The Holinshed Texts (1577, Volume 2, p. 488)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Marie Queene of Englande departed this life, the .xvij. of Nouember, & then the moſt ex|cellẽt & noble Queene Elizabeth ſucceeded. In Iuly & Auguſt there was a conuention of al the prelates & Clergie bolden at Edenburgh,An aſſembled of the clergy. in the which certaine men and women of Edenburgh were accuſed of Hereſie, & abiured at the towne croſſe with faggotes on their backes. In this aſſemble it was required,Cõmon prayers to be had in the vulgate tongue. that the cõmon pray|ers might be red in the Scottiſh tong in Chur|ches, with certaine other articles of reformatiõ, whereof the anſwere was deferred till March, in whiche moneth a prouinciall counſell was ap|pointed to be holden at Edenburgh. The .ij. of Marche,A prouincial counſell. the ſayde prouinciall counſell of all the Prelates and Clergie of Scotlande began, wherein diuers Articles were proponed by the temporalty,Requeſtes made by the Lay [...]e. as to haue the prayers and admini|ſtration of the Sacraments in the Scottiſh lã|guage, the election of Biſhops and all benefi|ced men to paſſe by the voyces of the temporall Lordes & people of their Dioceſſes and pariſhes, with diuers other reformations, al the which the Biſhops refuſed to graunt, wherethrough there aroſe ſhortly after great trouble in Scotlande.

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1559.

Iohn Knox with other are ſummoned.

The Queene regent cauſed ſummonance to be giuen vnto Iohn Knox, Iohn Wullock, & Paule Meffane, to appeare at Striuelyng the x. day of May, and for lacke of appearance they were denounced rebelles, and put to the horne. Wherevpon the ſayde Iohn Knox beyng in Perth,Images and Friethcuſes pulde downe. perſwaded the maſter of Lyndſay, the lardes of Tulibardin, Dun Pettarrow, and di|uers other beyng there aſſembled with the bur|geſſes of y^e townes of S. Iohns towne & Dũ|dee, to pull downe the images and altares in all Churches, and to ſuppreſſe the houſes of Frears and other religions places, who after a Sermon made by him to that effect, the ſame .x. day of May they began in S. Iohns towne, and caſt downe the Abbay of the Charterhouſe, and the blacke & Carmelite Frears, called the Tulle|lum & reformed all other Churches there about, breaking downe the images and altars in Fife, Angus, Mernis, and other parties there nexte adioyning. The Queene regent being aduer|tiſed thereof, ſent for the Duke of Chatellerault & diuers other of the nobilitie,The Queene regent came to Perth. as the Erles of A|tholl, Argile and others, who came with hir to Perth, otherwiſe called S. Iohn towne, ha|uing with them .ij. thouſand Frenchmen, who entred the towne vpon appointment, & ſo recey|uing it, gaue it in keeping to Capitaine Iames Stewarde, and capitaine Cullane, with their bandes of men of warre.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the meane time the Erle of Argile, & the prior of S. Andros left the Queene in Perth,S. Andros. & went to S. Andros, ioyning themſelfes with the other, & made reformation of the Churches, caſting downe Altars, images, houſes of frears, & Abbeys in that towne and in Cowper and o|ther places thereabout:Cowper. & aſſembling a great cõ|pany of coũtrey men, came to Cowper to make reſiſtance againſt the Frenchmen that were in Falkelande with the Queene. But when they ſhould haue met on Cowper More in battayle,Twoo armies were pacified. the Duke of Chatellerault, the Erle Marſhal, and others laboured betwixte them, ſo that the battayle was ſtayed, and the Queene with the Frenchmen returned vnto Edenburgh.