And quhairas ʒour Ma[jesty] is informed, that theſe who wer appoynted to proſequut the Lord Maxwell hes keipit companie with him, theaſe that hes commandement of ʒour Ma[jesty]s Guairdis humlie craves tryall of that calumnie;[…]

[…] my hope Dwindled into a ghost not fit to cope With that obstreperous joy success would bring

Fauſtus is gone, regard his helliſh fall, / Whoſe fiendfull fortune may exhort the wiſe / Only to wonder at unlawfull things: […]

although there should none of them fall by the sword , nor be saine by the soldier , yett thus beinge keepte from manurance , and theire cattle from runinge abroade