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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Erle of Dowglas hauing concluded this bond of confederacie, b [...]re himſelfe very highe,The Earle of Dowglas pre|ſometh of the aſsiſtance at the handes of his friendes. in preſuming further therof than ſtood with reaſon: and this was one great cauſe of the kings diſplea|ſure nowe paſſingly increaſed agaynſt the ſayde Erle. An other cauſe was this:The Lorde Herres his lands ſpoyled. a ſort of theeues and robbers brake into the landes of the Lorde Iohn Herres, a noble man, and one that had con|tinued euer faythfull to the king, taking with thẽ out of the ſame landes a great bootie of Cattell. And whereas the ſayde Lord [...] Herres complay|ned vnto the Earle of Dowglas of that wrong, bycauſe the offendours were inhabyting within his row [...]th, and yet coulde haue no redreſſe, he attempted to fetche oute of Annardale, ſome praye, wherewith to ſatiſfie in parte the wrong which had bene offred him by thoſe lymmers and robbers. But ſuch was his euil happe, that taken he was with his retinue, and committed to pry|ſon, and ſhortly after by commaundement of the Earle of Dowglas, he was hanged as a fellon,The Lorde Herres hanged notwithſtanding that the king by an Herald cõ|maunded the contrarie.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The king being ſore offended herewith as he had no leſſe cauſe) paſſed ouer his diſpleaſure with ſilence, til he ſaw time and opp [...]unitie to reuenge the ſame: but in the mean ſeaſon many an honeſt man bought the bargain right dearly, being ſpoy|led of that he had, & otherwiſe euil entreated, and yet durſt not the meaner ſort once complaine, for feare of further miſchief, where the higher powers alſo ſore lamented the great diſorders dayly in|creaſing, and were not able yet in anye wyſe EEBO page image 392 to reforme the ſame, inſomuch as it was greatly doubted,The cõfedera|cie miſtruſted. leaſt the Earles of Dowglas. Craw|forde, Roſſe, Murrey, and other of that faction, ment to put the king beſide his ſeate which doubt being put into y^e kings head, brought him into no ſmal perplexitie,The king ſen|deth for the Erle of Dow|glas. whervpon by courteys meſſages he ſent for the Earle of Dowglas, wylling hym to repayre to his preſence, ſoiourning there in Striueling Caſtell, which he refuſed to do, till he had aſſurance vnder the kings great ſeale for his ſafe cõming and going (as ſome haue ſaid.) And then about Shrouetide in the yeare .1451. he came to the court at Striueling,1451 where the king tooke him aſide, and in ſecret talk moued and requeſted him to forſake the league and bonde of friendſhip betwixt him and the Earle of Crawford, and o|ther ſuch his confederates.