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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: 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.

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

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Towneſmen vnderſtanding that they were comming towardes them, iſſued forthe a|gainſt them: but after they were aware of ſuche a power of armed menne, ſet in order of battell, di|uerſly arrayed and weaponed, with barded Hor|ſes, and all other furniture of warre neceſſarie, they began to ſhrinke, and loſing courage, retired backe to their Towne, brenning the Villages rounde aboute them, and all the prouiſion of vi|tayles which they could not conuey with them, they made themſelues within ſo ſtrong as they coulde deuiſe, and ſtoode manfully at defence of theyr gates and walles agaynſte theyr eni|mies.

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

Compare 1587 edition: 1 They were ſharply aſſayled for the ſpare of three dayes togither.

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