Compare 1587 edition: 1 For king Dauid was yong, and many of his nobles bare ſmall good will towards either hym, or his houſe, for the ſlaughter of their fathers and frendes in the blacke parliament.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Herevpon he deuiſed, whiche way hee myght beſt deſtroy Erle Thomas, the only confounder of all his imagined hope, as to atchieue any luc|kie enterpriſe againſt the Scots.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At lengthe hee deuiſed to diſpatche hym by poyſon: and after hee hadde long debated by whome he mighte worke that feate: fynally hee founde none ſo fitte for his purpoſe, as a Monke of the order and facultie of thoſe that wandring from place to place, can with diſſembling viſage ſay that thing with mouthe, whiche they neuer thought in heart: for oftentimes men of that or|der put no difference betwixte ſhame and hone|ſtie, clokyng their execrable wickedneſſe vnder the fayned ſhadow of their hypocritical cowles.