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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But nowe to come to the Spanyards, that laſtly vnder the conducte of foure Capitains paſ|ſed into Irelande from Biſkaye, and inhabited that Ilande, it ſhall not bee impertinent in follo|wing the order whiche oure Authour keepeth, to ſpeake ſomewhat of their originall, that it maye appeare from whence the Iriſhe nation had their firſt beginning.

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