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.
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Henry King of Englande,The tenor of King Henries letters with the whiche Dermote re|turneth into England. Duke of Nor|mandy, and Aquitaine, and Earle of Anion,
to all our faithfull ſubiects Engliſhmen, Normãs, Welchmen, and Scottes, and to all other nati|ons whatſoeuer ſubiecte to our Dominion, ſen|deth greeting.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 When theſe letters ſhall come to your handes EEBO page image 22 know ye that we haue receyued Dermot, Prince of Leyniſter, into ye boſome of our grace and be|neuolence. Wherefore, whiche of you ſoeuer oure louing ſubiects within the limits of our domini|ons, will imploy your aids to help him foreward, and reſtore him as our liege man and faithfull ſubiect, be you aſſured by theſe preſentes, to haue not only in that behalfe our licence, but alſo fa|uour and thankes at our handes.