Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 371The Duke of Albany kepte it ſo long as was poſſible from the Kings knowledge, and bee|ing nowe ſente for by the Kyng to aunſweare hym for ſuche treaſonable ſlaughter of hys ſonne,The Duke of Albany excu|ſed himſelfe. hee came and ſo excuſed the matter with a fayre paynted tale, as though hee had bin no|thing giltie in the cauſe, and for further declarati|on of his innocẽcie, he promiſed if it might pleaſe the Kyng to come vnto Edynburgh, hee woulde bring in the offendors which were culpable of the murder.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Kyng as then remayning in Bute (where for the moſt part he euer ſoiourned) thogh hee were not well able to trauell by reaſon of long ſickneſſe,The Kyng commeth to Edynburgh. yet in a chariot hee came vnto E|dynburgh, vpon the earneſt deſire he had to ſee his ſonnes death puniſhed. And at his comming thi|ther, the Duke of Albany deliuered vnto hym certayne naughty perſons, and ſuche indeede as for their haynous actes and vngratious conditi|ons deſerued well to die (though not for thys matter) whiche neuertheleſſe by vntrue ſugge|ſtions and forged accuſements, beeyng broughte afore corrupt iudges, (and ſuche as the Duke of Albany had prouided for his purpoſe) were con|demned as giltie of his deathe,Giltleſſe per|ſons condem|ned. whome in al theyr lyfe time they neuer ſawe.

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.