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Compare 1587 edition: 1 They arryued in Irelande aboute the latter ende of Aprill, remayning there all the Sommer following: diuerſe Caſtelles were by them buil|ded with the aduiſe of Hugh Lacie before he de|parted homewardes, as at Fothred, Oualan, at Treſteldermot, at Collacht, and ſundrye o|ther.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Where as Meiller enioyed the Countrey of Kildare giuen to him by Earle Srangbow, they remoued him from thence into the Countrey of Leys, exchaunging with him in the Kings be|halfe to haue the one for the other. And this was done of purpoſe, that he being a warrelyke perſo|nage, ſhoulde poſſeſſe a Countrey wylde and full of enimies, whereby to bring the rebels into ſome conformitie by force, ſith otherwiſe they were not to be tamed.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the Winter following, the Coneſtable of Cheſter and his aſſociate returned into England, and Hugh Lacie was againe appoynted Lorde Lieutenant of Irelande, hauing one of the kings Chaplaynes ioyned with him, named Robert de Shrewreſburie, to be as it were an aſſyſtaunt to him, and a witneſſe of all his dealings. Who vpon his returne nowe into Irelande, fell in hand to buylde more Caſtelles in places where he ſawe it expedient, ſo to reſtrayne the attemptes of vn|ruly perſons, and to defende others from ſuſtey|ning iniurie.

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