Compare 1587 edition: 1 The foreſayde Ambaſſadours returning forth of Fraunce, declared in what plight of defor|mitie they had ſeene Fiacre, and howe earneſtly he had refuſed the offer which they had made vn|to him in name of all the ſtates of Scotlande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Scottiſh nobilitie herevpon aſſembling togither, choſe foorth .iiij. of y^e auncienteſt perres amõgſt them to haue the rule and gouernement of the kingdome, till it were otherwiſe prouided. Theſe were named by that age Wardens, and had full authoritie to order things as ſeemed them good in all poyntes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the meane time Ferquhard remayning ſtill in priſon and vexed with ſundry diſeaſes, to ridde himſelfe out of ſuch miſeries, ſlew him ſelfe in the .xiij.The deſperate ende of king Ferquhard. yeere of his raigne: and ſo nothing ſpared his owne life in the end, which had bin the occaſiõ of the loſſe of ſo many other mẽs liues in time of y^e ciuil diſcord, that hee had euer noriſhed.