Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 391The Erle of Ormond hauing got this hono|rable victorie, conueyed the chiefeſt of the priſo|ners to the caſtel of [...] and after pay|red to the court, where he was of the king i [...]ifully receiued, honorably feaſted and highly rewarded.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After this, the Scottes that dwelle [...] the borders, liued for a ſeaſon in better quiet: for al|though the Engliſh men wiſh [...]d to haue bene re|uẽged of this loſſe and ouerthrow of their people, yet by reaſon of ciuil warres that ſhortly after fo|lowed, they were conſtrained to forbeare to make any further warres againſt the Scots, till better occaſion might ſerue. And, for the auoyding of danger that might [...] in time of this inteſtine trouble by ſo maine enimies, they ſued to haue a truce with the Scots,A truce for three yeares betwixt Eng|land and Scot|lande. which for y^e t [...]rme of three yeres was granted. In this yeare, William Erle of Dowglas, with a great cõpanie of nobles and gentlemen, as the Lords Hamilton, G [...]ay, Sal|ton,The Earle of Dowglas go|eth into Italy. Seiton, & Oliphãt. Alſo, Calder, Vrquhart, Cambel, Fraſier, and Lauder, knights, went into Italy, & was at Rome in time of y^e Iubile which was kept there that yeare. He left behinde him to gouerne his landes in Scotlande, Hugh Earle of Ormõt that was his brother: but in his abſence (through coũſel of ſuch as were about him) the k. ſommoned the Erle to appeare before him with|in .xl. dayes, and bycauſe he came not within that prefixed time, he was put to the horne, & his lands inuaded & ſpoiled. The caſtel of Dowglas bicauſe they that kept it defended themſelues & the place right ſtoutly againſt the king, was [...]azed & bro|ken downe. But Lochmaban being yelded, was furniſhed with a gariſon of the kings friends.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 The Earle aduertiſed of theſe things, with all ſpeed returned home, comming through Englãd, & ſent his brother Iames vnto the king to know his pleaſure: who cõmaunding the Erle to ſee his countreys (namely Annandal) purged of theeues and robbers, pardoned him of all offences, and re|ceyued him into fauor againe, ſo that he was al|ſo eftſoones proclamed the kings lieutenant: but ſhortly after going into Englãd w^tout the kings licence,The Earle of Dowglas go|eth into Eng|land without [...]ence of the king of Scots. to cõmon with the king of Englande a|bout the recouerie of loſſes ſuſteined by the Eng|liſhmen by certain inrodes (as he alledged) the K. tooke the matter in very euil part, for that he ſhuld ſeme ſo to be had in cõtempt of the Erle: & withal he miſtruſted alſo, leaſt there were ſome ſecrete practiſes in hande to the preiudice of him and hys realme: ſo that be ſtormed not a little towards the Erle,The Earle of Dowglas ſueth for pardon. who being thereof aduertiſed, came in hũble wiſe to the king, & beſought him of pardõ, if he had in any wiſe offended him, aſſuring him that from thenceforth he would neuer commit any act that might tend to his Ma. diſpleaſure. Herewith the Queene alſo & other noble men, made ſuite to the king for the Earles pardon, ſo that in theende he [...] receiued, again into fauor, but yet diſcharged of bearing any publike office,He enuleth thoſe that bare rule about the king. which [...] him ſo [...]ore [...] for that his aduerſaries William [...] lord Chancellor & the Erle of [...]. [...] to beare all the rule about the king & beſought to diſpatch the Chancellor,He ſeeketh to deſtroy the L. Cha [...]cellor. procuring certaine of his ſeruants & [...] to aſſault him [...] morning as he was ch [...]ng forth of Eden|burgh, but yet he eſcaped to his caſtel of cha [...] although wounded indeed right ſore, [...] with|in few dayes after, gathering a power of his kinſ|men, friends, and allies he returned againe to E|denburgh, and had deſtroyed (as was thought) the Earle of Dowglas at that preſent,The Dowglas conſtrayned to flee out of E|denbourgh. if hee had not ſhifted awaye the more [...], who being thus to his great griefe, & no ſmall diſhonor chaſed out of Edenbourgh, deuiſed, whiche way hee might beſt [...]e reuenged: and for the more eaſie accom|pliſhment of his purpoſe,He maketh a part. he procured the Erles of Crawford and Roſſe to ioyne with him in that quarell agaynſt Chreichton and other his co [...]|plices, by force of which confederacie, they coue|nauted to aſſyſt one another agaynſt the malice of the ſayde Chreichton, and all other theyr ad|uerſaries.