Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Nobles with great reioycing of the peo|ple drawing togither to conſult for the choyſe of ſuche a one, as might bee acceptable to all the Brytiſh nation, at length agreed vpon Conſtan|tinus, the ſonne of Cadore Duke of Cornewall, a goodly yong Gentleman, both for his perſon and other his worthy qualities muche to be com|mended. Who being brought by the peeres of the Realme into the counſell chamber, and there pre|ſented vnto king Arthure,Conſtantine proclaymed heyre apparãt and prince of Brytaine. as one moſt meeteſt to ſucceede him. Arthure accepted their election right gladly, and cauſed the ſame Conſtantine forth|with to bee proclaymed heyre apparant vnto the crowne, by the name of Prince of Brytayne, which notifyed him to be ſucceſſor to the king in gouernment of the realme.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Conſtantine being in ſuch wiſe preferred, be|haued himſelfe ſo honourably, and with ſuche a ſhew of gentle demeanor, that he wan him much prayſe, with an opinion of high worthineſſe a|mongſt all the Brytiſh nation.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In this meane time was Loth the king of the Pictes deceaſſed,Lothian ta|keth the name of Loth the Pictiſh king. leauing his name as a perpetual memorie vnto his Countrey of Pictlande, the which euer ſithence, as a remembraunce of his worthineſſe, hath beene called Lothian, or Law|thian.Mordred ſuc|ceedeth Loth in the king|dome of Pict|lande. But his ſonne Mordred ſucceeding him in gouernment of the Pictiſhe kingdome, and hearing that Conſtantine was proclaimed heyre apparant of Brytayne, was ſore moued there|with, and immediately ſending his Ambaſſadors vnto king Arthure, complayned,Mordred cõ|playneth vnto king Arthure, for that Con|ſtantine was created hys heyre apparãt. for that contra|rie to the honour of his kingly eſtate, he had bro|ken the league concluded betwixt him and hys father late of famous memorie king Loth, wher|in it was agreed amongeſt other things, that there ſhoulde none ſucceede in the kingdome of Brytayne, after Arthures deceaſſe, but the chil|dren begotte betwixt King Loth and his wife Queene Anne, or ſuche as diſcended of them: where contrariwyſe it was notifyed vnto the Pictiſhe people, that Conſtantine the ſonne of Cadore was elected Prince, and there|by enabled as heyre apparaunt to the crowne.