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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Shortlye after,The Corona|tiõ of Queene Mary. the yong Queene was Crowned at Striueling, the Cardinall taking vpon him to order things as hee thought good, appoynting the Gouernour to beare ye Crowne as chiefe perſon, & next in bloud to the Queene, and the Erle of Lennox to beare the ſcepter Af|ter ye Coronatiõ,A Parliament. a Parliamẽt was called and EEBO page image 460 holden at Edenburgh,The Patriarke of Apuleia. at the whiche in preſence of the Patriarche of Apulia the Popes Agent, and of the Frẽch Kings Ambaſſadours, Mon|ſieur la Broſſe, and Monſieur Menage late|ly before come into the realme, the Erle of Ar|rane was newly confirmed gouernour: and for the ſure preſeruation (as they pretended) of the yong Queene,Order for the cuſtody of the Queene. it was agreed by the gouernour and the eſtates, that ſhe ſhoulde remaine with the olde Queene hir mother in Sterlyng Ca|ſtell, during her mynoritie, and certayne rentes of that Seiguiory was aſſigned for the mayn|tenaunce of ſuche trayne as was thought expe|dient to bee attendant aboute hyr: and further the Lordes Leunigſton, Erſkin, and Fie|rning, were apoynted to abide continually with hyr, for the better ſauegarde of hyr perſon.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus was euery thing ordered as ſeemed to ſtand with the pleaſure of the Cardinall: wher|vpon the Erle of Lennox perceyuyng how vn|curteouſly he was vſed,The Erle of Lennox his diſpleaſure. to haue his aduerſary thus confirmed in aucthoritie by the French|ſide, and himſelfe reiected, he firſte ſente to the Frenche King, infourmyng him throughly of the iniuries to him done, putting him in remem|brance of the promiſes made to him when hee departed from him: alſo the conſtantneſſe of his ſeruice, the haſarde he had put himſelfe in for his ſake, and notwithſtandyng howe hee was yet vnkindely dealte with that through truſte of his promiſed ayde and aſſiſtaunce, he was brought out of credite in his countrey, and ſubiected vnder the commaundement and au|thoritie of his enimie, and wrongfully diſap|poynted of his right, whiche he looked to haue recouered, and to haue bene mainteyned there|in, by his ſupporte.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 He renoũceth his ſeruice to the French kyng.In conſideration whereof, he renounced his ſeruice, willing him from thencefoorth not to looke for the ſame any more at his handes. Herewith Leuenax ioynyng himſelfe with the Erles of Angus, Caſſil [...]s, and Glencarne, the Lords Maxwell, and Someruille, the Sheriffe of Ayre, the Larde of Drumlanrig and other of that ſide, called the Engliſh Lordes, ſet him|ſelfe agaynſt the Gouernour, the Cardinall and others of that faction,Ciuill diſſen|tiõ in Scotlãd. ſo that the reſidue of this yeare was ſpente in ciuill diſſention betweene them.

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