Compare 1587 edition: 1 He left behinde him a ſonne (begot of the Erle of Crawfords daughter named William, a child of fourtene yeares of age, who ſucceeded hys fa|ther in the Earledome of Dowglas, appearing at the firſt to be well inclyned of nature, but after|wardes by euill companie hee waxed wylde and inſolent.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 About this ſeaſon, Iames Stewarde ſonne to the Lorde of Lorne, maryed the Queene Dowa|ger, and ſauoured the Earle Dowglas in his vn|ruly demeanor, wherevpon both the ſayd Iames and his brother William, with the Queene,The Queene impriſoned. were committed to priſon in the Caſtell of Striueling by the gouernors appoyntment, but ſhortly after they were releaſed by the ſute of the lord Chance|lor Sir William Creichton, and Alexander Se|tõ of Gurdun, who became ſureties for their good abearing, vnder greate forfeyture of ſufficient bande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 About the ſame time,Alane Steward is ſlaine. or rather ſomewhat be|fore, Alane Steward Lord of Dernlye was ſlain at Palmais thorne, by ſir Thomas Boyd. And in the yeare following, the ſame ſir Thomas was ſlaine by Alexander Steward of Bolmet and his ſonnes, wherethrough there roſe great troubles in the weſt partes of Scotland. William Erle of Dowglas ſent Malcolm Flemming of Cumer|nald, and Alane of Lowder, vnto Charles the ſe|uenth, king of France, to obteyne of him the Du|chie of Towraine, which was giuẽ to Archebald Dowglas at the battaile of Vernoile in Perch, & the laſt Erle, father to this Erle Williã, had en|ioyed the ſame all his life time, wherevpon that ſute was the ſooner obteyned: which made y^e yong Earle more inſolent than before.The great port of the Earle of Dowglas. He kept ſuch a port, and vſed to haue ſuch a traine attending vp|pon him, ſpecially when he came to the court, that it might ſeeme he had the king in ſmal regard, for he thought himſelfe ſafe ynoughe in maintey|ning the lyke ſtate and porte, or rather greater than euer hys father at anye tyme had mayn|teyned before hym. Inſomuche as hee woulde ryde with two thouſande horſe, of the whiche number there were diuers errant theeues and rob|bers, that were borne out in their vnlawfull and EEBO page image 387 wicked practiſes by the ſame Erle.