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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Then the Princes ſubiecte to him, beganne to ſtomacke the matter, and denied their obeyſaunce to his ſucceſſour, wherevpon enſued continuall warres betwixte them, falling ſtill at debate for the lande of Methe, whiche ſtrife of long tyme might neuer fully be appeaſed.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the necke of theſe troubles alſo there arri|ued in Ireland a new armie of Scythians,A nevv armie of Scythians lande in Ire|lande. who made clayme to the land by a title of right which they pretended from their forfather Nemodus: & ſo taking and making partes,Parttakings. they ſet all in an vprore, that hauocke was made on eche ſide with fire and ſworde in moſte miſerable maner.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 To be ſhort, they ſpent themſelues in purſu|ing one an other with ſuche outrage, that nowe they cared not what nation or what Souldiour they receiued to theyr ayde, to keepe vp or beate downe a ſyde.

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