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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe Ambaſſadours, through their earneſt diligence, got ſuch fauour in theyr ſute, that the Pope ſundrie tymes charged the Engliſh men to auoyde out of Irelande,The Engliſh men paſſe litle on the Popes commaunde|ments. howbeit they ſeemed to paſſe little of his commaundements in that be|halfe, for they dayly ſought how to make them|ſelues ſtrong in that part, leaſt they ſhoulde loſe the poſſeſſion of that Countrey, whiche theyr e|nimies were aboute to get foorth of their handes.

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