Compare 1587 edition: 1 Sir Alexander Seiton beholdyng that pity|full ſighte, and weying with himſelfe, that hee myght ſaue the lyues of thoſe innocent creatu|res, if he woulde, was broughte into great per|plexitie of mynde, the naturall affection & com|paſſion which he bare towardes his ſonnes, mo|uing him to haue rendred the towne on the one ſide,Sir Alexander Seiton in dout that to do. and the duetie with faithe promyſed to his king and countrey, reſtrayning him from all ſuche reſolution on the other: but in the end the tender regard he had to ſaue the lyues of his ſon|nes, had ouercome him, and cauſed him to haue rendred the town into his enimies hand,The manlye [...]acke of Alexander Sei|ton wife. had not his wyfe and mother to his ſayd ſonnes, exhor|ted him moſt earneſtly to the contrary, alledging that ſuche reproch and diſhonour ſhuld redounde vnto them, and their poſteritie, if through their fault the towne were trayterouſly deliuered in|to the enimies hande, that from thenceforth they ſhoulde be infamed for euer: and as for the death of their ſonnes, it was not to bee accompted a loſſe, for by this kynde of death, they ſhuld win immortall name, and leaue to their parentes the high honoure and renoume of faythfull and loy|all ſubiectes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Agayne, they were yong ynough to begette and bryng [...] the newe chyldren, where they ſhould be neuer able to recouer honour once loſt, if by deliuering the towne into the enimies han|des, they ſhoulde ſeeme to betray their countrey, and falſe their faithe to their naturall prince and ſoueraigne.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 With ſuche and many other [...]he lyke wor [...], thys noble and woorthie Ladye perſwaded hir huſbande to refrayne his inwarde griefe, and broughte hym with ryghte ſorowfull and hea|uie cheere vnto hir chamber, that through com|miſeration hadde of his ſonnes, he ſhould com|mit nothyng eyther agaynſt his honor or [...]ale of the towne.