Snippet: 3418 of 4297 (1577, Volume 2, p. 383)
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[page 384] The king doubting the matter, raiſed hys ſiege and
returned home to prouide the better for his owne ſuretie:
The king in|formed of a conſpiracie made againſt him, rayſeth [...] ſiege.
The Earle of Athol head of the cõſpiracy.
but that preuayled little, for Wal|ter Stewarde Earle of Athole, and
heade of the whole conſpiracie, pretending euer a right to the Crowne, by
reaſon that hee was procreate by king Robert the ſeconde on his firſt wife,
procu|red his nephew Robert Stewarde, and his cou|ſin Robert Graham, to ſlea
the King by one meane or other, which finally they accompliſhed in this wiſe.