Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Lorde Deputie in the meane while marched wyth the force of the Pale, the Ma|ior and the Citizens of Dublin to Drogheda, f [...]bai thence likewiſe accõpanied with the Ma|ior and Towneſmen, he marched Northward to Bellahoa, [...] foord of [...]lahon. where Oneale and his companie on the fartherſide of the water, laye encamped with the ſpoyle of the Pale.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Deputie by Spyes and ſecrete Meſ|ſengers hereof certified, cauſed the armie to tra|uaile the better part of the nyght, in ſo muche as by the dawning of the day, they were neare the Ryuer ſyde: where hauing eſcried the cul|mits, namely Magann [...]ſhe, and the Gallo|glaſſes, that were placed there to keepe the ſtraytes, (for Oneale wyth the mayne armye lurked in a Groue not farre off,) they beganne to ſette themſelues in battayle: array, as menne that were reſolued wyth all haſte and good ſpeede to ſuppriſe the enimys wyth a ſodayne charge.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 [...]ames Fleming [...]aron of Slane.At which tyme Iames Flemming Baron of Slane (commonlye called blacke Iames) garded wyth a rounde companye, as well of horſmen as footmen, humbly beſought the De|putie, to graunt him that day the honour of the onſette. Whereto when the Lorde Gray had agreed, the Baron of Slane wyth cheerefull countenaunce,Robert Half|pennie. imparted the obteyning of hys ſuyte, as pleaſant tydings to Robert Halfe pe|nie, who wyth his aunceſtours was Standers bearer to the houſe of Slane. But Halfepennie ſeeing the further ſyde of the water ſo beſet with armed Galloglaſſes, as he tooke it, as likely an attempt to raze downe the ſtrongeſt Fort in Irelande wyth a fillippe, as to ruſhe through ſuche quicke Iron walles, flatlye aunſwered the Baron, that hee woulde rather diſclayme in his office, than there to gyue the onſette, where there reſted no hope of lyfe, but an aſſured cer|taintie of death. And therefore hee was not as yet ſo wearie of the worlde, as lyke an head|long hoteſpurre voluntarilye to runne to hys vtter and vndoubted deſtruction. Where|fore hee beſought his Lordſhip, to ſet his heart at reſt, and not to impute his denyall to baſe|neſſe of courage, but to waryneſſe of ſafetie, althoughe hee knewe none of anye ſtayed mynde, but woulde ſooner chooſe to ſleepe in an hole ſheepe hys pelte, than to walke in a torne Lyon hys ſkinne, namely when all hope of lyfe was abandoned, and the certaintie of death aſſuredly promiſed.