[1] [2] 1468The Ambaſſadors yt were ſent vnto Chriſtren King of Denmarke and Norway in the yeere 1468.The Ambaſ|ſadors ſente [...]nto Denmark [...] Ferrerio [...]. as ye ſaid Ferrerio affirmeth, were theſe, An|drow Biſhop of Glaſgow, William Biſhop of Orkney, Androw Lorde of Auandale, Chancel|lor of the Realm, Martine Wane the great aul|mone [...], and the kings Confeſſor, Gilbert de Ke|rick Archdeacon of Glaſgow, Dauid Creichton of Crau [...]ton, and Iohn Shaw of Haly. Theſe Ambaſſadors beeing diſpatched into Denmarke in Iuly, in the yeere aforeſaid, came at length vn|to Ha [...]nen, where king Chriſtierne then remay|ned, and were of him ioyfully receyued and well heard concerning their ſuite, in ſo much at length after he had proponed the matter to his counſell about the eighte of September, it was agreed in this ſorte,The marriage [...]ncluded. The Iſles of Orkney and Scotland en|gaged. that the Lady Margaret, daughter to the ſayd [...]ing Chriſtierne, ſhould be giuen in ma|riage vnto king Iames of Scotland, and that ye Iſles of Orkney, beeing in number . [...]8. and like|wiſe the Iſles of Shetland, of which there are .18. ſhuld remayne in poſſeſſion of the kings of Scot|land, till eyther the ſayd king Chriſtierne or hys ſucceſſors in name of the marriage money ſhould pay vnto King Iames, or to his ſucceſſors, the ſumme of .50. thouſand Florens of the Rh [...]ine. This marriage was thoughte, by reaſon of thys engaging of thoſe Iſles, right profitable vnto the Realm of Scotland, bycauſe of the controuerſie and variance whiche had continued long before thoſe dayes betwixt the Kings of Scotlande and Denmarke, about the righte of poſſeſſing thoſe Iſles.1469 In the moneth of Nouember next enſu|ing, after the marriage had bin conſummate in Iuly before, within the Abbey Churche of Holy Roode houſe (as before ye haue heard) or in Saint Giles Church in Edenburgh (as [...]her write) the three eſtates were called to aſſẽble in Edenburgh, where the Queene was Crowned, and the Par|liamente holden, the moſt parte of the Lordes re|mayning ſtill in Edenburgh all the next win|ter: And in the Sommer following,1470 the king and Queene made their progreſſe into the Northe partes, and were honorably receyued in the prin|cipall cities and townes where they [...]ame, [...] like|wiſe by the Nobles of the countrey, to the greate reioycing of the whole Realme. After their [...]e|turning to Edenburgh the king called a Parlia|ment in the moneth of May .1471.1471 in the whyche amõg other things it was ordeyned, that Lords, Barons, and the [...] of the Realme ſhoulde builde Shippes and b [...]ates, and prouide nettes for fiſhing. Alſo it was orde [...]ed,The like act for ſhooting was inſtituted by king Iames the firſt. Anno 14 [...]. Iohn Maior. that none ſhould weare ſilkes in double [...], gowne, or [...], except Knights, Minſtrels and Heralds, excepte they mighte diſpen [...] one hundred poundes in lands by yeere: and that ye [...] and other vn|lawfull games ſhoulde be debarred, and the exer|ciſe of ſhooting mainteyned. Iames eldeſt ſonne to king Iames the [...], was borne ye tenth day of March, in the yeere .1472.1472. who afterwards ſuc|ceded his father, and was called Iames ye fourth. Chriſtierne king of Denmarke,The right to Orkney and Shetlande reſigned. to congratulate the happie birth of this yong Prince beeing hys Nephewe by his daughter, releaſed all the rights, title and clayme which he or his ſucceſſors might haue to the Iſles of Orkney and Shetland.A blaſing Starre.