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

Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Dermote hauing ſeene the proofe of the Welchmens prowes, meante not to deale EEBO page image 23 with them otherwiſe than promiſe, and therefore deliuered forthwith the poſſeſſion of the towne of Wexforde,It is giuen to Fitz Stephan. with the appurtenances, vnto Fitz Stephan and to hys brother Maurice Fitz Geralde.

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: 19 of 200 (1577, Volume 3, p. 23)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Heruie de Monte Mau|riſco.To Heruie de Monte Mauriſco, he gaue two Canthredes that lie betwixt ye townes of Wex|ford and Waterfourde, alongſt by the Sea ſide, to hold the ſame in fee.

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: 20 of 200 (1577, Volume 3, p. 23)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After this, they gote togither to the number of three thouſand mẽ, with the ſupply of ye towneſ|men of Wexforde, and marched foorth towardes the vpper Oſſorie, to be reuenged of the Lordes there, that had ſhewed themſelues moſt cruell and ſpitefull of all other towards the king in time of his troubles and baniſhment.

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