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Compare 1587 edition: 1 He was a man of a mighty ſtature,His ſtature and qualities. very libe|rall and gentle, ſo that if he had not bin maymed with an Horſe, and thereby grewe lame, that hee might not trauell about the affayres of ye Realm himſelfe, it was thoughte the common wealthe ſhould haue proſpered vnder his gouernemente, as much as euer it did vnder any of his predeceſ|ſors.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The gouernour Robert Duke of Albany,The Duke of Albany con|firmed gouer|noure of the Realme. af|ter the deceſſe of his brother King Roberte, was by new election choſen, or rather confirmed in his office of gouernoure, which he exerciſed more vp|rightly, and with better iuſtice now after his bro|thers death, than before.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the meane time,Iedword Ca|ſtell taken. the Caſtell of Iedworth (whiche the Engliſhmen had helde euer ſith the battell of Durham) was taken by Tyuydale men, and raſed downe to the earth.

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