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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Hiber. [figure appears here on page 4] WHEN thynges were once ſette here in a ſtaye, and that or|ders were gy|uen howe the land ſhoulde be conuerted vnto tillage, and manu [...]d for ye better bringing forth of ſuche things as ſerue for mans ſuſtenance,Hiber retur|ned into Spain Hiber (leauing his brother in charge with the gouernaunce of all thoſe whiche were appoynted to abyde there in Irelande with the moſt part of the ſhips and reſidue of the com|pany, ſayled backe into Spaine, where finding his father Gathelus deade,Hiber ſuccee|ded his [...] hee ſucceeded in hys place of gouernment, to the great reioycing of all the people there.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Hiber was a man of great courage, and more gyuen to the warres than his father before him, ſo that where his father contenting himſelfe with the boundes and limittes of the Countrey aſſigned him by compoſition, ſought no further (as is ſayde) to enlarge the ſame:Hiber a con|querour. Hi|ber ceaſſed not to conquere Cities and townes neare adioynyng to the borders of his ſubiectes, by reaſon whereof hys fame ſpredde ouer all thoſe parties: And in the ende conſtreyned his enimyes to ſeeke for peace,A peace. whiche hee willingly graunted: ſo that a league being concluded be|twixte the Scottes and Spaniardes, the ſame tooke ſuche good ſucceſſe,Spaniards and Scots become one people. that within certayne yeares after, both the Nations, what by ma [...]age and other contractes whiche they exerciſed togy|ther, became one: The ſucceſſion alſo of the Kings continued after Hibers deceaſſe in hys poſteritie a long ſeaſon. Amongeſt the whiche, Meteltus, Hermoneus, Ptolomeus, Hiberius, and Simon Brechus, were of moſt woorthie fame, as is recorded by ſuche as haue wry [...]ten the Hyſtories of that Nation more at large.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 [figure appears here on page 4] IN the meane whyle that theſe things were thus a doo|ing in Spaine,Heme|cus. Heme|cus beeing left,Hemecus king in Irelande. as is be|fore remembred in Ire|lande, to haue the go|uernaunce there, ru|led bothe the people of Scottiſhe men, and the former Inhabi|taunts, with as muche indifferencie as was poſſible: yet coulde he not ioyne them ſo in one,Diſſention. but that after his deceaſſe eyther of them woulde haue ſeuerall Rulers of their owne Nation to gouerne them: by reaſon whereof, falling eftſoo|nes at diſcorde amongſt themſelues, there enſued ſharpe and cruell warres betwixte them, whiche beeing ended ſome tymes by truce (when bothe partyes happilye were throughlye wearyed,) they renued notwithſtanding theyr malicious ſtryfe agayne, ſo ſoone as they had once recoue|red theyr decayed ſtrengthes, ſo that the one ſee|king the others deſtruction, they continued in great diſquiet for a long time.

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