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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The next day, being the fourtenth day of Fe|bruarie, the ſaide Earles with the Archbiſhop of Saint Andrewes, the Biſhop of Aberden, that by the Queenes appointment had bin kepte be|fore in warde, the Biſhop of Dunblane, the Erle of Arguile, and diuerſe other Lords and Barons being in the Towne, ſente to the Caſtell, alled|ging, that the King was kepte as priſoner by the Queene,The Earle of Angus his [...]queſt. and iuſtice ſuppreſſed, with great do|mage of the common wealthe, and therefore hee deſired, that the King might bee deliuered vnto them to be gouerned by the aduice of the three e|ſtates, and if they refuſed to deliuer hym, they would beſiege the Caſtel, and if they wanne it, all their liues within ſhold reſt at their pleaſures, the kings only excepted.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Queene by the counſell of the Earles, of Arrane and Murrey, refuſed not only to deli|uer the King, but ſente them worde, that excepte they did depart the Towne, they woulde ſurelye diſcharge all the artillerie of the Caſtel againſte them.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Herevppon, greate feare roſe in the towne, ſpecially among the burgeſſes, but by the diligẽce of certaine perſons that trauelled betweene the parties, an aſſuraunce was taken on eyther ſide for certaine dayes.Hee foreſetteth the Caſtel of Edenburgh. The parties are agreede. In the meane time, the Earle of Angus cauſed the Caſtell to bee forſette, that neyther meate nor other thing might be ſuffered to be conueyed into it, except ſo muche as might ſerue for the ſuſtentation of the Kings owne per|ſon. At length, all the parties were agreed, ſo that the foure and twentith day of February, the King came vnto the Parliament holden in the Tolbuith in moſt honorable wiſe, with the aſ|ſiſtaunce of all the eſtates, hauing the Crowne, Scepter, and ſword borne before him, and from thence hee was broughte to the Abbey, where he remayned.

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