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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Suche was hys courage, that notwithſtan|ding his enimies were two [...] one, yet woulde hee ſeere ſo good a face on the matter, as hys Souldyers ſhoulde not once ſuſpect, that hee ey|ther needed, or longed for any further help.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Hauing triumphantly vanquiſhed the Iriſhe in that conflict, hee was ſhortly after, as well for that, as other his valiãt exploytes, made knight of the garter,1514 and in the fifth yeare of Henry the eyght in that renowme and honoure hee dyed, wherein for the ſpace of manye yeares hee lyued.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 No maruayle if this ſucceſſe were a corſy to the aduerſe part, which the longer it held aloofe, and bit the bridle, the more egerly it followed the courſe, hauing once gote ſcope and roomth at wyll, as ſhall bee heereafter at full decla|red.

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