Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the yeare following, whiche was in the yeare 1315. the Princes of Irelande oppreſſed (as they tooke it) with long and inſufferable ty|rannie of the Engliſh men,1315 and truſting by ſup|port of Scottes to recouer their libertie, now after ſo notable an ouerthrowe of the whole Engliſhe puiſſance,The Lordes of Irelande re|quire ayde of king Robert. ſent Ambaſſadors vnto king Robert, requyring that it might pleaſe him to ſende hys brother Edwarde Bruce, to receyue the crowne and gouernment of theyr Countrey of Irelande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This requeſt being graunted, Edwarde pre|pared to take that iourney in hande, and ſo with a ſmall power of Scottiſh men tranſporting o|uer into Irelande, and ioyning with an army of ſuch as were readie to aſſiſt him there, he tooke the town of Vlſter,Vlneſter. and ſlue a great number of Eng|liſh men which were found in the ſame.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Then afterwardes, by the generall conſent of all the eſtates of IrelandeEdward Bruce proclaimed K. of Irelande. Edwarde Bruce was proclaymed king of that Realme, and certaine of the Iriſh Nobilitie ſent Ambaſſadors vnto the Pope, to ſewe for a ratification of theyr act and proceedings, for the ſuretie and weale of theyr Countrey, ſithe they were not able longer to ſuſteyne the grieuous yoke of the Engliſh thral|dome.