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Moreouer, in the time of peace hee was not negligent in prouiding for the defence of his realme.Ferguſe re|payreth his Caſtels. Such Caſtels as were decayed and ouer|throwne by the enimies in the warre time, he re|payred, and in thoſe which ſtoode towardes the borders of the Brytiſh countreys, he placed ſun|drie garriſons of ſuch ſouldiers as wanted teades to gette theyr lyuing nowe, in tyme of peace, aſſigning them ſufficient ſtypendes to lyue vpon.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In this meane tyme, Honorius the Empe|rour being dead, and the eſtate of the Romaine Empyre dayly falling into decay,Placidus the Lieutenant of Britaine dieth. it chaunced alſo that Placidus the Lieutenant of Brytaine departed out of this life, by reaſon whereof the Scottiſh men and Pictes tooke occaſion to renue the warres,The Scots and Pictes renue the warre. making as it were a clayme vnto the Countreys of Weſtmerlande, and Cumber|lande, which theyr elders in tymes paſt had held and poſſeſſed.