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You are here: 1577 > Volume 2 > Body Text: Section 2 of 2: THE HISTORIE of Scotlande.
Snippet: 3870 of 4298 (1577, Volume 2, p. 460)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Erle of Lennox therefore,The Erle of Lennox ſay|eth an army rayſing & power of menne of warre with the aſſiſtaunce of the Lordes of his faction, came with them vnto Leith agaynſt the Gouernour, that was then in Edenburgh: but through the diligent trauayle of the Cardinall, the Erles of Hunt|ley, Murrey, and Argyle, the matter was ta|ken vp and an appoyntment accorded:An appoint|ment taken. ſo that ſir George Dowglas was deliuered as a pledge for his brother the Erle of Angus, the Maſter of Glencarne,Pledges deli|uered. for his father the Erle of Glen|carne, the Abbot Caſiaghole, for his brother the Erle of Caſſilles, to remayne in ſafe keepyng where it pleaſed the Gouernour to appoynt.

You are here: 1577 > Volume 2 > Body Text: Section 2 of 2: THE HISTORIE of Scotlande.
Snippet: 3871 of 4298 (1577, Volume 2, p. 460)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 The Erle of Lennox came vnto Edinburgh to ye Gouernor,The Erle of Lennox com|meth to the gouernour. but within ſixe dayes after they went bothe to Lithquo, from whence the Erle of Lennox ſecretely departed from the Gouer|nour without biddyng him farewell,

He departed from him a|gayne.

He fortifieth Gl [...]ſquo.

and com|ming to Glaſquo, fortified both the Caſtell and Steeple there with menne and munition. The Gouernour aduertiſed thereof, paſſed thither with the power of the whole realme, entred the towne, aſſieged the Caſtell and ſteeple whiche he wanne, hanged certen Gentlemen whiche he tooke there to the number of ſixteene,Glaſquo wõ [...] by the gouer|nour. and pardo|ned the other inferiour Souldiours. The Erle of Lennox withdrewe into Dunbertayne. The Erle of Angus, and the Lorde Maxwell hea|ryng of thys ſturre, came vnto the Gouernour vnto Glaſquo before the ſiege was layde, to in|treate of ſome accorde betwixte him and the Erle of Lennox.The Erle of Angus, and the Lorde Maxwell co|mitted to warde. But the Gouernour cauſed them both to be ſecretly conueyed frõ the coun|ſell by the backſide of the blacke Fryers of Glaſ|quo, vnto the Eaſtell of Hamilton, and from thence the Erle was ſente to Blackneſſe. The Lorde Maxwell was kepte ſtill in holde at Hamilton, and George Dowglas, and the Maſter of Glencarne in Edenburgh Caſtell: theſe perſons thus impryſoned ſtoode in greate doubte of theyr lyues as ſome ſuppoſed, but as diuers other did ſuſpect, they were rather com|mitted EEBO page image 461 for a colour than for any euill that was meant towarde them.

[...] [...]yng of [...] Erle, of [...] [...]e.

1544.

The Erle of [...] ſen| [...] to the [...]g of En|gland.

You are here: 1577 > Volume 2 > Body Text: Section 2 of 2: THE HISTORIE of Scotlande.
Snippet: 3872 of 4298 (1577, Volume 2, p. 461)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 How ſoeuer it was with them, the Erle of Lennox by the aduiſe of his friendes, ſent the Erle of Glencarne, & a Gentlemã called Tho|mas Biſhop, vnto the king of Englande with offer of his ſeruice, and requeſt to haue in ma|nage the Lady Margarete Dowglas daugh|ter to the Erle of Angus, and neece to the ſayde Kyng. They that were ſente ſo ſolicited the Erles cauſe, that in the ende the King beyng perſwaded that Leuenox ought of right to haue the gouernement of the realme of Scotlande, and to be ſeconde perſon in the ſame, and here|with in conſideration how vniuſtly not onely his Maieſtie had bene dealt with, but alſo how vnthankefully and diſcourteouſly Lennox had bene vſed both at the handes of the French king and alſo of his adherentes in Scotland, by the Cardinall and others, he bothe thankefully re|ceyued his gentle offer of ſeruice,The kyng of [...]d mea| [...] to ayde [...]e Erle of [...]ox. and alſo pro|miſed to ayde him in his Title and all other lawfull cauſes: and herewith prepared an ar|my to paſſe into Scotlande by ſea, appoynting the Erle of Hertforde, and the Lorde Liſle to haue the conduction of the ſame, who ſhippyng at Tynmouth with theyr people, arriued in the Forth vnder Werdie Caſtell,The Engliſhe [...] landeth [...]lieth. a myle and a half aboue Leith the thirde of May, the whole nauie conteyning aboue the number of twoo hundred ſhippes. Here at Newhauen a quarter of a myle from the ſayde Caſtell they landed theyr armie of tenne thouſande men of warre, with great artillery and all kinde of munition.

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