Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length king Kenneth beeing very deſirous to be reuenged of the Pictes,Keneth cal|led his nobles to reuenge his fathers death. for the death of his father king Alpine, and other iniuries by them done and attempted againſt the Scottiſh natiõ, in the fourth yeare of his reigne, he aſſembled the peeres and chiefeſt nobles of his realme, truſting to perſuade them to ayd him in al ſuch enterpri|ſes as he mente to take in hand againſt the Pic|tes, whom he purpoſed to purſue with opẽ war|res, till he had them at his pleaſure.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But calling his lordes and peeres thus aſ|ſembled one day before him, and going earneſtly about to moue them to the warres, he could ſtir them no more to his purpoſe, than if he had ben in hand to haue coũſelled them vnto that which in no wyſe had appertained vnto their dueties: which their lacke of ſtomacks, Kenneth percey|uing, he began to deuiſe a pretie ſhift, wherby to induce them to his accorde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Firſt therfore, breaking vp the aſſemblie for the ſame day, he cõmaunded y^e they ſhould come togither agayne on the next morow,A pretie ſhifte deuiſed by the king to per|ſwade the no|bilitie. to conſult further for the ſtate of the realme, as they ſhould ſee cauſe. The ſame euening alſo hee had them all to ſupper, whiche being prolonged tyll farre in the night, it was late before they went to bed, ſo that being ouerwatched, when they were once gotten to reſte, they were ſoone broughte into a ſound ſleepe: Now had the king appointed for e|uery one of their chambers one man apparelled in garmentes pretily deuiſed and made of fyſhe ſkinnes vnſkaled, bearing in one of their hands a ſtaffe of ſuche rotten woode, as ſhyneth in the night, and in their other hand a great oxe horn, to the ende that vttering their wordes thorough the ſame, the ſound of their voyces ſhoulde ſeeme farre differing from the vſuall ſpeeche of man.