[1] The death of the Scotish king.The nineteenth of March, died Alexander king of Scotland, by a fall which he caught as he ran a stir|ring horsse: he left no issue behind him, nor any cer|teine knowne heire to succéed him, by reason wherof insued great harme to that relme (as in the Scotish historie may more at large appeare.) The manner of whose death (as in Richard Southwell I find it repor|ted) I haue thought good breeflie to touch, for that in recitall thereof, he somewhat disagreeth from the Scotish historie. Rich. South. There went (saith he) a common speach through Scotland all this yeare, before the kings death, that on the same ninetéenth of March the daie of iudgement should be: wherevpon, as the said king sat at dinner in the castell of Edenburgh, hauing a dish of excellent good lampries before him, he sent part therof to one of the lords that sat at some other table not far from him, and willed him by the gentleman that bare it, to be merrie, and haue in min [...] that this was the day of doome. The lord sent him thanks againe, and praied the messenger to tell the king merilie, [...] if this were the daie of doome, they should rise to iudgement spéedilie with their bel|lies filled with good meats and drinks. After they had dined, and the night began to draw on, he tooke his horsse, and onlie accompanied with thrée gentlemen, would needs ride to Kingorne, where the queene his new wife then laie, and before he could get vnto In|nerkenin, it was darke night, so that he tooke there two guides to lead him the waie: but they had not ridden past two miles, but that the guides had quite lost the waie, so that they were driuen to giue their horsses libertie to beat it out themselues.