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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 [...].
Compare 1587 edition: 1 1482The Duke of Albany after his wife was dead which he had married in France, perceyuing him ſelfe not ſo well entreated as before, came ouer into Englande,The Duke of Albany com|meth into England. where king Edwarde receyued him righte honorably, promiſing as ſome haue written, to make him king of Scotlande: & there|vpon aſſembled an army of thirtie thouſand mẽ, with a great nauie by Sea to inuade Scotland, and appoynted Captaynes and leaders of the ar|my by land, his owne brother ye Duke of Glow|ceſter, the Duke of Albany and others. The king of Scot [...]tes hearing of their approche to inuade his Realme, reiſed a puiſſant army to reſiſt them, and came forward with the ſame vnto ye town of Lowder, where beeing encamped, the principall nobles of his Realme, as Archembalde Earle of Angus, George Erle of Huntley,The preſump|tuous demea|nor of the Scottiſh no|bilitie. Iohn Erle of Lenox, Iames Erle of Buchquhã, Androw ſord Grey, Robert Lord Lile, and diuers other, beeing armed, entred the kings lodging, where they ac|cuſed him of diuers things done and practiſed by him contrary to his honor & the common weale of his Realme, and ſpecially, bycauſe he vſed yõg counſell of lewde perſons, vnworthy and baſe of birth, ſuche as Thomas Cochram,Thomas Cochram. whome of a Maſon, he had made erle of Mar, through whoſe deuiſe and counſell, hee had cauſed to bee coigned certayne money of copper, not conuenient to bee currant in any Realme, which the people refuſed,Embaſing of cogne. and ſo great dearth & hunger was reyſed through the countrey. Moreouer, that he would not ſuffer the noble men to come neere his preſence, nor to take their counſell in gouerning the Realme, but gaue himſelfe to voluptuous pleaſure,The kings concubine na|med Dayſie. ſetting nought by ye Queene his lawfull wife, keeping a naughty harlot called the Dayſie in hir place.
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charge, yt he had put hys brother the Earle of Mar vnto death, &
baniſhed his other brother the Duke of Albany, & therefore they could
not ſuffer him and the whole Realme to be longer miſledde by ſuche naughty
perſons. And herevpõ they tooke Thomas Cochram Erle of Mar, William
Roger,Cochram Erle of Mar and other hanged. and
Iames Hommill Tayllor, who with others being conuict, were hanged ouer the
Bridge at Lowder. Only Iohn Ramſey a yong man of eyghteene yeeres of age, for
whome the king made great inſtaunce, was pardoned of life. This done, they
returned to E|denburgh, and appoynted the king himſelfe to bee kept in the
Caſtel by the Erle of Athole,The king kept vnder
arreſt. and in ye meane time, the ſecond of Auguſt, they ſente
An|drow Steward elect Biſhop of Murray, & Iohn Lord Darneley, to the
Engliſh army lying then at Tuyder, to take truce for three moneths: but ye
Dukes of Glowceſter and Albany came forward vnto Reſtalrig, where they encamped
withoute any reſiſtance. The Engliſh nauie lying alſo in the Forth, was readie
to aſſiſt their fellowes by land. Herevpon certaine noble men of Scotland, EEBO page image 404 as the Archbiſhop of Saint Androwes, the Bi|ſhop of
Dunkeld, Colin Erle of Argyle, and An|drow Steward Lord Auendale great
Chancel|lor of Scotland, wente to the Engliſh camp, and treating with the two
Dukes,The Duke of Albany is re|conciled. agreed
vpon cer|tayne articles, whereby the Duke of Albany was receyued into his
countrey againe in peaceable wiſe, and had giuen to him the Caſtell of Dun|bar
with the Erledomes of March and Mar. He was proclaymed alſo generall Lieutenant
to the King: And ſo the Engliſhmen returned
home|wards, and came to Berwike where they hauyng wonne the towne as they
paſſed that wayes into Scotlãd, had left the Lord Stanley and ſir Iohn
Eldrington with foure thouſand men, to keepe a ſiege before the Caſtell, and
nowe they enforced the ſame: but the Lorde of Halis then Captayne within that
Caſtell, defended it right manfully, ſending to the Duke of Albany and other
the Lords of the counſell,The Caſtell of Barwike is
taken. for reliefe to reiſe the ſiege. The Duke in deede reyſed an army, and came to Lamer More,
but when they within perceyued that through diſſention betwixte the King and
the nobles of the Realme, they were not like to be reſkewed, they yeelded the
Caſtell into the Eng|liſhmens handes the .24. of Auguſt in that yeere
1482.
1482 The king a priſoner. 1484 The Archbi|ſhop is ſent to Rome.