Compare 1587 edition: 1 According therfore to the order of al other na|tions and people that ſeeke to aduaunce the glory of their countreyes in fetching their beginnyng with the fartheſt from ſome one of auncient an|tiquitie: ſo lykewiſe the Iriſhmen haue regiſtred in their Chronicles, that their Countrey was firſte inhabited by one of Noes neeces after this manner.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the yeare of the world .1525. the Patriarke Noe began to admoniſh the people of vengeance to followe for their wickedneſſe and abhominable ſinnes, to buyld his arke, to foreſhew his kinſfolk and frendes, of that vniuerſal floud whiche was to come, wherewith the whole face of the earthe ſhoulde be couered with water, and that within fewe yeeres, except they amended in tyme. This did he before the generall Floud one hundred and xxv. [...]a [...]a nece [...] Noe. yeeres. But when euery man ſeemed to ne|glect this wholſom admonition, one Ceſara that was neece to Noe, hearyng hir vncles fearefull prophecie, doubted leaſt the ſame ſhould come to paſſe, and therfore determined with certayne hir adherentes to ſeeke aduentures in ſome forrayne region, perſuading hir ſelf, that if the might finde a countrey neuer yet inhabited, and ſo with ſinne vnſpotted, the generall ſentence of Gods wrathe. ſhould not there take effecte. Whervpon rigging a nauie, ſhe committed hirſelf to the ſeas, ſayling foorth, till at length ſhe arriued in Irelande only with three men, and fiftie women, hauing loſte the reſidue of hir companie by miſfortune of ſun|drie ſhipwracks made in that hir long & troubles ſome iourney. The names of the men wer theſe, Bythi, Laigria, and Fintan. The coaſt where ſhe fyrſt ſet foote a lande, and where alſo the lyeth buried, is called Nauicular [...]li [...], y^t is the ſhip|ping riuage or ſhore. The ſtones wherin the me|morie hereof was preſerued from violence of wa|ters, haue bin ſeene of ſome (as they them ſelues haue reported,) but how truly I haue not to ſay.Anno mundi. 1556. Within .xl. days after hir comming a land there, the vniuerſall floud came and ouerflowed al that coaſt as well as all other partes of the worlde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But where this tale bewrayeth it ſelfe too mani|feſtly to be a mere vntruth, if the time & other cir|cũſtances be throughly examined, I wil not ſtãd longer about the proofe or diſproufe therof, ſauing that it is ſufficient (as I thinke) to bring it oute of credite, to conſider, how that the Arte of ſay|ling was vnknowne to the world before the vni|uerſall floud, and no parte inhabited excepte the continent of Syria, and thereaboutes.Rab. Iſaac in Gene .5. But to paſſe ſuch a forged fable, with the recorde thereof grauen in a ſtone (A deuiſe borowed from Ioſe|phus, as ſome thinke) it ſhal be ſufficient for the glorie of the Iriſh antiquitie to graunt that Ire|lande was diſcouered and peopled by ſome of Noes kinrede, euen with the firſt Ilandes of the world (if they will needes haue it ſo, as the like|lyhood is great) according to that whiche is ſette foorth in their hiſtories, when aboute .300.Anno mundi. 1557. After the beſte authours make 300. yeres. and not .100. be|tvvene Noes floud and Ba|bell. yeeres after the generall Floud immediately vpon the confuſion of toungs, Iaphet and his poſteritie enboldened by Noes example, aduentured to cõ|mitie themſelues by ſhippe to paſſe the ſeas, and to ſearche out the vnknowne corners of y^e world, and ſo finding out diuers yles in theſe weſt parts of the worlde.