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You are here: 1577 > Volume 3 > Body Text: Section 3 of 4: The ſeconde Booke of the Hiſtories of Irelande, in which the conqueſt made by Henry the ſecond of that name, King of Englande, is comprehended.
Snippet: 173 of 200 (1577, Volume 3, p. 46)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The ſame yeere .1290.William Ve|ſcy Lorde Iuſtice. William Veſcy was made Lord Iuſtice of Irelande, and entred into that office on Saint Martins daye. Vnto thys Iuſtice, Edward Ballioll King of Scotland did homage for an Erledome which he helde in Ire|land, in like manner as he did to king Edwarde for the Crowne of Scotland.

You are here: 1577 > Volume 3 > Body Text: Section 3 of 4: The ſeconde Booke of the Hiſtories of Irelande, in which the conqueſt made by Henry the ſecond of that name, King of Englande, is comprehended.
Snippet: 174 of 200 (1577, Volume 3, p. 46)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the yere .1292. a fiftenth was graunted to the King of all the temporall goodes in Ireland, whileſt Veſcy was as yet Lord Iuſtice.

You are here: 1577 > Volume 3 > Body Text: Section 3 of 4: The ſeconde Booke of the Hiſtories of Irelande, in which the conqueſt made by Henry the ſecond of that name, King of Englande, is comprehended.
Snippet: 175 of 200 (1577, Volume 3, p. 46)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Veſcy was a ſterne manne and full of courage,1294 he called Iohn Earle of Kildare before him, charging him with riots foule & miſdemea|nors, for that he ranged abroade, and ſoughte re|uenge vpon priuate diſpleaſures out of all order, and not for any aduauncemente of the publike wealth or ſeruice of his ſoueraigne.

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