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 yt 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.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 Argadus hearing himſelfe thus charged, and not able to lay any likely excuſe,Argadus con|feſſeth his fault. fell vppon hys knees, and partly as it were confeſſing his fault with teares guſhing frõ his eyes, beſought them of pardon, wholy ſubmitting himſelfe to bee or|dered at their diſcretion.