Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 This yeare alſo the gouernour tooke the whole adminiſtration vpõ him, wherwith the Chancel|lor was diſpleaſed, and leauing the king and him in Striueling, repayred to Edenbourgh, where he deuiſed the way how to recouer the king from the gouernor, & ſo one morning toke .xxiiij. men with him, & rode to the parke of Striueling where the king was then hunting,The king went with the Chancellor to Edenbourgh. and the gouernor abſent at Perth, ſo that the Chancellor did ſo much that he perſwaded the king to goe with him to Eden|bourgh. The Chancellor (as Hector Boetius hath) had cauſed the number of foure thouſande horſemen of his ſeruants, tenants, and friends, ſe|cretly to be readie that morning about the towne of Striueling, to reſiſt his aduerſaries if they ſhould haue vſed any force againſt him, and now vnderſtanding of the kings going thus with the Chancellor, they came to him on the way, and at|tẽding him, brought him ſafely and without fur|ther trouble vnto Edenbourgh.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The gouernor when he was aduertiſed hereof, was grieuouſly diſpleaſed: but bycauſe he knew not how to remedy the matter, he went to Eden|bourgh,The gouernor and Chancel|lor are made friendes. & there got Iohn Iunes Biſhop of Mur|rey, and Henrie Lichton Biſhop of Abirdene, to labour ſome agreement betwixte him and the Chancelor: which they did in this wiſe. The king to remaine in keeping of the Chancellor, and the gouernor to continue his office. And ſo by this accord they were made friendes.

The gouernor and Chancelor being thus a|greed, called a counſell of the nobles of the realme to be holden in Edenbourgh caſtell, to the which amongſt other came the Erle of Dowglas, and as they were ſet to dinner,1440 the meate was ſodenly remoued, and a Bulles head preſented to the Erle of Dowglas, which in thoſe dayes was a token of execution. And immediately therevpon the ſayde Earle with his brother Dauid,The Earle of Dowglas is beheaded. and Mal|colme Flemming of Cumernald, were beheaded before the caſtell gate.