The Holinshed Texts (1577, Volume 2, p. 142)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 AFter that the corps of king Aydan was bu|ried in Colmekill,

Kene|thus Keyr.

Kenethus Keyr crowned king of Scottes.

the nobles of the realme aſſembled togither in Argyle, aboute the election of a newe king. Where by the generall voyces of thẽ al, Kenethus Keyr the ſonne of Conualle (ſometime king of the Scottiſh men as before is mencioned) was nowe proclaymed king and EEBO page image 143 crowned according to the maner: but hee liued not paſſing .iiij. moneths after, but died of a ca|tharrike rewme falling downe into the artery called Trachea, Kenethus Keir dieth of the cough of the lungs. He deli|uered as it were the poſſeſſion of his kingdome, by way of ſurrendring the ſame into the handes of Eugenius ſonne to king Aydan,Eugenius the fourth of that name. by conſent of all the nobles, a litle before he died, for that it was knowen he had a right therevnto after the de|ceaſe of Kenethus.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Euge|nius. [figure appears here on page 143] THis Eugenius was the fourth of that name, whiche had ruled ouer the Scot|tiſh men. As it is ſayde S. Colme prophecied that hee ſhould be king long before his fathers death:S Colmes pro+phecie of Eu|genius the fourth. for when all the ſonnes of king Aydan were brought before him, and that Aydan demaunded of him whiche of them ſhoulde reygne after him, hee ouerpaſ|ſing the reſidue (whiche he vnderſtoode by ſecrete knowledge ſhould die in the warres) appoynted foorth this Eugenius, called by ſome alſo Bru|dus, declaring that it ſhould be onely he.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 A louer of peace & qui|etneſſe.This Eugenius then beyng placed in the kingly ſeat, forgot not ſuch wholſome leſſons & vertuous precepts, as the foreſayd Saint Colme had taught him in his youth, ſo that ſtudying how to defende rather that which was his owne in peace and quietneſſe, than to ſeeke any wayes or meanes howe to enlarge it, by wrongfull en|croching vpon other mens poſſeſſions, he grewe into ſuch fauour with all good menne, as greater could not be deuiſed.A ſharpe iu|ſticier. Vnto offendors he was a ſharpe Iuſticier, not ſparing any tranſgreſſour of his lawes, neyther in reſpect of nobilitie or o|therwiſe, but rather thoſe gentlemen which miſ|vſed thẽſelues in breache of good orders, he chief|ly gaue order to ſee them puniſhed: where if they behaued themſelues worthily, and according to theyr calling, there was no prince more gladde than he to aduaunce them vnto honour.