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You are here: 1577 > Volume 3 > Body Text: Section 3 of 4: The ſeconde Booke of the Hiſtories of Irelande, in which the conqueſt made by Henry the ſecond of that name, King of Englande, is comprehended.
Snippet: 8 of 200 (1577, Volume 3, p. 22)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 With theſe let|ters and many further promiſes, hee arriued at Briſtow,He commeth to Briſtowe. where he remayned for a time, that by ſuche as came forthe of Irelande by Sea and landed there, hee mighte learne and vnder|ſtande in what ſtate thyngs ſtoode in hys coun|trey.

You are here: 1577 > Volume 3 > Body Text: Section 3 of 4: The ſeconde Booke of the Hiſtories of Irelande, in which the conqueſt made by Henry the ſecond of that name, King of Englande, is comprehended.
Snippet: 9 of 200 (1577, Volume 3, p. 22)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 While he continued thus at Briſtowe, pro|curing by all meanes to get ſome ayde, it chan|ced, that vppon conference hadde with Richarde Strangbowe Earle of Penbroke,

Richard Strangbowe Earle of Pen|broke.

Dermucius or Dermotes co|uenants with him.

ſonne to Gil|bert Earle of Penbroke, to whome he couenan|ted to giue to him his daughter and heire in ma|riage, vppon promiſe, that the nexte Spring hee ſhoulde helpe to bring hym home into his coun|trey, and place hym agayne in hys King|dome, whyche in remaynder was, to diſtend vn|to the ſayde Earle, by the marriage promiſed to him of Dermots daughter.

You are here: 1577 > Volume 3 > Body Text: Section 3 of 4: The ſeconde Booke of the Hiſtories of Irelande, in which the conqueſt made by Henry the ſecond of that name, King of Englande, is comprehended.
Snippet: 10 of 200 (1577, Volume 3, p. 22)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 When all the couenauntes and agreementes were concluded vpon in order, whyche were ne|ceſſary to paſſe betwixte them, Dermote depar|ted from Briſtowe, and wente into the parties of South Wales towardes Sainte Dauies, that hee myght bee the neerer vnto hys Coun|trey.

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