Compare 1587 edition: 1 But calling his lordes and peeres thus aſ|ſembled one day before him, and going earneſtly about to moue them to the warres, he could ſtir them no more to his purpoſe, than if he had ben in hand to haue coũſelled them vnto that which in no wyſe had appertained vnto their dueties: which their lacke of ſtomacks, Kenneth percey|uing, he began to deuiſe a pretie ſhift, wherby to induce them to his accorde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Firſt therfore, breaking vp the aſſemblie for the ſame day, he cõmaunded y^e they ſhould come togither agayne on the next morow,A pretie ſhifte deuiſed by the king to per|ſwade the no|bilitie. to conſult further for the ſtate of the realme, as they ſhould ſee cauſe. The ſame euening alſo hee had them all to ſupper, whiche being prolonged tyll farre in the night, it was late before they went to bed, ſo that being ouerwatched, when they were once gotten to reſte, they were ſoone broughte into a ſound ſleepe: Now had the king appointed for e|uery one of their chambers one man apparelled in garmentes pretily deuiſed and made of fyſhe ſkinnes vnſkaled, bearing in one of their hands a ſtaffe of ſuche rotten woode, as ſhyneth in the night, and in their other hand a great oxe horn, to the ende that vttering their wordes thorough the ſame, the ſound of their voyces ſhoulde ſeeme farre differing from the vſuall ſpeeche of man.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus appointed in the dead of the night, they enter the chambers to eche of them aſſigned, where (as is ſayd) the lordes laye faſte a ſleepe, EEBO page image 174 who being at the firſt as it were half awakened, were wonderfully amazed at the ſtrangeneſſe of the ſight (doubting whether it wer but a dreame or ſome true and vnfayned viſion.) Herewith al|ſo were heard certaine ſeueral voyces, farre grea|ter than thoſe of men, declaring that they were meſſengers ſente from almightie God vnto the Scottiſh nobilitie, to commaunde them to obey their king,Of ſuch ſligh|tes there were many in thoſe dayes: and of|tentimes no dout eſtemed to be heauen|ly viſions in deede. for his requeſt was iuſt: The Pictiſh kingdome due vnto him by rightefull heritage, ought to be recouered from that people, which for their great offẽces and ſinnes towards almigh|tie god ſhould ſhortly come to vtter deſtruction: ſuch was the determinate pleaſure of his diuine maieſtie, againſt the whiche might neyther coũ|ſell nor puiſſance of man be able to reſiſt.