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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 6 A ſtraunge co [...]cte or blaſing Starre (as wee call it) appeared in y^e South, from the ſeuententh day of Ianuarie,1473 vnto the eyghteenth of Februa|rie, and was placed betwixt y^e Pole and the Ple|iades, that is to wit, the ſeuen Starres. A greate Ship built by the late Archbiſhop of Sainte An|drows Kenedie, called the Biſhops Barge, brake and was loſt beſide Banburgh,A Shipwrack. beeing fraughte with marchandiſe, the twelfth of Marche. Ma|ny Merchant mens ſeruantes and other paſſen|gers wee drowned w^t hir, ſome eſcaped by boate, and were taken by the Engliſhmen, amongſt whome was the Abbot of S. Colme, who was cõſtreined to pay vnto his taker one Iames Kar, 80. poundes for his raunſome ere he could be ſuf|fered to depart. The A [...]arie of Dunfermeling being vacant, the couent thoſe one of their owne Monkes called Alexander Thomſon, and y^e king promoted Henry Creichton Abbot of Paſlay therevnto whome the Pope admitted,Abbayes gi|uen by vnlaw|ful meanes. and Ro|bert Shaw parſon of Minto, was preferred by y^e king vnto the Abbacie of Paſlay, and thẽ in ſuch wiſe began promotings of Secular Prieſts vnto Abbacies at the Princes requeſt, and the lauda|ble elections aunciently vſed, made voyd: bycauſe the Court of Rome admitted ſuche as the Prin|ces made ſuite for and named, getting greate re|wards EEBO page image 402 and eadle ſũmes of mony therby, ſo that neither the biſhops durſt admit ſuch as y^e couents elected, nor ſuch as were elected durſt purſue their righte, & ſo the Abbeys were beſtowed vpon ſuch as followed the Court, & liued courtly, ſecularly, & voluptuouſly, to y^e great ſlãder of religious mẽ, which by y^e naughty enſãples of their gouernors, fel to the workes of wickedneſſe, whervpon daily much euil encreaſed, & vertue in al eſtates decayd. This yere in Septẽber,

The Biſhop of Saint An|drowes made Achbiſhop.

1474

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 Doctor Irelande, with a knight, and another religious man, came againe to king Iames from the French king, to perſwade him to make warre againſt England: and at length, King Iames & his nobles cõdiſcended to breake the peace, where|with Thomas Spens Biſhop of Abirdene that was full tenderly beloued of king Edwarde, [...] Spen| [...]ed. and had bin euer a mediator for peace betwixte the kings of England, France, and Scotlãd, and the Duke of Burgongne, when he heard that warre would folow, he dyed through griefe of mind and melancoly at Edenburgh, in the moneth of A|prill.

1481

[...] Iames a ambaſ| [...]o king [...].