[1] Then doubting not but for ſuche contemp|tuous demeanour agaynſt the kings rega [...] au|thoritie, they ſhoulde be inuaded with all the power the king coulde make,Makdowald offereth him|ſelfe to be cap|taine of the rebelles. Makdowalde out of great eſtimation amongſt them making firſt a confederacie with his neareſt frendes and kinſmen, tooke vpon him to be chiefe captayne of all ſuche rebelles, as woulde ſta [...]de againſt the king, in maintenance of theyr grieuous offences lately cõmitted againſt him. Many ſlanderous wordes alſo, & rayling [...] this M [...] vtter [...] againſt his prince, calling him [...] faynt harted milkeſop, more [...] to gouerne a ſort of idle monkes in ſome cloyſter, than to [...] [page 240] of ſuche valiant and hardy men of warre as the Scottes were.