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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Pope ſent a Protonotarie called For|man into Scotland,A Protonotary ſent into Scot|lande with a Roſe. with a Roſe and a Scepter of gold, to be preſented vnto the king, deſiring him to p [...]rſeuer in godlineſſe, honour, and vertue, as he had begonne.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The moſt part of this yeare,1492 the king ſpent in ryding abrode through all partes of his realme to ſee iuſtice miniſtred, ſpecially in the North parts,The king go|eth on pro|greſſe. where the people are cõmõly furtheſt out of order.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 There was ſhortly after ſome appearance of warres betwixt Englande and Fraunce, where|vpon king Charles ſent vnto king Iames, requi|ring him of aſſyſtance, if it came to paſſe that the Engliſh men did inuade France: and further de|clared, that he had one with him called Richarde Duke of Yorke, ſeconde ſonne to king Edwarde the fourth, who had beene preſerued now many EEBO page image 410 yeares ſecretely by his Aunt Margaret Duches of Burgoin, and therfore was iuſt inheritor vnto the realm of England, whõ he would ſend into Scot|lande, praying the king to aſſyſt him to recouer his rightfull heritage, the ſaid realme of England. And ſhortlye after herevpon,Perkyn War|becke. the ſayde feyned Duke (whoſe ryght name was Perkin War|becke as in the Engliſhe Hyſtorie it appeareth) arriued in Scotlande well and honourably ac|companied, to trie what purchaſe he might make there for ſuccours to attayne his pretended right to the crowne of Englande.

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