Compare 1587 edition: 1 As he returned backe through the Mernes, there came a woman vnto him weeping in la|mentable ſorte, who fell vppon hir knees at his feete, beſeeching him to pitie hir caſe, hauing loſt both hir huſbande and ſonne,The Earle of Mernes ſonne. by the tyrannous crueltie of the maiſter of Mernes, who for that they had called him afore a iudge in an action of debt, had ſlaine and murthered as well the one as the other.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The king moued with this deteſtable kinde of iniurie, lyght beſide his Horſe, and woulde not alight vp againe,A righteous Iuſticier. till hee had ſeene the Au|thour of that heynous treſpaſſe hanged vppon a Gybet.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After this comming into Gourie,The Caſtell of Baledgar. hee tooke in hande to finiſhe and make vp the Caſtell of Baledgar, the foundation whereof his brother Edgar had begun, that it might be an ayde to chaſtice a ſort of theeues & robbers which haun|ted the Wooddes thereaboutes, to the great diſ|quiet of all the Countrey. He gaue alſo to the maintenance of that houſe certain landes, which the Earle of Gowrie had giuen him at the Fout ſtone when he became his godfather.