Compare 1587 edition: 1 Notwithſtanding, ſure it is, that in the days of Gurguntius kyng of the Britons the chiefe gouernour of Bayon with .iiij. brethren Spani|ardes of the whiche two are ſayde to be Hyberus and Hermion not the ſonnes (ſome thynke) of Gathelus, (as Hector Boetius affirmeth) but ſome other perhappes that were deſcended from him, who vnderſtanding that diuers of the We|ſterne Iles were emptye of inhabitantes, aſſem|bling a greate number of men, women, and chil|dren, embarqued with the ſame in .60. great veſ|ſels, and directing their courſe Weſtward, houe|red a long time in the ſea aboute the Iles of Or|keney,Gurguntius. vntill by good happe they met with Gur|guntius then returning frõ the conqueſt of Den|marke (as in the Brytiſhe hiſtorie it appeareth) whome they beſoughte in conſideration of theyr wante of victuals and other neceſſaries, being ſuche as they were not able longer to abyde the ſeas, encombred with a ſort of women and chil|dren, to directe and appoynt them to ſome place where to inhabite, promiſing to holde the ſame of hym, and to become liege people to hym and to his heyres for euer.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Gurguntius aduiſing himſelf hereof,Gurguntius ap|poynteth the Spanyards ſea|tes in Irelande to liue vnder his ſubiection. remem|bred with what trouble he held the Iriſhe in ſub|iection, and conceyuing hope that thoſe ſtrangers ſhould eyther ſubdue or wholly deſtroy that vn|ruly generation, toke the othes of thoſe Spany|ardes with hoſtages, and furniſhyng them and theyr ſhippes with all things needfull ſet them o|uer into Irelande, where aſſiſted with ſuch Bry|tons as Gurguntius had appointed to goe with them for their guides,The arriuall of the Spanyards in Irelande. they made a conqueſte of the whole countrey, and ſettled them ſelues in the fame.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Some write, that Ireland was before y^e pre|ſent,Geffrey Mon. voyde of all inhabitants, yet they agree that theſe Spanyards wer guided thither by the Bri|tons, and that vnder ſuche conditions (as before is recited) ſo that it apereth, the kings of thys our Britayn had an elder right to the realme of Ire|land than by the conqueſt of Henry the ſeconde, whiche title they euer mainteyned, and ſomtimes preuayled in purſuing thereof, as in the dayes of king Arthure,The Irish vver ſubiect to king Arthure. to whome the Iriſhe (as in ſome hiſtories is remembred, (acknowledged their due ſubiection,VVeſtcheſter. with payemente of their tribute, and making their appearance at the Citye called in in the Brytiſhe toung Caer Lleon. Wherevnto when their owne free aſſente, the ſubmiſſion of their princes with lawfull conqueſt and preſcrip|tion are adioyned, an inuincible title muſte needes be enforced.