Compare 1587 edition: 1 His ſtudie in the begynning was onely to clenſe the Countrey of all myſdoers, and to ſee the peace kept to the quiet of the people: and fi|nally in all his doings ſhewed a perfite patrone of an vpright Iuſticier.Argadus an vpright in|ſticier. But within a few yeares after (as it often happeneth) proſperous ſucceſſe chaunged his former mynde to an euill diſpoſi|tion, whereby he ordered things after his owne ſelfewill more than by reaſon,Proſperitie chaungeth conditions. without the aduiſe of his peeres.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And further to the manifeſt ruyne of the com|mon wealth, he nouriſhed ciuill diſcorde and ſe|dition amongſt the nobles, ſuppoſing it to make for his welfare, ſo long as they were at oddes. He alſo maryed a Pictiſh Ladie, the better to ſtreng|then himſelfe by this his forraine aliaunce.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Hereupon the Peeres of the Realme vnder|ſtanding what miſchiefe might enſue by theſe manifolde and ſundrie abuſes of the gouernour, cauſed a Parliament to be called, where in pre|ſence of the whole aſſemblie, they layde vnto his charge, howe (that through his miſgouernment [figure appears here on page 60] and preſumption,Argadus is rebuked. not onely in coupling himſelfe in maryage with a wife of a ſtraunge Nation, but alſo for attempting many other things pre|iudicial to the eſtate of the Realme, without con|ſent of the Nobles or Commons of the ſame) he had deſerued greeuous puniſhment, his treſ|paſſe being ſo much the greater, in y^t conſidering the meane howe he came to that dignitie, he an|ſwered not their expectation, nor performed the truſt which was generally committed vnto him.