Compare 1587 edition: 1 Though thys matter was handled as finely as was poſſible, and made ſo ſounde and cleere as coulde bee deuiſed, yet was not the Kyng ſo ſatiſfyed in hys mynde, but that hee hadde a greate ſuſpicion in the Duke of Albany as au|thour of hys ſonnes deathe:The ſuſpition of the Kyng towards the Duke of Al|bany. but for ſo muche as the Duke had all the Realme vnder hys obey|ſance, partly by policie, & partly by authoritie of his office, beyng gouernour therof, y^e King durſt not attempt any thing agaynſte hym, but rather doubted, leaſt hee hauing an ambitious deſire to the Crowne, woulde compaſſe alſo to haue the lyfe of his ſeconde ſonne named Iames as then Prince of Scotlande, and therefore by the faith|full helpe and good aduice of Walter Wardlawe the Biſhop of Sainte Androws, he prouided a Shippe,The Kyng ſendeth away his ſonne the Prince. and ſente the ſayde Prince forth in the ſame to paſſe into Fraunce, deliuering hym alſo a letter written and directed vnto the King of England in his fauoure, if he chaunced to fall at vnwares by any fortune into the Engliſhmens handes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Henry Lorde Synclare the ſeconde Earle of Orkney, was appoynted to haue the conuoye of hym, who hauing all his purueyance ready, tooke the Shippe that was appoynted for them at the Bas, where it lay at auere, and lewſing from thence, they ſayled forwarde till they came to Flamburgh heade, where (as ſome ſaye,) they were taken on the Sea by Engliſhmen, the whiche hearing howe the Prince of Scot|lande ſhould paſſe that wayes, lay in awayte for hym.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Other write, that his deſire was to be ſet on land there, bycauſe he mighte not away with the ayre of the ſea, being brought farre out of quiet in hys head and ſtomacke therewith. But how ſo|euer it was, the troth is, taken he was in the .ix.

Iames Prince of Scotland taken by the Engliſhmen.

H. B. 1404