The Holinshed Texts (1577, Volume 2, p. 460)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 And here is to bee noted that a little before that the Erle of Arrane reuolted to the French parte,French ſhips arriuyng in the riuer of Clyde. there were arryued in the mouth of the riuer of Cloyde on the weſt coaſte fiue ſhippes which the Frenche King had ſent to the ayde of his freendes in Scotland, vnder the conduction of Iames Stewarde of Cardonold, and of the forenamed Monſieur de la Broſſe, and Mon|ſieur Menage, the French kings Ambaſſadors, There came with them alſo the Patriache of Apulia, of whome ye haue lykewiſe hearde be|fore, they had brought aboorde in theſe ſhippes fifty thouſande Crownes, and munition to the value of tenne thouſand Crownes. The Erle of Lennox therefore when he firſt reſolued to turne to the Engliſhe parte, with the aduiſe of his confederates, ſeyſed vpon thoſe ſhippes,The Erle of Lẽnox ſeaſ [...] vpõ the Frẽch ſhippes. got the fiftie thouſand Crownes, and the moſt parte of the munition into his handes: and brought it to the Caſtell of Dunhertayne, re|teyning it to his owne vſe, where it was ſente to haue bene employed to the maintenaunce of the Frenche faction, agaynſt the King of En|gland and the Lordes that leaned to his ſide.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Erle of Lennox therefore,The Erle of Lennox ſay|eth an army rayſing & power of menne of warre with the aſſiſtaunce of the Lordes of his faction, came with them vnto Leith agaynſt the Gouernour, that was then in Edenburgh: but through the diligent trauayle of the Cardinall, the Erles of Hunt|ley, Murrey, and Argyle, the matter was ta|ken vp and an appoyntment accorded:An appoint|ment taken. ſo that ſir George Dowglas was deliuered as a pledge for his brother the Erle of Angus, the Maſter of Glencarne,Pledges deli|uered. for his father the Erle of Glen|carne, the Abbot Caſiaghole, for his brother the Erle of Caſſilles, to remayne in ſafe keepyng where it pleaſed the Gouernour to appoynt.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 The Erle of Lennox came vnto Edinburgh to y^e Gouernor,The Erle of Lennox com|meth to the gouernour. but within ſixe dayes after they went bothe to Lithquo, from whence the Erle of Lennox ſecretely departed from the Gouer|nour without biddyng him farewell,

He departed from him a|gayne.

He fortifieth Gl [...]ſquo.

and com|ming to Glaſquo, fortified both the Caſtell and Steeple there with menne and munition. The Gouernour aduertiſed thereof, paſſed thither with the power of the whole realme, entred the towne, aſſieged the Caſtell and ſteeple whiche he wanne, hanged certen Gentlemen whiche he tooke there to the number of ſixteene,Glaſquo wõ [...] by the gouer|nour. and pardo|ned the other inferiour Souldiours. The Erle of Lennox withdrewe into Dunbertayne. The Erle of Angus, and the Lorde Maxwell hea|ryng of thys ſturre, came vnto the Gouernour vnto Glaſquo before the ſiege was layde, to in|treate of ſome accorde betwixte him and the Erle of Lennox.The Erle of Angus, and the Lorde Maxwell co|mitted to warde. But the Gouernour cauſed them both to be ſecretly conueyed frõ the coun|ſell by the backſide of the blacke Fryers of Glaſ|quo, vnto the Eaſtell of Hamilton, and from thence the Erle was ſente to Blackneſſe. The Lorde Maxwell was kepte ſtill in holde at Hamilton, and George Dowglas, and the Maſter of Glencarne in Edenburgh Caſtell: theſe perſons thus impryſoned ſtoode in greate doubte of theyr lyues as ſome ſuppoſed, but as diuers other did ſuſpect, they were rather com|mitted EEBO page image 461 for a colour than for any euill that was meant towarde them.

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The Erle of [...] ſen| [...] to the [...]g of En|gland.