Hereto Henry the ſecond,Henry the ſe|cond of that name King of England. preſuming vpon the Popes fauour, that was his borne ſubiect in the very firſt yeere of his raigne, had ſente Ambaſſa|dors to Rome for licence, to attempt the conqueſt of Irelande. Pope Adrian wiſhing that a refor|mation of the abuſes in that people might be had, granted his Bull for proofe of his conſent to king Henries requeſt, which Alexander that ſucceeded him confirmed and ratifyed with like conditions as his predeceſſor Adrian had giuẽ forth y^e ſame.

Now when Dermote was come in the nicke to further by occaſion this enterpriſe thus preten|ded by Henry aforehand,The offer of Dermucius to king Henry hee preſented his com|plaint, profering the intereſt of his Crowne, with condition hee mighte be reſtored to ſome parte of his lands.See more here in England.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This matter beeyng thus broched, although King Henry had his handes full of warres with the Frenchmen, yet hee receyued Dermote into his protectiõ, taking of him both his bond of ſub|iection and othe of fidelitie: and where the Kyng coulde not then attende to goe with hym ouer into Irelande, yet, bycauſe of the earneſt ſuite that Dermote made, for ſpeede of aſſiſtaunce hee ſente him into Englande, honorably attended and furniſhed with hys letters patents, the tenor whereof enſueth.