Compare 1587 edition: 1 Iames the fourth maried Margaret daughter to king Henry the ſeuenth of England,Iames the fourth. and be|got on hyr Iames the fifth, who marying firſte the Lady Magdalene daughter to Frauncis the French king, had no iſſue by hyr for that ſhe died in the yeare next after hyr comming into Scot|land, and then ſhortely after the ſayde Iames the fifth maried the lady Mary de Lorrain, Du|ches of Longuile a widow, and by hyr had he iſ|ſue Marie queene of Scotland, that tooke to huſ|bande Henry Steward lord Dernly, by whom ſhe had iſſue Charles Iames, nowe king of Scotland. But to returne vnto Makbeth, in cõ|tinuyng the hiſtory, and to beginne where I left, ye ſhal vnderſtãd, that after the cõtriued ſlaugh|ter of Bãquho, nothing proſpered with the fore|ſayde Makbeth: for in maner euery man began to doubt his owne life, and durſt vnneth appeare in the kings preſence, & euen as there were ma|ny that ſtoode in feare of him,Makbethes dread. ſo likewiſe ſtoode he in feare of many, in ſuch ſorte that he began to make thoſe away by one ſurmiſed cauillation or other,His crueltie cauſed through feare. whom he thought moſt able to worke him any diſpleaſure.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length he found ſuche ſweeteneſſe by put|ting his nobles thus to death, that his earneſt thyrſt after bloud in this behalfe, might in no|wiſe be ſatiſfied: for ye muſt conſider he wanne double profite (as he thought) hereby: for firſte they were ridde out of the way whome he feared, and then agayne his coffers were enriched by their goodes, whiche were forfeyted to his vſe, whereby he might the better mainteyne a garde of armed men about him to defend his perſon frõ iniurie of them whom he had in any ſuſpition.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Further to the ende he might the more ſic|kerly oppreſſe his ſubiectes with all tyranlike wrongs,The caſtell of Dunſinnane buylded. hee buylded a ſtrong Caſtell on the top of an high hill cleped Dunſinnane ſituate in Gowry, ten myles from Perth, on ſuch a proude height, that ſtãding there aloft, a man might be|hold EEBO page image 249 welneare all the Countreys of Angus, Fife, Stermõd, & Ernedale, as it were lying vnderneth him. This caſtell then being founded on the top of that high hill, put the realme to great charges before it was fyniſhed, for al the ſtuffe neceſſarie to the building, could not be brought vp without much toyle and buſineſſe.