Compare 1587 edition: 1 Ethfine [figure appears here on page 155] BVt now to return touching the gouernmẽt of the Scottiſhe kingdome,Ethfine ſuc|ceedeth Mor|dacke. I find that after the deceaſſe of Mordacke laſt remẽbred, his nephewe na|med Ethfine, the ſonne of the ſeuenth Eugenius ſucceeded in the eſtate: a man naturally inclined vnto peace and maintenance of iuſtice.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 A peaceable prince.The league which his predeceſſours Euge|nius and Mordacke had kept with theyr neigh|bours the Brytaynes, Engliſhmen and Pictes, he duely lykewiſe obſerued.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 His chiefe ſtudie was to purge his realme of all ſuch as were knowne to be open baret [...]ers and offenders in any wiſe, agaynſt the peace and cõ|mon quiet of his ſubiects: ſo that cauſing ſun|drie notable enſamples of iuſtice to bee executed vpon ſuch euill doers, he was had in ſuch reue|rende dread [...] amongſt his ſubiects, that none of them durſt once whiſper any euill of him. Ney|ther had they verily any cauſe ſo to doe, whileſt he looked to the adminiſtration himſelfe.