Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Hugh Lacie was a man right diligent in his buſineſſe,The deſcripti|tion of Hugh Lacie. and carefull, and as he was an expert warriour, ſo yet was he not verie fortunate in iourneys nowe and then which he made vpon the enimyes. He was of vyſage browne, blacke eyed and hollowe, flat noſed, with his cheeke on the right ſyde diſfigured, by reaſon hee had beene burnt by chaunce in his youth, ſhort necked, his bodie hearie, but ſtrong ſinewed. And to conclude, of ſtature ſmall, and of ſhape deformed.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After the deceaſſe of his wife, he was noted to be verie diſſolute of lyfe, vſing the companie not of one but of manye Concubines, couetous to heape vppe ryches, and ambicious beyonde meaſure.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But nowe to the Hyſtorie. In the yeare laſt paſt, to witte, 1182. (or as others haue) in the yeare .1180. dyed Laurence Archbiſhop of Dub|lyn, after whõ ſucceeded Iohn Cumyn an Eng|liſh man, that was brought vp in the Abbey of Eueſham founder of Saint Patrikes in Dub|lyn, which before that time was a pariſh Church, and by him conuerted into a Colledge, with ſuffi|cient reuenues aſſigned for the maintenaunce of parſons, vicars, clearkes and choriſters.