Compare 1587 edition: 1 Hereof the ſtate of the commõ wealth through the diſſention thus bred among the gouernours, was brought into a miſerable plighte:Through de|fault of agre|ment in the gouernors, [...]|uill diſpoſed men wa [...]e bolde to work miſchiefe. for iuſtice in moſt places wãted hir due courſe, ſo as theeues and robbers taking boldneſſe thereof not only vp|pon the bordures, but alſo elſe where, beganne to exerciſe greate outrage, to the breache of publike peace, and namely y^t inhabitants of the out Iſles fell to their wonted trade of pilfering, ſo that paſ|ſing ouer in their long boates or Barges, and landing here and there on the ſhore, they tooke prayes of Cattell and other goodes, greatly to their profite, and no leſſe domage of the people that inhabited on the coaſtes ouer againſt thẽ.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 3 In the North parts alſo, ſeditious tumults a|mongſt the nobles gentlemen and people, were reyſed, to the great diſquieting of the whole coun|trey. Suche diſorders continued no ſmall time, and bycauſe the ſayde Thomas Lord Boyd bare greateſt rule about the King,They that be in authoritie be euer ſub|iect to the ſpiteful blowe of enuies da [...]t. the blame (as it cõ|monly happeneth was imputed to him. At lẽgth when the King was growen to ripe yeeres, and able to ſee to the adminiſtration of the common wealth him ſelfe, he was admoniſhed by certaine graue perſonages to haue ſome regard, that ſuche miſorders as diſquieted the whole ſtate of the Realme, might be reformed. Wherevpon he cal|led a Parliament, in the which whether through enuy that the Lordes had conceyued againſte the Lord Boyd, or for that his doings no leſſe deſer|ued ſuch complaynte,The Lorde Boyd is accu|ſed. was exhibited by generall voyces of the eſtates againſt him, that it was de|creed by authoritie of the whole aſſembly, that he ſhould come to aunſwer in iudgemẽt ſuch crimes wherewith he was charged: but when hee refuſed ſo to do,He refuſeth to be tryed by way of arr [...]in|ment. and in contempt of the Kings authoritie gote togither a power of armed men, to defende him frõ iniurie that might ſeeme (as he pretẽded) to be offered him. Atlength the King was dri|uen of neceſſitie to make preparation for the lea|uying of an army to apprehende him by force. Whereof Boyd being aduertiſed,He fleeth into England. fled into Eng|land, bycauſe he perceiued himſelfe not able to re|ſiſt the Kings power. The King aſſured that hee was thus auoyded out of his Realme, baniſhed him for euer, and ſeaſed vpon his lands and goods as forfeted. After this, when the ſayd Boyd ſawe no hope to returne againe into the Kings fauor, and finding no great comfort among the Eng|liſhmen, he paſſed from thence into Denmarke,He paſſeth in|to Denmarke. where he remayned till the mariage was conclu|ded betwixt the King and the Lady Margaret, daughter to the King of Denmarke, as yee before haue heard: and then in hope by occaſion of thys EEBO page image 401 marriage to obtayne pardon,His [...]ayn hope to obtayne pardon. returned nowe in company of the Bride, and of thoſe Ambaſſadors that were ſent to haue the conueyance of hir into Scotlande: neuertheleſſe, vnderſtanding by hys wife that came to him a ſhipboorde before he ſet foote on land, that the kings diſpleaſure continu|ed ſtill towardes him ſo greatly, that if he came a land, he ſhuld be ſure to loſe his head, he returned into Denmarke, and tooke his wife with hym (as before is mẽtioned.)He goeth in|to Italy. He is mur|thered. Finally he went into Italy, where at length he was murthered by one, whoſe wife he went about to allure for the ſatiſfying of his ſenſuall luſt. Before he was diuorced frõ hys wife the kings ſiſter, he begate on hir a ſonne, the which in the dayes of king Iames the fourth, in a priuate quarrell that roſe betwixte him and an other noble mã, chanced to be ſlayne. This much touching the Lord Thomas Boyd of Kalmar|nock out of Ferrerio: who alſo in report of y^e mat|ter touching the marriage betwixt the king and the daughter of Denmarke, ſomewhat varieth from [...] other that write thereof.