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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thirdlye, that beeyng eſtabliſhed in hys Kingdome, hee ſhoulde diſcharge the Welchs Armye, and from thencefoorthe, ſhoulde at EEBO page image 24 no time call them ouer againe in his defence. A|bout the ſame time, the King of Arglas founded the Abbey of Melleſunt, the eldeſt that is recor|ded ſince the arriuall of the Danes, excepte Sainte Mary Abbey beſyde Dublin erected. Anno .948.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In this meane while, there landed at Wex|ford,Maurice Fitz Gerald landed at Wexforde. Maurice Fitzgerald, with .x. knightes .xxx. Eſquires, and an hundred good bowmen. Here|vpon K. Dermote greatly encouraged, purpoſed with all ſpeede to ſeeke his reuenge againſte them of Dublin, that had ſhewed themſelues great e|nimies diuers wayes, both to him and his father. He aſſembled therefore his power togither, and marched toward Dublin, whileſt Fitz Stephen remayned two miles from Wexforde, where on the height of a Rocke called Karreck, hee built a Caſtell. But Fitzgerald with the Engliſh army went foorth with King Dermote againſte Du|blin, hauing the chiefe conduct of all the whole enterpriſe. They ſo beſturred them, that all the territorie about the Citie, and the countreys ad|ioyning, were in manner brought to vtter ruine, with ſpoyle, ſlaughter, and fire, in ſomuche, that the towneſmen of Dublin,Dublin ſub|dued. perceyuing in what daunger they ſtoode, ſubmitted them ſelues, and put in good ſuretie for their loyall demeanor in time to come.

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