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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the yeare of the worlde .2436.2436. after the vni|uerſall floud .780. whyleſt the Iſraelites ſerued in Egypte, Gathelus the ſonne of one Neale, a great lord in Grecia, was vpon diſfauor exiled his countrey with a number of his factious adherents and frendes. This noble Gentleman being right wiſe, valiant, and wel ſpoken,Sea more of this matter in the beginning of the Scottish hiſtorie. comming into E|gipte, gote honourable entertainmente of Pha|rao ſurnamed Orus, as in the Scottiſhe hiſto|rie more plainly appereth. And afterwards depar|ting that countrey, trauerſed the ſeas, and landing firſt in Portingall, after ſome bickering with the inhabitants, at lẽgth yet he got by their conſent a portion of the countrey lying by the banks of the riuer aunciently called Munda,The ryuer of Munda, novve Mondego. Brachara. Brachara novv Braga. and now Mon|dego, where ſhortly after he began to buyld a citie firſt named Brachara but now Barſalo, as He|ctor Boetius hath. After this, when Gathelus his people began to increaſe in power, thorough per|ſuaſion of the Spanyardes their neighbors, they remoued into Galicia, where they alſo builded a citie named Brigantium,Brigantium. whiche is nowe called Coruna. Finally when they grew into ſuche an huge multitude,See more here|of in Scotland. Gathelus paſ|ſeth into Ire|lande. that Galicia was not able to ſuſteyn them, Gathelus with a certain number of thẽ paſſed ouer into Ireland, and there grewe in|to ſuch eſtimatiõ with the barbarous people, that for his knowledge ſpecially in all languages, he was highly honored: for he not only enriched and beautified the Iriſh toung, but alſo taught them, letters, ſought vp their antiquities, practiſed their youth in warlyke feates after the manner of the Grekes and Egyptians, from whence he deſcen|ded.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 To conclude, he was ſo acceptable to thẽ,The names of Irelande, and vvherof the ſame vvere de|riued, as they hold opinion. that to gratifie ſuch a benefactor, they agreed to name the Iland after him Gathelia, and after his wyfe Scotia.

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