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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But his enterpriſe into Ireland tooke ſmal ef|fect though there were other kings of the Britons that got dominion there, in ſo muche that Gur|guntius, or Gurgwintius, the ſonne of Beli|nus, accompted Ireland among other his domi|nions, to belong to him by lineall deſcente, not|withſtanding the Brytiſh Princes neuer enioyed the quiet poſſeſſion thereof longer than they helde it by mayne force, but were often repulſed and put to the worſe with ſeekyng after it, fynding there ſmall gaine other than ſtripes, whereof they bare away great plentie.

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