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Compare 1587 edition: 1 This rode was called Soloway Moſſe, at the whiche were taken pryſoners men of name, theſe perſons followyng: The Erles of Caſ|ſels [figure appears here on page 456] and Glencarne, the Lorde Maxwell, the Lord Flemyng, the Lord Somerwel, the Lord Oliphãt, Oliuer Sinclare, the Lord of Cragy, and ſundry other Gentlemen, the whiche were ledde pryſoners to London, where they remay|ned till after the King was dead.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The kyng being in Carlauerocke vpon the borders not farre from Soloway Moſſe, when this miſfortune fell vpon his men, after he heard thereof he was maruellouſly amaſed, the more in calling to remembrance the refuſall made by his Nobles, aſſembled with him in campe at Fala vpon his requeſt to inuade Englande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 The griefe of the king for the ouerthrow of his men.Herewith ſuch an impreſſion entered his minde, that he thought with himſelf that all his whole nobilitie had conſpyred agaynſt him, and there|vpon tooke ſuch a vehement and high diſpleaſure increaſed with a melancolious thought, that he departed ſodenly from thence to Edenburgh, and after remoued to Faulkeland, where he re|mayned as a man deſolate of comforte, beyng ſore vexed in ſpirite and bodie, and woulde not permitte any maner of perſon to haue acceſſe vnto him, his ſecrete and familiar ſeruants only excepted. And as he was thus vnquieted,The birth of the Scottes Queene. newes was brought him that the Queene his wyfe was brought to bedde of a fayre yõg Princeſſe the .vij, day of December, the whiche newes he lyked very euill, and added the griefe thereof to his former diſpleaſantneſſe, in ſo muche that he perceyued the ende of his lyfe to approche, and withall ſayde, that hee ſorſawe great trouble to come vpon the realme of Scotlande, for the purſuit whiche the King of England was like to make therevpon agaynſt the ſame, to the end hee might bryng it vnder his ſubiection eyther by mariage or by ſome other meane. It was reported that he was diſquieted with ſome vn|kindly medicine: but how ſoeuer the matter was, he yeelded vp his ſprite to almighty God, & departed this worlde the .xiiij. of December, in the yeare of oure redemption .1542. the .xxxiij. EEBO page image 457 yeare of his age,The death of the King of [...]tes. and .xxxij. of his raigne.

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