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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Shortly after hys departure, hys body was conueyed from Falkeland vnto Edenburgh in moſt honorable wife, the Cardinall, the Erles of Arrane, Arguile, Rothes, Marſhall, and dy|uers other noble men being preſent, and with all funerall pomp as was requiſite, it was buried in the Abbey Church of Holy Roode houſe, be|ſide the body of Queene Magdalene, daughter to the King of Fraunce, his firſt wife. There was greate lamentation and moue made for his death throughout all parts of his Realme, for hee was very well beloued among hys ſub|iectes.

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