[1] In time of any aduerſitie hee ſhewed hym|ſelfe as a man deſpayring of all comforte or helpe: In proſperitie ſo lifte vp in careleſſe inſo|lencie, that he hadde no ſtay of himſelfe, by rea|ſon whereof, ſometymes he ſuffered baynous of|fenders through dread of theyr puiſſant friendes (a thyng not to bee ſuffered in Scotlande) to eſ|cape vnpuniſhed, and at other tymes agayne, hee ſhewed hymſelfe more ſeuere and cruell in executyng of iuſtice than the matter re|quired.