Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Earle of Arrane immediately heere|with, gathered a power,The Earle of Arrane gathe|reth a povver. and with the ſame came to Linlithgewe before the Earle of Lennox, who ſhortelye after comming wyth hys people, approched that Towne, vnto whom the Earle of Arrane ſente a meſſenger, requiring hym to tourne and ſaue his enterpriſe, aſſuring him, that albeit hee was hys ſyſters ſonne, hee woulde not ſpare him, if hee helde forwarde vppon his iourney.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Earle of Lennox heerewith aunſwered in a great rage, that hee woulde not ſtay, till hee came to Edenburgh, or elſe dye for it by the way.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Earle of Arrane therefore not ſtaying for the Earle of Angus hys comming from E|denburgh, iſſued forthe of Linlithgewe at the Weſte ende of the Towne, and encountred the Earle of Lennox and his companie where there was a cruell onſette gyuen on bothe EEBO page image 439 ſides, but ſuddaynely the Earle of [...] hys company fledde,The Earle of Cli [...] ſlaine and he himſelfe with the Lorde of Hariſton and diuers other G [...]lemen, wide ſlayne.