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Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 EEBO page image 440And ſhortly after the ſame He [...]ult was ſent vnto him againe with commaundement frõ the K. that he ſhould remayne priſoner within ward in the Countrey of Murrey till the Kings plea|ſure were further knowen: whiche he woulde not obey: wherefore both he and his adherents were ſommoned to appeare in Parliament to be hol|den at Edenburgh, in September nexte follo|wing. In this Parliament begun at Edenburgh the ſixth of September in this yeare .1528. ye Erle of Angus, with his brother George Dowglas, his Vncle by his father Archembald Dowglas, Alexander Drommond of Caruo [...] and dyuers other,

The Earle of Angus for|falted.

The Earle of Angus attain|ted by Parlia|ment.

were by [...] of Parliament atteynted, and forfalted for diuers offences, and eſpecially, for aſſembling the kings people to haue aſſayled the kings perſon, and bycauſe he had deteyned ye king againſt his will with him the ſpace of two yeres and more, al which time he ſtood in feare of his life.Hẽry Steward created Lorde of Methwen. In this Parliament, Henry Stewarde ye Queenes huſband, was created L. of Methwen, and made maſter of the ordinance. In October following, the K. aſſembled a great company of men with artilleire, and diuers kind coniunctiõ, to beſiege the Caſtell of Tantallo [...],The Caſtell of Tantallo [...] beſieged. whiche the Erle of Angus [...]ride, who aduertiſed of the pre|paratiõ made for ye ſame ſiege, furniſhed the Ca|ſtel with mẽ, & all kind of neceſſaries, & we [...] him|ſelf into England. When the ſiege thẽ was laid about the Caſtell, it was ſo ſtrong and ſo well prouided, that it might not be wonne for all that [...]ede bee done at that ſeaſon, in ſomuch, yt after Dauid Fauconer,Dauid Fawco|ner ſlayne. principal gunner of the kings ſide, was ſlayne, the K. cauſed ye ſiege to be reiſed: yet at lẽgth (though not til a lõg time after this) it was deliuered to the King by appoyntmente.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The eightenth of May, in the yeare .1529. 1529 the Earle of Cathnes and the Lord of Sincler with a greate armye by Sea,The Earle of Cathnes paſ|ſeth ouer into Orkeney. paſſed into Orkeney to haue taken that Iſle into poſſeſſion, but the peo|ple of the Countrey aſſembled at the commaun|demente of Iames Sincler of Kirkew all theyr Captaine, who gaue battell to the Earle and his army with ſuch courage,The Earle of Cathoes ſlaine that he diſconi [...]ted the enimies: the Earle with fiue hundred of his men was ſlayne, and drowned in the Sea, vnto the [figure appears here on page 440] which they were driuen.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The L. Sinclar and all the reſidue wer takẽ.

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