[About this time Robert the gouernour of Scot|land, W.P. Buchan. lib. [...]. the fiftéenth yéere after his brothers reigne, and in the thirtith yeare of his owne regiment deceassed, in whose steed and office his sonne Mordac duke of Albanie was by and by chosen, who had sonnes three, Walter, Alexander, and Iames, whereof the two el|dest beginning betimes to be obstinate, grew soone after verie graceles and wicked: that in one flagiti|ous feat among the rest by this Walter verie impi|ouslie against his parents was vttered. The gouer|nour had a faire, a gentle, and well flieng falcon, whereby he set great store. The sonne verie desirous of the same, made manie meanes and motions to haue hir, not without note of malapert importunitie and lacke of reuerence toward his parents pleasure, which the father dissembling to sée, would not yet in anie wise forgo his hawke. Whereat this child reiec|ting regard of dutie, and receiuing an vnnaturall hate and heat by broth of iniquitie set a boiling in his brest, came in on a time, where standing a while at a sudden braid, pluckt awaie the bird from his fathers fist, and straight before his face wrang of hir necke. The gouernour heereat sore astonied, for verie greefe gaue a great grone; Well sonne (quod he) since yée cannot bridle your brunts for dutie and reuerence toward me your parent and souereigne, I will bring in one that shall bridle vs both. Heerevpon soone af|ter, he with one Calen Campbell, a noble man & of much authoritie (vnto whome this Walter had doone a great despight) and with other of the nobilitie fell straight in consultation about the calling home of their king. Which all with one assent they did right well allow, whereby soone after (as is touched afore, and followeth more at large) he was by them in his kingdome right roiallie placed. But this came of it. These mischéefous children Walter and Alexander, the verie cause of their fathers confusion and their owne, within few yeares after condemned by law, vpon a hill by Sterling castell, had their heads chopt off at once. Walters wife with hir two sonnes, An|drew and Alexander, ran for refuge awaie into Ire|land; thus for their long iniquities their hires iustlie paid all in a daie.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Now to procéed in our processe of France. After the thus winning of the towne and castell of Mon|streau; the king departing from thence,Melun be [...]|ged by king Henrie. came to Melun vpon Seine, the thirteenth daie of Iulie, and EEBO page image 577 besieged it round about, hauing then in companie with him the French king, and the yoong king of Scots, the dukes of Burgognie, Clarence, Bedford, Glocester,The king of Scots in K. [...] armie and Bar, the prince of Orainge, and one and twentie earles, besides lords, barons, & knights, equall to lords in degree, to the number of seauen and fiftie, what of England and France; and beside also fiftéene maister soldiers. This siege continued the space almost of seuen moneths,Eightéene w [...]kes haue the chronicles of Flanders. [...] Liuius. or (as Thomas Wal|singham saith) fouretéene wéekes, and foure daies, with skirmishing, scaling, assaulting, and defending, to the losse (no doubt) of both parts. Capteine of this towne was one monsieur de Barbason, a Gascoine of such experience and approoued valiancie in wars,Monsieur de Barbason a valiãt captein. that his renowme and fame was spred through the world.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 At the first laieng of the siege, he called all the sol|diers there in garrison, and likewise the townesmen afore him, and warned them all on paine of death, that none of them should be so hardie, as to treat, or once to motion anie word of surrendring the towne, or of comming to anie composition or agréement with the two kings; except they made him being their capteine priuie thereto, before they attempted anie such thing. ¶ In the meane season, the French queene, the queene of England, and the duches of Burgognie, lieng at Corbeill, came diuerse times to visit their husbands, and to sée their fréends; whome the king of England highlie feasted, and louinglie interteined, that euerie creature reported great ho|nour of him. Titus Liuius. This towne of Melun séemed verie strong, both by reason of the riuer of Seine, which compassed part thereof, and also by strong walles, turrets, ditches, and bulworks made about it.