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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Sir Iohn Wallop (who was then the Eng|liſh Ambaſſadour) vnderſtanding the cauſe of the Iriſh fugitiue his repayre to Fraunce,Sir Iohn Wal|lop demaun|deth Fitz Gi|ralde. de|maunded him of the French king according to the newe made league betwene both the princes, which was, that none ſhoulde keepe the other his ſubiect within his dominion, contrarie to eyther of their willes, adding further, that the boy was brother to one, who of late notorious for his re|bellion in Ireland, was executed at London.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 To this anſwered the King firſt,The king de|nyeth him. that the Ambaſſadour had no Commiſſion from hys Prince to demaunde him, and vppon his Ma|ieſtie his letter he ſhoulde knowe more of his mynde: ſecondly that hee did not deteyne him, but the Dolphyn ſtayed him: laſtly, that howe grieuouſly ſoeuer his brother offended, hee was EEBO page image 103 well aſſured, that the ſilly boy neither was nor coulde be a traytour, and therfore there reſted no cauſe why the Ambaſſadour ſhoulde in ſuche wiſe craue him, not doubting that although hee were deliuered to his king, yet he woulde not ſo farre ſwarue from the extreeme rigour of Iu|ſtice, as to embrew his handes in the innocent his bloud, for the offence that his brother had perpetrated.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Maiſter Wallop herevppon addreſſed his Letters to Englande, ſpecifying to the Coun|ſaile the French kings anſwere, and in the mean tyme the yong Fitz Girald hauing an ynckling of the Ambaſſadour his motion,Fitz Giralde flieth to Flan|ders. fledde ſecretely to Flaunders, ſcantly reaching to Valencie, when Iames Sherelocke, one of Maiſter Wal|lop his men,Iames Sher|locke purſu|eth Fitz Gi|ralde. did not onely purſue him, but al|ſo did ouertake him, as he ſoiourned in the ſayd towne.

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