[1] The king being ſore offended herewith as he had no leſſe cauſe) paſſed ouer his diſpleaſure with ſilence, til he ſaw time and opp [...]unitie to reuenge the ſame: but in the mean ſeaſon many an honeſt man bought the bargain right dearly, being ſpoy|led of that he had, & otherwiſe euil entreated, and yet durſt not the meaner ſort once complaine, for feare of further miſchief, where the higher powers alſo ſore lamented the great diſorders dayly in|creaſing, and were not able yet in anye wyſe [page 392] to reforme the ſame, inſomuch as it was greatly doubted,The cõfedera|cie miſtruſted. leaſt the Earles of Dowglas. Craw|forde, Roſſe, Murrey, and other of that faction, ment to put the king beſide his ſeate which doubt being put into ye kings head, brought him into no ſmal perplexitie,The king ſen|deth for the Erle of Dow|glas. whervpon by courteys meſſages he ſent for the Earle of Dowglas, wylling hym to repayre to his preſence, ſoiourning there in Striueling Caſtell, which he refuſed to do, till he had aſſurance vnder the kings great ſeale for his ſafe cõming and going (as ſome haue ſaid.) And then about Shrouetide in the yeare .1451. he came to the court at Striueling,1451 where the king tooke him aſide, and in ſecret talk moued and requeſted him to forſake the league and bonde of friendſhip betwixt him and the Earle of Crawford, and o|ther ſuch his confederates.