Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 And about the ſame time,Earle of [...]ey. the Erle of Hunt|ley tooke vpon him to be Lieutenant of Scot|land for the Queene of Scottes that remayned ſtill in Englande,Parliamente [...]ymed [...] the [...] at [...] and [...]. and therevppon in hir name ſommoned a Parliament to be holden at Lith|quho the one and twentith of September then next following, vnto the which Parliament, as well the Earle of Lennox then Regente, as all the reſidue of the Lordes of both the parties were ſommoned, whereof the Regent being ad|uertiſed, cauſed a Parliamente to be ſommoned in the Kings name to be kept likewiſe at Lith|quho, at the ſelfe ſame daye whiche was ap|pointed by the Earle of Huntley, at which day, there appeared the Lordes of the Kings partie, and alſo ſundry greate Lairdes, Knightes, and Gentlemen, to the number of eyghte thouſand, verye well furniſhed, looking for the Earle of Huntleys commyng, according to his appoin|ted order,The Earle of [...]ley com| [...] to ne [...]| [...] Bre| [...]. but hee came no neerer than Bre|chin, wherevpon it was decreed by the Regent and nobilitie there to purſue hym, and to that ende the Earle of Morton was ſente before with a thouſande Horſemen to haue taken him vpon the ſuddayne in the Towne of Brechin, before he ſhould haue had any warning of their comming, the Regent following after with an army, but Hũtley hauing warning of their ap|proch eſcaped their handes,The Earle of Huntley eſ|capeth. although very nar|rowly, in ſomuche, that ſome of his footemenne were ſo put to their ſhiftes, that they were driuẽ for their refuge (being ſo beſet on the ſuddayne) to take the Caſtell of Brechine, the Earle of Huntley promiſing before he went from them, to ſuccour them within eyght dayes: but they being ſtraitely beſieged, and the Earle not kee|ping promiſe with them, after thoſe eyght dayes were expired, they yeelded themſelues and the Caſtell vnto the Regents mercy.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 They were in all aboute three hundred, of which number .xxxj. of the chiefeſt were execu|ted.Execution. Some of them had borne armes agaynſte the King before that tyme, and had bin pardo|ned, and therefore were nowe thoughte by the Regent and his friendes the more worthy to die. After this, the Regent returned to Striue|ling, and from thence paſſed to the Caſtell of Downe, and beſieged it,The Caſtell of Downe yeelded. beeing kepte by the ſer|uaunts of the Lorde of S. Colmes Inch, who yeelded it to the Regent after three dayes ſiege.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 During the time of the Regents being there, he ſent one of his ſeruants called Iohn Moone, with letters into Englande, directed to the Q. of Englands Counſell, who for his ſecret prac|tiſing and conference had with ſuche as were e|nimies to the King and Regente before his de|parture out of Scotland, and for receyuing of their letters to be conueyd alſo, and heerewyth diſcouering ſundry ſecretes to them the whych were committed to his credite and truſt, he was apprehended, and the ſame letters which he had ſecretely receyued beeing founde vpon him, and the matters aforeſaid being proued againſt him he was executed.