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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 By whiche occaſion the Brytons alſo put in a foote among them,Brennus called into Ireland to ayde one parte of the factious people. who procured Brennus the brother of Betinus, to directe his courſe thyther with the ſame nauie whiche he had made ready to paſſe ouer into Gallia,Segvvyne. Allobroges. now called Fraunce, to the ayde of Segwin then kyng of the Allobroges that inhabited the countreis called Sauoy and the Delphinate.

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