[1] Wherevpon Malcolme following the coun|ſaile of his friendes,Malcolm ſen|deth priuily to the Lordes of Scotlande. ſent forth ſecrete meſſengers vnto thoſe Lordes that tooke part with Grime, re|quiring them to remember their promiſed fayth, giuen vnto his father king Kenneth, concerning the obſeruaunce of the lawe eſtabliſhed by their conſente for the ſucceſſion of theyr Kinges: whiche if they woulde doe in renouncyng [page 224] their obeyſance vnto the vſurper Gryme, he pro|miſed ſo to gouerne the Realme with equall iu|ſtice,Malcolme his promiſe vnto the Scottes. that no eſtate ſhould in reaſon find cauſe to miſlike with his doings. Many of the nobles by meanes of this meſſage reuolted from the ſayde Grime, ſoliciting their friends by earneſt trauaile to do the like.Malcolme hys meſſengers are cõmitted to priſon. But other and the greater number tooke thoſe that brought the meſſage, and ſent them as priſoners vnto Grime, who incontinent|ly committed them to priſon.