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Compare 1587 edition: 1 In this Parliament, there were eight Lordes choſen to bee of the Kinges priuie counſell,Counſelors appointed. the whyche tooke the Gouernemente of the Kyng and Realme vpon them, as theſe: The Archbi|ſhops of S. Andrews and Glaſquho, the biſhops of Aberden and Dunblane: The Earles of An|gus, Argyle, Arrane, and Lennox: the Quene was adioyned to them as principall, withoute whoſe aduice nothing ſhould be done. From this Parliament alſo was the Erle of Caſſels ſente, with anſwere vnto the King of Englande: hee come to London the ninteenth of Marche. But bicauſe the king had knowledge, that the French King was [...]en at the battaile of Pauie, hee woulde not proceede in the treatie of marryage betwixte the kyng of Scotlande and his daugh|ter, till he had the Emperours aduice,Truce ten [...]ed. whome he affirmed to bee his confederate friend, and in re|nuing the truce for three yeares and ſyxe mo|nethes, the Ambaſſadours returned into Scot|land about the beginning of Aprill next enſuing without any contract of mariage at that time. The Argument betwixt the Queene and Lords continued not long for anone after died the Bi|ſhop of Dũkeld, whoſe benefice the E. of Angus obtained of, the king for his brother W. Dow|glas, without the aduice of the Queene and other Lords, wherevpon the Q. departed and went vn|to Striueling,The King not in his owne power. leauing the king wt the Erle of An|gus; who togither wt the Erle of Lennox toke the whole rule and gouernemẽt of ye Realme and K. vpon him, & made his Vncle Archimbald Dow|glas, treaſourer of the Realme, and then the ſaide Earles of Angus and Lennox beſtowed be|nefices, offices, and al other things, by the aduice of George Dowglas, brother to the ſaide Earle of Angus and others of that faction.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In this meane time, the Archbiſhop of Saint Andrewes, and the Earles of Arrane, Arguile, and Murrey, remaining with the Queene of Striueling, alledged that the king was wyth|holden frõ them by the E. of Angus, ſore againſt his wil, and therefore they ſente vnto the Earle, requiring him to deliuer him: but ye Erle cauſed the K. to giue the anſwere himſelf, that he would not come from the Erle of Angus, albeit he wold gladly haue bin out of his hands if he might, as by ſecret meſſage ſent to ſundry of the lordes, like|wiſe at that time it appeared, for he willed the b [...] priuie meanes to aſſemble an army, and to come & fetch him out of their handes that thus deceiued him. Herevpon ſhortly after, they rayſed a power,The Queene mother in armes. and comming therewith to Linlithgew, purpo|ſed to paſſe vnto Endenburgh, yt they might get the K. out of the Erle of Angus his handes: the ſaid Erle wt the Earle of Lennox & other his aſ|ſiſtants being thereof aduertiſed, came to ye fielde wt the kings banne diſplayed, & brought the king with him, although partly againſt his wil.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Queene with ſuch Lords as were with hir there in the armie, for the reuerence they bare to the Kyngs perſon, and fearing the daunger that mighte chaunce vnto them, if they buckled togither in a foughten field, they withdrew thẽ|ſelues to Striueling, and from thence the Queen went into Murrey lãd with ye Erle of Murrey, EEBO page image 438 and there remayned a long time after.

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