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Compare 1587 edition: 1 He was thus killed the third day of Auguſt,Alias .17. in the yeere of his life .29. of his raigne .24. and af|ter the incarnation .1480.

1480

The buriall of Iames the ſeconde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 His body was buried with all funerall obſe|quies according to his eſtate, within the Mona|ſterie of Holyroode houſe at Edynburgh, the peo|ple generally lamenting his deathe with no leſſe ſorowe and dolefull mone,The lamen|tation of the people. than as is ſeene in a priuate houſe for the deceaſſe of the welbeloued maiſter and owner thereof.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In time of warre amongſt his ſubiectes in the campe he behaued himſelfe ſo gently towards all men,The amiable conditions of Iames the ſe|conde. that they ſeemed not to feare him as theyr king, but to reuerence and loue him like a father.

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