Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Citie being thus reſtored vnto hir for|mer ſtate and dignitie, through the bounteous benefite of king Charles, and the diligent admi|niſtration of his Lieutenant the foreſayde Wil|liam, the Citizens to ſhew themſelues thanke|full, deuiſed for a perpetuall memorie to beare in theyr armes a redde Lillie, reſembling one of thoſe which the kings of Fraunce giue,The armes of Florence. ſaue that it differeth in colour, to teſtifie thereby, that their Citie (after the deſtruction thereof by the Gothes) was reedified and reſtored to the former dignitie, by the benefite of the french men.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And to acknowledge the diligence herein of the Lieutenant they did inſtitute publike plaies to be vſed and celebrate euery yere,A Lion crow|ned. wherin with many pompous ceremonies they crowne a Lion. And further that there ſhould be kept vpon the charges of the common treaſurie within the Citie certain Lions for the ſa [...]d Lord William gaue a Lion [figure appears here on page 164] for his cogniſance) and thervpon as the Scottiſh Chronicles affyrme,Lions kept at Florence. thoſe beaſtes grew to be had in ſuch honor amongſt the Florentines.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus this valiant Captain, the foreſayd Lord William, paſſing his time in noble exerciſes, and worthie feates of chiualrie vnder king Charles, is accounted in the number of thoſe .xij. martiall warriours, whiche are called commonly by the Scottiſh men, Scotteſgylmore.Scotteſgyl|more.