[1] [2] [3] Ambaſſadours ſent vnto Mal|colme.Shortly after came Ambaſſadours from A|thelſtane vnto Malcolme to moue meanes for a peace to be concluded betwixt the Scottiſhe and Engliſh nations according to the articles of the old league. Whiche motion was ioyfully heade of Malcolme, though he ſet a countenaunce of the mater as though hee paſſed not whether hee had warre or peace: but in the ende for that as he ſayde, peace was moſte neceſſarie for all partes, he ſhewed himſelfe willing to haue the olde for|mer league renewed betwixte the Engliſhmen and Scottes, with any reaſonable condicions whiche ſhould be thought to be requiſite.The league was confirmed agayne. After the returne of the Ambaſſadours the league was newly confirmed betwixt the two kings & theyr people, with the ſemblable articles as were com|pryſed in the olde league, with this article onely added therevnto,Northumber|land allotted vnto England. that Northumberland being as now repleniſhed moſt with Daniſh inhabitãts, ſhould remaine to the Engliſhmen: and Cum|berland with Weſtmerlande to the Scots vpon this condition, that he whiche ſhould ſucceede as heyre vnto the crowne of Scotlande after the kings deceaſſe,Cumberlãd & Weſtmerland to do homage vnto England. being heyre apparant, ſhould hold thoſe regions, and do homage vnto the king of England as his baſſall perpetually for the ſame. The peace being thus eſtabliſhed betwixt theſe nations, Indulphe the ſonne of Conſtantine the thyrde was proclaymed prince of Cumberland and inheritour to the crowne of Scotland. Af|ter this, Malcolme paſſed the reſidue of his life in good quiet, without any troubles of warre, as a man onely ſtudying to mainteyne the ſtate of his realme in good order, aſwell for the wealth of the temporaltie as ſpiritualtie, wherevnto hee was equally inclined. At length as he rode about the prouinces of his realme to ſee the lawes due|ly miniſtred, at Vlrine a village in Murraylãd,King Mal|colme was murthered. where he cauſed iuſtice to be ſomewhat ſtreight|ly executed vpon offendors, he was murthered in the night ſeaſon by treaſon of a fewe conſpira|tours in the .xv. yeare of his reigne.The conſpira|tors were put to execution. But ſuche as did this wicked deede with theyr complices, by diligent examination were tried out, and on the next day being apprehended, ſuffered due ex|ecution, according as they had deſerued,The murthe|rers were torn with horſes. be|ing torne in peeces with wilde horſes and thoſe peeces ſent vnto ſundry cities, where they were hanged vp on the gates and towers, vntill they rotted away.