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Compare 1587 edition: 1 By the death of theſe Kings, the warres were not altogither ſo earneſtly followed as before, wherevppon the Earles of Buchquhane and Wigtoun returned into Scotlande, and ſhortly after was an army leuyed, and ſiege layde, both to Roxburgh and to Barwike,Roxburgh and Barwike beſeeged. but for that they lay long abroade and did no good, returnyng home withoute gayne, this iourney in deriſion was called the durty rode,The Dyrtin rayde. or as the Scots terme it, the dirtin rayde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But now to ſpeake ſomewhat, concerning the order of the common wealth in Scotlande, yee ſhall vnderſtande, that after the deathe of Ro|berte Duke of Albany,Mordo Ste|ward Earle of of Fyfe elected gouernour of Scotlande. his ſonne Mordo Ste|warde Earle of Fife and Menteith, was made gouernoure, continuing in that office for the ſpace of foure yeeres, though (to confeſſe the trouth) hee was farre vnmeete thereto, differyng muche from the wiſedome and manhoode of hys Father, for in him remayned ſundry vices,The repug|naunt vices reigning in Mordo Ste|warde. great|ly variable and contrary one to another.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In time of any aduerſitie hee ſhewed hym|ſelfe as a man deſpayring of all comforte or helpe: In proſperitie ſo lifte vp in careleſſe inſo|lencie, that he hadde no ſtay of himſelfe, by rea|ſon whereof, ſometymes he ſuffered baynous of|fenders through dread of theyr puiſſant friendes (a thyng not to bee ſuffered in Scotlande) to eſ|cape vnpuniſhed, and at other tymes agayne, hee ſhewed hymſelfe more ſeuere and cruell in executyng of iuſtice than the matter re|quired.

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