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 1468The Ambaſſadors y^t were ſent vnto Chriſtren King of Denmarke and Norway in the yeere 1468.The Ambaſ|ſadors ſente [...]nto Denmark [...] Ferrerio [...]. as y^e ſaid Ferrerio affirmeth, were theſe, An|drow Biſhop of Glaſgow, William Biſhop of Orkney, Androw Lorde of Auandale, Chancel|lor of the Realm, Martine Wane the great aul|mone [...], and the kings Confeſſor, Gilbert de Ke|rick Archdeacon of Glaſgow, Dauid Creichton of Crau [...]ton, and Iohn Shaw of Haly. Theſe Ambaſſadors beeing diſpatched into Denmarke in Iuly, in the yeere aforeſaid, came at length vn|to Ha [...]nen, where king Chriſtierne then remay|ned, and were of him ioyfully receyued and well heard concerning their ſuite, in ſo much at length after he had proponed the matter to his counſell about the eighte of September, it was agreed in this ſorte,The marriage [...]ncluded. The Iſles of Orkney and Scotland en|gaged. that the Lady Margaret, daughter to the ſayd [...]ing Chriſtierne, ſhould be giuen in ma|riage vnto king Iames of Scotland, and that y^e Iſles of Orkney, beeing in number . [...]8. and like|wiſe the Iſles of Shetland, of which there are .18. ſhuld remayne in poſſeſſion of the kings of Scot|land, till eyther the ſayd king Chriſtierne or hys ſucceſſors in name of the marriage money ſhould pay vnto King Iames, or to his ſucceſſors, the ſumme of .50. thouſand Florens of the Rh [...]ine. This marriage was thoughte, by reaſon of thys engaging of thoſe Iſles, right profitable vnto the Realm of Scotland, bycauſe of the controuerſie and variance whiche had continued long before thoſe dayes betwixt the Kings of Scotlande and Denmarke, about the righte of poſſeſſing thoſe Iſles.1469 In the moneth of Nouember next enſu|ing, after the marriage had bin conſummate in Iuly before, within the Abbey Churche of Holy Roode houſe (as before ye haue heard) or in Saint Giles Church in Edenburgh (as [...]her write) the three eſtates were called to aſſẽble in Edenburgh, where the Queene was Crowned, and the Par|liamente holden, the moſt parte of the Lordes re|mayning ſtill in Edenburgh all the next win|ter: And in the Sommer following,1470 the king and Queene made their progreſſe into the Northe partes, and were honorably receyued in the prin|cipall cities and townes where they [...]ame, [...] like|wiſe by the Nobles of the countrey, to the greate reioycing of the whole Realme. After their [...]e|turning to Edenburgh the king called a Parlia|ment in the moneth of May .1471.1471 in the whyche amõg other things it was ordeyned, that Lords, Barons, and the [...] of the Realme ſhoulde builde Shippes and b [...]ates, and prouide nettes for fiſhing. Alſo it was orde [...]ed,The like act for ſhooting was inſtituted by king Iames the firſt. Anno 14 [...]. Iohn Maior. that none ſhould weare ſilkes in double [...], gowne, or [...], except Knights, Minſtrels and Heralds, excepte they mighte diſpen [...] one hundred poundes in lands by yeere: and that y^e [...] and other vn|lawfull games ſhoulde be debarred, and the exer|ciſe of ſhooting mainteyned. Iames eldeſt ſonne to king Iames the [...], was borne y^e tenth day of March, in the yeere .1472.1472. who afterwards ſuc|ceded his father, and was called Iames y^e fourth. Chriſtierne king of Denmarke,The right to Orkney and Shetlande reſigned. to congratulate the happie birth of this yong Prince beeing hys Nephewe by his daughter, releaſed all the rights, title and clayme which he or his ſucceſſors might haue to the Iſles of Orkney and Shetland.A blaſing Starre.