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Iames.
[figure appears here on page 408] NOwe then, after that the Barons of Scotland hadde thus
ſlayne their ſoueraigne Lorde and liege King Iames, the third of that
name: his eldeſt ſonne Iames the fourth
was crowned King of Scot|lande, and beganne hys raigne the .24. of Iune, in the
yeere .1488. being not paſt ſixteene yeeres of age, who notwithſtanding that he
had bin in the fielde with the Nobles of the Realme againſte his father that
contrary to his mind was ſlayne,The King was
repentãt. yet neuertheleſſe afterwardes, he became a ryght noble
Prince, and ſeemed to take great repentãce for that his offence, and in token
thereof, he ware continually an Iron chayne about hys middle all the dayes of
his life.
The King wore an yron chayne. Was giuen to deuotion.