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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: 12 of 200 (1577, Volume 3, p. 22)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 Fitz Stephãs dwelled at Aberteiui in South|wales, and had bin high Conneſtable there vnder the King of England, and for his rigorous dea|ling againſt the Prince of Wales his ſeruantes, hee was layde for, and through treaſon of hys owne menne taken, and kepte in priſon three yeeres by the Prince,Fitz Stephans taken and committed to priſon and woulde neyther raun|ſome nor accept libertie promiſed him, but with ſuche conditions as ſtoode with his honor, and ſo as his loyaltie to the Crowne myghte in each behalfe remayne vnſpotted. At length, by the me|diation of Dauid Biſhop of Sainte Dauid (that was brother vnto the ſaid Fitz Stephans) and of his other brother Fitz Gerald, and alſo at the in|ſtante ſuite of Dermote (whome the Prince of Wales fauored in his enterpriſe for recouerie of his Kingdome,Fitz Stephans deliuered.) Fitz Stephans was conditio|nally deliuered, that hee and his brother Maurice ſhould the next Spring (while the Earle of Pen|broke prouided his army) aſſiſt Dermote to make entrie into his countrey, who in conſideration thereof, aſſured them of an eſtate for euer in the towne of Wexforde,Promiſe of reward to Fitz Stephans and Fitz Geralde. with two cantredes adioy|ning. Thus muche firmely concluded on eache ſide, King Dormote came to the towne of Saint Dauid about the Kalendes of Auguſt, and wat|ching till a fauorable winde blewe, when the ſame came once about, hee ſtale ouer into Ire|lande and at Fernes wintered in ſecrete wiſe a|mongſt the Cleargie there, that receyued hym with as muche fauour as coulde bee deuiſed, kee|ping hym cloſe withoute making any greate bruite of his there being, till the next ſpring, that Robert Fitz Stephans with thirtie Knightes of his bloud,Fitz Stephans paſſeth ouer into Irelande. threeſcore Eſquires or men at armes (as wee may tearme them) and three hundred archers footemen, according to couenaunte, em|barqued in three Shippes, paſſed ouer, and lan|ded at Banman aboute the kalendes of May.

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: 13 of 200 (1577, Volume 3, p. 22)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The morrowe after their arriuall,

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Maurice de Prendelgaſt.

a righte valiaunte Captayne, one Maurice de Prendel|gaſt, following Fitz Stephans to the ayde of King Dermote, landed there alſo with a tenne Knightes, and a good bande of Archers, whome hee hadde Shipped at Milleforde Hauen in Wales in two veſſels prouided for that purpoſe.

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: 14 of 200 (1577, Volume 3, p. 22)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Dermote aduertiſed of their landing,Dunwald ba|ſtard ſonne to Dermote. forth|with ſente one of his baſe ſonnes named Dun|walde with fiue hundred menne to ayde them, wherevpon they marched forth toward the town of Werforde.

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