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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 There was a ſecrete murmuring amongeſt a number, that this Erle of Dowglas purpoſed to make a proofe one day to get the garlande beſyde the kings heade.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In deede by reaſon of his kinneſmen and al|lyes, he was of more puiſſaunce in the Realme, than (as it was thought) ſtoode wyth the ſuretie of the Kings eſtate, vnleſſe hee were the more faythfull.