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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus was hee ſtill in extremities, keepyng no temperaunce nor laudable meane in any of hys doings.His negligẽce in chaſtiſing his ſonnes. Heereto was hee ſo negligente in chaſtiſing hys ſonnes Walter and Alexander, (whether through ſoftneſſe and lacke of witte, or by reaſon he bare ſuche a fonde and tender fa|therly loue towardes them) that they hauyng hym in ſmall regarde, played many outra|gious partes, to the ſore offendyng of a number. At length, one of them taking diſpleaſure with hys Father, for that hee woulde not gyue hym a Faulcone, the whyche hee hadde long before greatly deſyred, ſtepped to hym, and EEBO page image 376 plucking hir beſide his fiſt,An inſolent part of one of his ſonnes. wrung hir necke from hir body euen preſently before his face. Wherevp|pon the father ſomewhat kindled with this pre|ſumptuous deede of the ſon:The words of Duke Mordo to his ſonne. Walter (ſaid hee) for ſo was his name that had thus miſuſed him, ſith it is ſo that thou and thy brother will not be ru|led by my ſoft and gentle gouernemente, I ſhall bring him home ere ought long, that ſhall chaſtiſẽ both you and me after another manner.Duke Mordo trauelleth for there ſeeming of Iames the firſt. And after this, he reſted not to trauell ſtill for the redeeming of Iames the firſt out of captiuitie, till at length hee broughte hym home indeede, to the greate wealthe, ioy, and good happe of all the Scottiſhe nation.