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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The next winde that ſerued into Englande theſe fiue brethren were embarked, to wit Ia|mes Fitz Giralde, Walter Fitz Girald, Oliuer Fitz Girald, Iohn Fitz Girald, & Richard Fitz Girald. Three of theſe Gentlemen, Iames, Walter, and Richarde, were knowne to haue croſſed their Nephew Thomas to their power in his Rebellion, and therefore were not occa|ſioned to miſdoubt any daunger. But ſuch as in thoſe dayes were enimies to the houſe, incen|ſed the king ſo ſore agaynſt it, perſwading him, that he ſhould neuer conquer Irelande, as long as any Giraldine breathed in the Countrey, and for making the pathway ſmooth, he was reſol|ued to loppe off as well the good and ſounde Grapes, as the wilde and fruiteleſſe Beries. Whereby appeareth howe daungerous it is to be a rubbe, when a King is diſpoſed to ſweepe an Alley.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus were the fiue brethren ſayling into Englande, among whome Richarde Fitz Gi|ralde being more bookiſh than the reſt of his bre|thren, and one that was much giuen to the ſtu|dies of antiquitie, veyling his inwarde griefe, with outward myrth comforted them wyth cheerefulneſſe of countenance, as well perſwa|ding them that offended to repoſe affiaunce in God, and the King his mercie, and ſuch as were not of that conſpiracie,Innocencie a ſtrong fort. to relie to theyr inno|cencie, which they ſhould hold for a more ſafe & ſtrong Barbican, than any rampire or Caſtell of Braſſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus ſolacing the ſiely mourners ſometyme with ſmiling, ſomtime with ſinging, ſometyme with graue & pithie Apophthegmes, he craued of the owner the name of the Barcke, who hauing anſwered, that it was called the Cow,The Cow. the gen|tleman ſore appalled thereat ſayd:

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