[1] Which act being reported to the king, as then ſoiourning at Edenbourgh, he haſted forth with all ſpeede to puniſh the offenders, not ceaſſing till [page 285] he had taken foure hundred of them, all the which number he cauſed to be hanged,Strayte exe|cution. and for that hee would haue no ſucceſſion to come of ſuch a wic|ked ſeede, hee appoynted all theyr ſonnes to loſe their ſtones.