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Snippet: 3924 of 4298 (1577, Volume 2, p. 470) Compare 1587 edition:
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2 The gouernour perceyuing
thus that with|out the aſſiſtance of Fraunce hee ſhould not be able to reſiſt
the Engliſhmen, hauing now gote ſuch foote hold within the Realme of
Scotland,The Gouer|nours ſuite the Queene Dowager, an [...] to the French Ambaſsador required the Queene Dowager, and
Monſieur Doyſell, Liger Ambaſſador for the Frenche Kyng to perſwade with him by
letters, to ſend an army into Scotland, to the aide of his friẽds there. The
Queene, and Monſieur Doyſell, perceyuing a ready way prepared to bring that to
paſſe which they moſt deſired, which was, to haue the Queene of Scotlande
ordred in all things by the Frenche Kyngs aduice, they vn|dertooke to procure
an army out of Fraunce, according to the gouernours deſire,The Queene Dowager p [...]|miſeth ayde out of Fraunce with condition. if hee wyth the
ſtates of the Realme woulde agree that the Queene myghte bee ſente into
Fraunce, and a contract made for hir beſtowing in marriage, as ſtoode with the
French Kings pleaſure. The Gouernour condiſcending heerevnto, aſſembled the
ſtates, and by their aduiſes, paſſed certayne couenantes to the effect
aforeſayd, and ſente the ſame in writing by certayne meſſengers into
Fraunce.
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2
3 The Frenche King gladly
accepting thys meſſage,
The Gouer|nour ſendeth into France for aide.
Broughtie Crag beſiege by the Gouer|noure.
prepared a nauie of Shyppes and Ga|leys to tranſporte an army into
Scotland the next Sommer. In the meane time, the Go|uernour laid ſiege to
Broughtie Crag, and the D. of Somerſet as well for meane to cauſe the Scottes
to retire that ſiege, as alſo for the an|noyance of Clideſdale, apperteyning to
ye Go|uernour and ye Erle of Angus, and other Scots yt would not come in to
the obeyſance of the K. of England, appoynted the Earle of Lennox to make a new
inuaſiõ into Scotland, & to vſe for triall of their fidelities, the
help of two thouſand Scottiſh light horſemen, that were already aſ|ſured and
ſworne to ſerue the Kyng of En|gland in all ſuch exploytes in which they ſhould
be employed. The Earle of Lennox deſirous to aduaunce the King of Englands
affayres, & hauing receyued letters from William Earle of Glencarne,
with promiſe of hys aſſiſtance, and likewiſe of his father in lawe the Earle of
Angus, the Larde of Drumlanrig, and thoſe Lardes and Gentlemenne of the
Countreys of Kile, Cunningham, Renfreu, & Lennox, entred Scotlãd about
the twelfth of Decẽber,The Earle of Lennox en|treth into
Scotlande. accom|panyed with Henry Whartõ, ſecond ſon to the L.
Wharton, with two C. light horſemen, of the garniſons in Scotland, and comming
firſt EEBO page image 471 to Dunfreis, where the generall aſſemblie was appoynted
of the two thouſande aſſured Scot|tiſhe lyght Horſemen, when the muſters ſhould
bee taken, hee founde vnneth three hundred, and thoſe for the more part of the
broken coun|treys of Annãdale, Ewiſdale, Eſdale, and Lid|deſdale.The Earle of Glencarne his double dea|ling. The Earle of
Glencarne came thither indeede, but vnder a counterfeit ſhewe of good meaning,
where in trueth hee meante nothyng but crafte to diſcouer all the Earle of
Lennox hys purpoſes, who perceyuing his
double dea|ling, and fynding no ſuche forces ready to aſ|ſiſt hym as he looked
for, and moreouer miſtru|ſting the loyalties of the maiſter of Maxwell,New Lord [...]nes. & the Gẽtlemẽ of Nideſdale, meaning as he tooke
it, to entrappe hym, and delyuer hym to the Queene Dowager, and the Lorde
Gouernour, ſtoode in ſome perplexitie what way ſhould bee the beſt for hym to
followe,The Earle of Lennox in doubt what to doe.
thinking it not to ſtande wyth hys honor to returne, without at|chieuing
ſome enterpriſe.
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1 The Earle of Glencarne had
ſhewed to him two letters written by the Larde of Drum|lanrig, ſignifying, that
if the Earle of Lennox came,The Lard of Drumlanrig.
accompanyed onely with Scottiſhmen, he woulde both ſerue him and honor h [...]m in the beſt wiſe hee myghte, but if hee broughte thoſe Engliſhmenne in
his company, he would not onely refuſe to ayde hym, but alſo reyſe all the
power hee myght make, eyther by his friends or otherwiſe to reſiſt him.
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