Compare 1587 edition: 1 Brudus dyed.Brudus liued not paſt .iij. moneths after, for through griefe that things wente not forewarde as he wiſhed, he fell into a grieuous diſeaſe, and finally therof dyed.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 3 Druskene king ouer the Pictes.After whoſe deceaſſe the Pictes choſe his bro|ther named Druſken, to ſucceede in gouerne|mente of the kingdome, who applied his whole endeuour vpon his firſt entring into the aſtate, to appeaſe the ciuile diſcord amongeſt his ſubiects. But whileſt he was thus bu [...]ly occupied about the ſame,The heade of king Alpine is falne, and ſo|lemnly buried with the body. there were certain Scottes, which ſore diſdained to vnderſtand y^e the head of theyr late king ſhuld remain vnburied in ſuche reprochful ſort amongſt their enimies, whervpon hauyng perfecte knowledge of the Pictiſhe toung, they fayned themſelues to be merchaunt men of that countrey, and comming vnto Camelon, wat|ched their tyme till they founde meanes in the night ſeaſon, to ſteale to the walles, and ſecretly taking awaye the heade, eſcaped with the ſame home into their owne countreye. This acte of theirs was not a little commended: and ſo now the head of king Alpin being recouered, was clo|ſed in a leaden coffin, and Kenneth himſelfe, ha|uing in his companie a great number of his no|bles, went with it ouer into Colmkill, where he buryed it in the abbey, amongſt the ſepultures of his elders, together with the reſidue of the bodye in ryght ſolemne wyſe, as aperteyned. And fur|ther thoſe perſons that had put their lyues in ad|uenture to fetche the ſame head from the walles of Camelon, wer by Kẽneth rewarded with rich gifts and lands in perpetuitie to remayn to them and to their heires for euer.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After this,Keneth fortifi|ed the realem. Kenneth deuiſing for the ſuretie of his ſubiectes, furniſhed all the holdes and caſtels on the frontiers of his enimies with men & mu|nition, according as he thought expedient. And moreouer tooke order, that all the youth of the realme ſhould be in a readineſſe vpon an houres warning, to goe forth againſt the Pictes, if they attempted any new inuaſions.