Compare 1587 edition: 1 [figure appears here on page 136] AFter his funeral ob|ſequies finiſhed in Colmekill,Conual. where he ly|eth buried amongeſt his aunceſters,Conual elec|ted king of Scotlande. his brother Conuall was choſen to ſucceed him in admini|niſtration of the king|dome, a Prince of ſuche inclinatiõ to vertue and godlineſſe, as all men may iuſtly wonder thereat. He bare ſuch zealous deuotion towardes the worſhipping of the croſſe (a thing to put men in remembrance of Chriſtes paſſion as he tooke it) that which may ſoeuer hee [figure appears here on page 136] rode as it is reported he had y^e ſame borne before him,Conuals de|uotion to the Croſſe and at his getting vp and lighting downe from his horſe, he with all the multitude of peo|ple ſtanding about him, woulde worſhippe it in kneeling downe, and reuerently kiſſe it.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Croſſe was of ſiluer with a Crucifix thereon, and letters grauen in a plate faſtened to the ſtaffe, conteyning theſe two wordes: Chri|ſtianorum gloria.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Croſſes ſet vp|pon the tops of ſteeples.He commaunded alſo that the ſigne of the Croſſe ſhould be ſet vpon the toppes of Steeples, and on the higheſt towers of the gates of Caſtels and townes. Moreouer he forbad the Croſſe to bee grauen or paynted vpon any pauement, leaſt any man ſhould irreuerently treade vpon it. Fur|thermore he had prieſtes and other religious men in ſuch honor,Conuals deuo|tion towardes Kirkmen. as nothing could be more, appoin|ting them to haue the tenthes of all thoſe fruites which the earth yeelded.