Compare 1587 edition: 1 When the counterfaited meſſengers had thus made an ende of their wordes, they ſlightly hid their ſtaues vnder their innermoſt garmentes, & therwith quikly cõueyd their vppermoſt veſtures made of fiſh ſkales (as I haue ſaid) into their bo|ſoms in ſuche ſlight and nimble wyſe, that it ſe|med theſe viſions had ſodeynly vaniſhed away.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thoſe lordes that had ſeene theſe ſightes, lay ſtill for that night, greatly muſing on the mater. In the morning being got vp, and aſſembled in the counſell chamber, they declared to eche other what they had ſeene and heard in the nyght paſ|ſed, and for that all their viſions which they had ſeene by eche others reporte, were in euery behalfe lyke, and nothing differing one from an other, they beleeued verily, that it was ſome celeſtiall oracle and meſſage ſent from God. Therefore preſently they goe vnto the king,The lords de|clare their vi|ſion vnto the king. declaring vnto him how they had been admoniſhed from aboue, to continue the warres with all their forces a|gainſt the Pictes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The king tolde them he had ſeene the like vi|ſion, but they ought to kepe it cloſe,The anſwer of king Kenneth leaſt by glo|rying too much in the fauour ſhewed by almigh|tie God towardes them, they myghte haply diſ|pleaſe his diuine Maieſtie, which otherwiſe they might perceyue was readie in their ayde. Then finally might the viſion be publiſhed, when tho|rough his fauourable aſſiſtance, the warres were brought to a luckie ende.