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would many times communicate with them of his 

 own affairs, yea, and employ them in his service, fell 

 into speech and discourse incidently, concerning the 

 ending of the debates and differences with Scotland. 

 For the king naturally did not love the barren wars 

 with Scotland, though he made his profit of the 

 noise of them. And he wanted not in the council 

 of Scotland, those that would advise their king to 

 meet him at the half way, and to give over the war 

 with England ; pretending to be good patriots, but 

 indeed favouring the affairs of the king. Only his 

 heart was too great to begin with Scotland for the 

 motion of peace. On the other side, he had met 

 with an ally of Ferdinando of Arragon, as fit for his 

 turn as could be. For after that King Ferdinando 

 had, upon assured confidence of the marriage to 

 succeed, taken upon him the person of a fraternal 

 ally to the king, he would not let, in a Spanish gra 

 vity, to counsel the king in his own affairs. And 

 the king on his part, not being wanting to himself, 

 but making use of every man s humours, made his 

 advantage of this in such things as he thought either 

 not decent, or not pleasant to proceed from himself; 

 putting them off as done by the counsel of Ferdi 

 nando. Wherefore he was content that Hialis, as 

 in a matter moved and advised from Hialis himself, 

 should go into Scotland, to treat of a concord be 

 tween the two kings. Hialas took it upon him, and 

 coming to the Scottish king, after he had with 

 much art brought King James to hearken to the 

 more safe and quiet counsels, wrote unto the king, 



