Compare 1587 edition: 1 The eyghtenth of March [...],Edenburgh Caſtell be|ſieged. the Kyng beſie|ged the Caſtell of Edenburgh, the Queene and hir huſband Henrye Steward, with Iames hys brother beeing within it. But as ſoone as the Queene vnderſtoode, that hir ſonne the Kyng was therein perſon, ſhe cauſed the gates to be ſet open, and vpon hir knees, beſought him of grace for hir huſband and his brother, and woulde not reſt, till ſhee hadde obteyned the ſame, but yet they were kept in warde within the Caſtell, tyll the King afterwards releaſed them.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 In the yeare following, the King being now come to the age of ſeauenteene yeares,The Kyng be|ing ſeuentene yeares of age, refuſeth to bee longer vnder gouernement. and of good diſcretion and witte for his time, would not longer remayne vnder the gouernemente of the Earle of Angus and his company, and therevp|pon aſſembled diuers noble men at Striueling, and by their counſell, ſent an Herraulte vnto the Earle of Angus and his aſſiſters reſident as then in Edenburgh, commaundyng them on payne of high treaſon that they ſhoulde departe forthe of that Towne, and that none of them ſhoulde come within foure myles of the Courte, where|ſoeuer the ſuche chanced to bee: and ſhortly after, the Kyng hymſelfe with two thouſande menne, followed the Herraulte wherevppon the Earle of Angus both beeing charged by the Herraulte, and aduertiſed of the Kynges commyng to|warde the Towne, departed thence immedi|ately.