Compare 1587 edition: 1 This ſentence of the king,The commons allowe the kings ſaying. though it ſeemed ouer cruell to many, yet whether for that they ſawe the ſame to ſtande with the kings pleaſure, or that they thought it moſte expedient for the ſuretie of the Scottiſhe common wealth, it was allowed and ratified by them all.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Such crueltie herevpõ was forthwith ſhew|ed through one all the Pictiſh regions,A cruel acte committed by the Scots vpon the Pictes. that there was not one liuing creature of humane ſhape left aliue, killing ſuch as ſaued themſelues with|in the walles of Camelon, or in certaine other holdes and fortreſſes, and alſo aboute twoo thou|ſande of thoſe that fledde into Englande: for all the reſidue were moſte vnmercyfully murthered and ſlayne without reſpect eyther to age, ſexe, profeſſion, or eſtate.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus Kenneth hauing diſpatched the inha|bitunes, ſeaſed the coũtrey into his owne hands,Pictland par|ted vnto di|uers men. making particion of the ſame as he ſawe cauſe, and deuiding it amongſt his nobles, accordyng to the merites of euery of them duely wayed and conſidered, he added newe names alſo vnto eue|ry quarter and region (eyther after the name of the gouernour, or els of ſome promontorie, ri|uer or other notable water or place, accordyng as was the auncient cuſtome of the nation) that the memory of the Pictiſhe names might ende togither with the inhabitants.