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Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 [...]e Earle of [...] paſ| [...] into [...]d.The Earle therefore fully inſtructed by the Frenche Kyng, howe to deale and proceede, tooke his leaue, and with all ſpeede taking the Sea, directed hys courſe into Scotlande, where after his arriual, he came to Edenburgh, in which towne all the Lords being aſſembled togither with the Gouernoure, hee declared to them the effect of hys commiſſion from the French Kyng his requeſt to them, and good af|fection to maynteyne them againſt England, if in caſe they woulde continue the olde league with him, and not ſeeke to make any new ali|ance with the King of Englande: but percey|uing that the Gouernour and his friends were minded to ſatiſfie the Kyng of Englandes de|ſires, he would not tarrie for a reſolute aunſwer, but by the counſell of the Earle of Arguile, William Earle of Glencarne, and others of the French faction he ſuddaynely departed forth of Edenburgh towarde the Weſt Countrey, highly diſpleaſed as ſhould ſeeme with the Go|uernoure,The Earle [...] Lennox [...]erreth [...] the Q [...]ger. and taking Lithgow in his way, hee conferred with the Queene Dowager (as they termed hir) deuiſing how to aſſemble the noble men of the Frenche ſide, to bring hir and hyr daughter to libertie, out of the daunger of the Lorde Gouernoure, bycauſe it was ſuppo|ſed that hee meante to conuey hyr into En|glande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 About the ſame time, through practiſe of the Abbot of Paſley, brother to the Gouernour, and others, [...]e Caſtell Edenburgh [...]ed to [...] Gouer| [...] vſe. the Caſtell of Edenburgh was go [...] out of the hands of Sir Peter Chreichton, and the keeping thereof committed by the Gouernours appoyntment, vnto Iames Hamilton, Lard of Stane houſe: but the Earle of Lennox, with the aſſiſtance of the Earles of Huntley, Argile, and others of the Frenche faction in Auguſt follo|wing, [...] yong [...]eene con| [...] to Ster| [...]g. conueyd the yong Queene with hir mo|ther from Lithgew vnto Sterling. The Car|dinall alſo was there with them lately before, hauing corrupted his keepers, & gotten abroade at libertie. Heerewith was a day appoynted and proclaymed for the Coronation of the yong Queene. The Earle of Arrane then gouer|nour, with the Erles of Angus, Caſſils, the Lordes Maxwell, Someruile, and diuers o|thers, called the Engliſh Lords, remayning ſtil at Edenburgh, aduertiſed the King of Englãd of all the driftes of Leuenox, and other of that faction, requiring his aduice and counſell howe to deale for the diſappoynting of their purpoſes, that ſoughte to continue the ani [...]e ſtill wyth Fraunce, to the preiudice of peace with En|gland.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 The King of England aduertiſed heereof, as wel thus from the Gouernour, and other the Scottiſh Lords, as alſo from Sir Raufe Sad|ler, his Maieſties Ambaſſadours there,The King of Englandes doubt. doubted greatly leaſt theſe Lordes, in whoſe handes the Queene then was, in reſpect of the fauour whi|che they bare to the Frenche King, ſhould con|uey hir ouer into Fraunce, wherevpon, he reque|ſted the Gouernour, and the other Lordes that fauoured his ſide, ſo to deale, that ſhe might bee ſente into Englande, there to remayne, till the marriage mighte bee conſummate betwixt hir, and his ſonne Prince Edwarde: hauing in the meane time ſuch Lordes of hir Countrey about hir to attende vppon hir, and to ſee to hir bryn|ging vp, as ſhould be thought expedient. To conclude, his Maieſtie not only ſent his prince|ly comfort by way of counſell and good aduice, but alſo according to their deſire (and as by the Duke of Suffolke his highneſſe Lieutenaunte then in the North it was thought expedient.) Thomas Lorde Wharton with twoo thou|ſande menne from the Weſt marches,The Lorde Wharton. The Lorde Euers. and the Lord Evers with other two thouſand from the Eaſt bordures, were appoynted to enter Scot|land, and to ioyne themſelues with the Gouer|nour and hys friendes, to aſſiſt them againſte their aduerſaries, but as they were in a readi|neſſe to marche, through the ſecret labour of the Cardinall, wiſhing the aduauncemente of the Erle of Arrane his kinſman (whom he thought hee ſhoulde well ynough frame to be at his ap|poyntmente) rather than Leuenox that was knowen to be of a greater ſtomacke, the matter was ſo handled, what by the Cardinall and the Erle of Huntley of the one part, and ye Queene Dowager on the other, that the Earle of Ar|rane reuolting from the Kyng of Englande, came in to the Dowager,The Earle of Arrane a faith breaker. and ioyned himſelfe with the Cardinall, and other the Lords of the Frenche faction, by reaſon whereof, they all concluded to maynteyne him in the eſtate of Lorde Gouernour, and not to place Leuenox as their purpoſe was to haue done, if Arrane hadde continued faythfull to the King of En|glande.

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