Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the moneth of May Thomas Scot ſhe|riffe deputie of Perth, and a Prieſte called ſir Henry Yair ſeruant to the Lord Ruthuen,Execution done vppon the murthe|rers. were apprehended for being doers in the ſlaughter of Dauid, and were hanged and quartred. Their heades were ſette the one alofte on the To|wer [figure appears here on page 502] in the Abbey, and the other on the nether bow.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the moneth of Aprill this yeare the By|ſhop of Brechin preſidente of the Seſſion, de|ceaſſed, and in his roomth ſucceeded to that bi|ſhoprike, a friende and Couſin to the Earle of Argile, called Campbell.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the ende of Aprill, the Queene willing to haue the Earles of Argile and Murrey ioy|ned with the reſidue of the Counſell, ſente for them to come to the Caſtell of Edenburgh,The Queene agreeth all the Lords. where all griefes and controuerſies that reſted betwixt them on the one ſide, and the Earles of Huntley, Athole, and Bothwell on the other ſide, were referred to the Queene, who agreed them, and they all remayned with hir the reſt of the Sommer.