Compare 1587 edition: 1 Many haue reported (as before is ſaid) that in the beginning, King Iames the ſecond, through feare of y^e great power of theſe Dowglaſſes, was in mind to haue fled the Realme, but being recõ|forted by the counſell and authoritie of the ſande Biſhop Iames Kenedy, he aduaunced his ſtudie to matters of greater importaunce.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The ſayde Kenedy turned the Earle of An|gus being of the ſurname of the Dowglaſſes and brother to him by his mother, to take parte with the King.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The practiſe of Biſhop Kenedy.He procured alſo diuers other of y^e ſame bloud and ſurname, to reuolte from the other confede|rates, and to ſubmitte themſelues vpon promiſe of pardon vnto the Kings mercie, and ſo enfeo|bling the forces of ſuch as were aduerſaries to the King, in the ende, he had them all at his pleaſure.