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Thus much of theſe gentlemen, being accoun|ted among the chiefe of thoſe Captaynes that cõ|quered Ireland. Of Earle Strangbow hath bene ſayde before, of Curcy and Lacie ye ſhall heare partly hereafter.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But now to returne where we left: The firſt attempt that Fitz Aldelme made to the hynde|rance of that progenie,

Maurice Fitz Gerald depar|teth this life.

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was agaynſt the ſonnes of Maurice Fitz Gerald, taking occaſion by the de|ceaſſe of the ſame Maurice, who departed this life about the Calendes of September.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After whoſe death Fitz Aldelme tooke from his ſonnes the Caſtelles of Guikinlo by a craft, aſſigning to them as it were by exchaunge, the towne of Ferue, where although it ſtoode in the myddeſt of the enimies Countrey, they had buylded a ſtrong Caſtell.

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