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You are here: 1577 > Volume 2 > Body Text: Section 2 of 2: THE HISTORIE of Scotlande.
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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The ſame authour writeth, that after the ta|king of the king,W. Paruus. there roſe a mutinie amongeſt the Scottes: for where as the Iriſhe Scottes bare a naturall grudge agaynſte the Engliſhe Scottes, yet whyleſt the king was preſente a|mongſt them, they durſte not vtter their mali|cious intentions: but nowe that he was thus takẽ from them, ſo many of the Engliſh Scots as fell into the handes of the Iriſhe payd derely for the bargayne, beeyng cruelly murthered and ſlayne: ſo that the reſidue were conſtrayned to get them out of the waye into caſtelles and tow|res where they myght be receyued.

You are here: 1577 > Volume 2 > Body Text: Section 2 of 2: THE HISTORIE of Scotlande.
Snippet: 2071 of 4298 (1577, Volume 2, p. 274)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But nowe it is to be conſidered, that bicauſe there was no great ſlaughter made at the taking of king William, the warres notwithſtanding continued betwixt England and Scotland: for the two before ſpecified chiefetains Gilcriſt and Rouland ſtoutly withſtood the Engliſhmen,Gilcriſt and Rouland re|ſiſt the engliſh+men. & bet them backe as they enterpriſed to enter into Cumberland. At length a peace was taken du|ring the time that king William remayned in captiuitie vnder theſe cõditions that Northum|berland ſhoulde continue vnder the dominion of the Engliſhemen,Northumber|land vnder the Engliſhmen. and Cumberlande with the Erledome of Huntington to remayne as afore vnder the gouernance of the Scottiſhmen.

You are here: 1577 > Volume 2 > Body Text: Section 2 of 2: THE HISTORIE of Scotlande.
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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Immediatly vpon the taking of king Williã thus at Anwyke, his brother Dauid [...] of Huntington, thorough licence of king Henrye,Dauid erle of Huntington. came into Scotlande to haue the gouernemente of the realm til ye king his brother might be [...]| [...]ſed. So ſoone therfore as he had once [...]ſt [...] [...] the realme in good quite and iuſtice, he [...] Ri|chard the biſhop of S. Andrewes with [...]rs o|ther noble men ouer into Normandy, to [...] or|der there with king Henry, for the [...] of the king his brother: whiche was a gr [...] in this maner. Firſt it was accorded,

The king of Scots doth fe|altie to the king of Eng|land for Scot|lande.

Rog. H [...] Math. Weſtm.

that king Williã ſhould become & acknowledge himſelfe to be the king of Englands liege man againſt at men (for the realme of Scotland and his other lands) and for the ſame ſhould do fealtie to the ſayd king of England, as to his liege ſoueraigne lord, in lyke ſort as other his liege people were accuſtomed to doe. And further he ſhoulde alſo do fealtie vnto the Lorde Henry, the king of Englands ſonne, (ſauing always the faith whiche he ought to the king his father.) And in like maner it was coue|nanted and agreed, that al the prelates of Scot|land, and their ſucceſſours,The prelates of Scotland do fealtie to the king of En|gland. ſhould recogniſe their wonted ſubiection to the churche of Englande, and doe fealtie to the king of England ſo many of them as he ſhould appoint: And likewiſe the Erle and barons of Scotlande,The erles and lords doe ho|mage vnto him. and their heires for their parte, ſhould do their homage and feal|ties vnto the ſayd king of Englande, and to the lord Henry his ſonne, ſo many as thervnto ſhuld be required.

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