Compare 1587 edition: 1 But nowe to the purpoſe touching the con|ference had betwixt king Iames the ſeconde, and the Erle of Dowglas:The Earle of Dowglas an|ſwereth the king ouer|thwartly, and is ſlaine. It chaunced in the ende (vpon what occaſion I knowe not) that the Erle anſwered y^e king ſomwhat ouerthwartly, wher|with the king tooke ſuche indignation, that the Erle herevpon was ſlaine by him and ſuch other as were then about him on Shroue euen.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Then after the Earle was thus made away,His brethren make warre a|gainſt the king. his brethren made open warre agaynſt the king, and ſa [...] all ſuch of his friendes and ſeruantes, as they might encounter [...] with: Inſomuch that thoſe which trauailed by the high wayes were [...] doubt to confeſſe whether they belonged to the king, or to the Dowglaſſes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 The Lorde of Cadȝow beeing in the towne of Striueling, with a great companie of the Erle of Dowglaſſes friendes,Striueling is burnt. in reuenge of his death inconſiſtently burnt that towne, and did ma|ny other great diſpleaſures to the King and hys ſubiectes, ſetting forth Proclamations agaynſt the King and his Councell, for the violating of the aſſurance graunted (as before is ſayde) to the Earle of Dowglas. Whereby the King was put ſo to his ſhiftes, that hee was determined to haue left the Realme,The king would haue fled. and to haue fledde by Sea into Fraunce, had not Iames Kenedre the By|ſhop of Saint Androwes cauſed him to ſtay, on the hope he had of aſſyſtaunce onely by the Earle of Huntley, whiche Erle hearing that the Dow|glaſſes had gathered an armie in the South a|gaynſte the King, rayſed another armie in the North to ayde the king.