Compare 1587 edition: 1 Saint Colme then being throughly certified of his death,Saint Colme preſent at the buriall of king Conuall. and that the corps was foreward on the way towardes Colmekill there to be buried, he thought it a peece of his duetie to go thither to be at the funerals, and ſo doing was as one of the chiefeſt there in the executing of the obſe|quies. Whiche being ended,Kynnatyll e|lected king of Scotland. and hearing that Kynnatyll the brother of Conuall was inthro|nized king in Argyle, by the free election of all the eſtates, he neuertheleſſe kepte on his former purpoſed iourney, and came vnto Kynnatyll, bringyng Aydan with him, (appointed by Con|uall to haue receyued the gouernement of the kingdome if he had liued) they were bothe recey|ued with all beneuolence of the ſayde Kynnatyll contrary to moſt mens expectation:Saint Colme and Aydan re|ceiued by Kin|natyll. in ſo much that embracing Aydan, he badde him be of good cheere, for it ſhould ſhortly come to paſſe, that he ſhould attayne to the poſſeſſion of his graundfa|thers dominion,The prophecie of Kynnatyll. and haue iſſue that ſhould ſuc|ceede him to the greate reliefe of the Scottiſhe commonwealth.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 By what ſpryte of prophecie he vttered theſe EEBO page image 138 woordes, it is vncertaine, but ſure it is that his purpoſe was to haue giuen ouer the gouernment of the kingdome (as he confeſſed himſelfe lying vpon his death bedde) and to haue reſtored it vn|to Aydan who had a right therevnto. Howbeit being preuented by death, he could not haue time to accompliſhe his deſire, for within .xx. dayes after his coronation, being ſurpriſed with a grie|uous diſeaſe of a catarrike rewme and the ſqui|nancie, he was cõſtreined to keepe his chãber, cõ|mitting the publike adminiſtration of the realme vnto Aydan.The death of Kynnatyll. Kynnatyll ly|ing vpon his death bed, ſur|rendreth his kingdome in|to Aydans handes. Herevpon followed a feuer through encreaſing of a flegmatike humor bred by long reſte, that after .xiiij. monethes ſpace vnbodied his ghoſt, whiche by the inſtruction of Saint Colme, being preſent with him at the houre of his death, he rendred in moſt deuoute wiſe into the handes of his redeemer. Appointing his kingdome as it were by deliuerie of ſey [...]n, euen there vpon his death bedde vnto the foreſayde Aydan.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 [figure appears here on page 138] AFter that the bodie of this Kynnatyll was enterred,Aydan. according to the maner, in Colme|kyll,Aydan recey|ueth his [...]|ſture of the kingdome at the handes of S. Colme. Aydan receyued the crowne ſitting vpon the marble ſtone, after the cuſtome in thoſe dayes vſed, by the handes of that holy father Saint Colme. Who willing that ſilence mighte be kept, layde his right hande vpon the kings head,S. Colmes ex|hortation to the king and the people. and in his lefte hand hol|ding his croſier ſtaffe, made a briefe exhortation, aſwell to the king as to his people, admoniſhing [figure appears here on page 138] them of theyr dueties eche towardes other, but eſpecially he exhorted them vnto peace and con|corde, and before al things to remember to walke in the wayes of the Lorde, for in ſo doyng they might hope for wealth and proſperitie, in the ſtate of theyr common wealth, with all other good graces, where as otherwiſe, if eyther of the people forgot theyr dueties towardes God, or that the king regarded not duely to execute his office, in giuing God thankes for his bounteous liberalitie and high benefites beſtowed vpõ him, it ſhoulde come to paſſe, that inteſtine ſedition, conſpiracies, and other miſchiefes ſhoulde riſe amongſt them, to the irrecouerable loſſe of the realme, by bringyng the ſame into daunger to be ouerrunne by ſome forrayne power, if they did not repent in time, and call to God for his fauour that it might pleaſe him to reduce them agayne into the right pathe of his lawes and or|dinaunces, when ſo euer they ſhould ſo fall from the ſame.