[1] [2] The [...] Realme beeing thus brought in quiet, and vnder good gouernement,The French King miſli|keth of the match with Englande. the French King ſore miſliking this new coniunction of ye Scots with England, and doubting leaſt the olde for|mer bond of aliance betwixt France and Scot|land might therby be vtterly diſſolued and ſha|ken off, he ſent for Mathew Earle of Leuenox,Mathew Earle of Lennox. then abrode in his ſeruice in the warres of Ita|ly, and vppon his comming backe from thence to the Court, hee declared to him the deceaſſe of the late King of Scottes, the intruſion of Ar|rane, and the attemptes in that Realme begun, with all the circumſtances from poynt to point as he knewe, and further diſcourſed with hym what wrong hee had to be ſette aſide, and diſ|placed from hys ryghte of gouernemente, and therefore exhorted hym to repayre home to recouer the ſame, offering not only to aſſiſt him with men, money, and munition, but alſo to ioyne hys friendes in Scotlande with hym in ayde to attayne the place of regimente, and to remoue Arrane and others from it. The [page 459] Earle of Leuenox heerevpon with commiſſion and inſtructions deliuered to him by the French King, had alſo letters from him directed to the Lordes that were of the French faction, where|in the ſayde Kyng requeſted them to remaine and continue in their former good meanings towards him, and to aſſiſt the Erle of Leuenox in all things, as ſhould be thought expedient.