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Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the meane time all the principall of the Gordons that were landed men,The Gordons are impriſo|ned. were chardged to enter into warde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 About the ſame time the Erle of Bothwell,The Earle Bothwell eſca|ped out of priſon. who (vpon diſpleaſure conceyued againſte hym aboute a quarrell betwixte hym, and the Earle of Arrane, hadde bin committed to priſon in Eaſter weeke laſt before paſt) eſcaped out of Dauids Tower in Edenburgh at a window.

In October the Earle of Huntley came with an armye to Cornethie in Mar,The Earle of Huntley ſlayne. where hee was ſlaine, and Iohn Gordon hys ſonne taken pri|ſoner, and broughte to Aberdene the nine and twentith daye of October.

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