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Compare 1587 edition: 1 All thyngs in thys ſeaſon were ordered in Scotlande by the aduice and counſell of Iames Kenedy Biſhop of Saint Androwes,Iames Kene|dy the Arch|biſhop gouer|neth the Realme. a man of greate wiſedome and policie, as well appeared in hys prudente and ſage gouernemente of the Realme, aſwell during the minoritie of thys Iames the thirde, as alſo in the dayes of hys fa|ther King Iames the ſeconde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Pierre de Brezey,Monſieur de la Varen [...]e ſent foorth of Fraunce to ayde the par [...] of Margaret Queene of Englande. otherwiſe called le Seig|neur de la Varenne, great Seneſhal of Normã|dy, was ſent by the French King Lewes the ele|uenth, with two thouſande fyghting men to ayde the parte of Kyng Henry agaynſte King Ed|warde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Brezey was one, that was moſt in fa|uoure with King Charles the ſeuenth, father vn|to the ſayde Kyng Lewes, and therefore (as ma|ny dyd ſuppoſe) hee was appoynted by Kyng EEBO page image 399 Lewis (who greatly loued him not) to be chiefe in this iourney, to the end his life might be put in hazarde and aduenture, notwithſtanding after ſome danger both of tempeſt on the Sea, and alſo of the enimies handes, hee wanne the Caſtels of Bamburgh and Dunſtanburgh which he caſt to the grounde,He keepeth Anwike Ca|ſtell, and is beſeeged. and after tooke in hande to keepe the Caſtell of Anwike, and beeing beſeeged therein, ſent for ayde to the Scottes.

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