[1] [2] How ſoeuer it was with them, the Erle of Lennox by the aduiſe of his friendes, ſent the Erle of Glencarne, & a Gentlemã called Tho|mas Biſhop, vnto the king of Englande with offer of his ſeruice, and requeſt to haue in ma|nage the Lady Margarete Dowglas daugh|ter to the Erle of Angus, and neece to the ſayde Kyng. They that were ſente ſo ſolicited the Erles cauſe, that in the ende the King beyng perſwaded that Leuenox ought of right to haue the gouernement of the realme of Scotlande, and to be ſeconde perſon in the ſame, and here|with in conſideration how vniuſtly not onely his Maieſtie had bene dealt with, but alſo how vnthankefully and diſcourteouſly Lennox had bene vſed both at the handes of the French king and alſo of his adherentes in Scotland, by the Cardinall and others, he bothe thankefully re|ceyued his gentle offer of ſeruice,The kyng of [...]d mea| [...] to ayde [...]e Erle of [...]ox. and alſo pro|miſed to ayde him in his Title and all other lawfull cauſes: and herewith prepared an ar|my to paſſe into Scotlande by ſea, appoynting the Erle of Hertforde, and the Lorde Liſle to haue the conduction of the ſame, who ſhippyng at Tynmouth with theyr people, arriued in the Forth vnder Werdie Caſtell,The Engliſhe [...] landeth [...]lieth. a myle and a half aboue Leith the thirde of May, the whole nauie conteyning aboue the number of twoo hundred ſhippes. Here at Newhauen a quarter of a myle from the ſayde Caſtell they landed theyr armie of tenne thouſande men of warre, with great artillery and all kinde of munition.