[1] Thus being solemnelie conueied through the stréets of London vnto Westminster, they came before the councell sitting in the Starchamber,The Scots prisoners be|fore the coun|cel in the S [...]a [...] chamber. and there the lord chancellor declared to them their vntruth, vnkindnesse, and false dissimulation, decla|ring further how the king had cause of war against them, both for denieng of their homages, and also for their traitorous inuasions made into his realme without defiance, and for keeping his subiects priso|ners without redemption, contrarie to the ancient laws of the marches; for which dooings, God (as they might perceiue) had scourged them. Howbeit the K. more regarding his honor than his princelie power, [page 959] was content to shew them kindnesse for vnkind|nesse, and right for wrong. And although he might kéepe them in streict prison by iust law of armes, yet he was content that they should haue libertie to be with the nobles of his realme in their houses, and so according to their estates, they were appointed to dukes, earles, bishops, knights, and gentlemen, which so interteined them, that they confessed them|selues neuer to be better vsed, nor to haue had grea|ter cheere in all their life times.