The Holinshed Project

Holinshed Project Home

The Texts
1577

Previous | Next

Compare 1587 edition: 1 K. Alexander diſpleaſed with the fore|ſayd Martha.As ſoone as King Alexander was aduertiſed hereof, he tooke ſuch indignation that ſhe ſhoulde beſtow hir ſelf ſo lightly vpon one whom ſhe ne|uer ſaw before, that he tooke hir Caſtel of Turn|berie into his own hands with al hir other lands and poſſeſſions, as it were by eſcheit, for that ſhee had maried without his conſent.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Notwithſtanding, within ſhort while after, he tooke pitie on hir caſe, and for an eaſie compo|ſition of money which ſhe payed for hir mariage, reſtored vnto hir againe all hir landes & liuings, ſuffring hir to enioy hir huſbande without any more trouble or vexation.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Robert Bruce that was after king of Scot|land is borne.In the thirde yeare after, the ſayd Ladie was deliuered of the afore remembred Robert Bruce that was after king of Scotland. And the ſame yeare which was the yeare after the byrth of our Sauiour 1274,1274. Dauid the ſeconde ſonne of king Alexander deceaſſed: and the thirde yeare after, the brethren of Edward king of England came into Scotland to viſite the Queene their ſiſter, and their brother in lawe the King,K. Alexander with his wife the Queene came to Lon|don. and after did attend them both in theyr iourney to London, whither they went to be preſent at the coronati|on of the foreſayde Edwarde, as then returned forth of Affrike after the deceaſſe of his father King Henrie, to take vpon him the gouernment of the Kingdome deſcended vnto him by right of inheritance.

Previous | Next