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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Girald Fitz Girald,The Earle of Kildare Lorde Deputie. ſonne and heire to the a|foreſayd Earle of Kildare, was ſhortly after his father his deceaſſe, conſtituted Lorde Deputie of Irelande, before whome, in the ſeuenth yeare of Henry the eyght,A Parliamente holden at Dublin. there was a Parliamente holden at Dublin, wherein it was eſtabliſhed, that al ſuch, as bring out of England the kings letters of priuate ſeale, for particular cauſes a|gainſt any of the King his ſubiects in Irelande, ſhoulde finde ſufficient ſureties in the King hys Chancerie in Ireland, to bee bound by recogni|ſance, that the playntife ſhall ſatiſfye the de|fendante, that purgeth or acquiteth himſelfe of the matter to hym alledged for hys coſtes and damages ſuſteyned by ſuche wrongfull vexa|tion.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This noble man being valiant and well ſpo|ken, was nothing inferioure to hys father in martiall proweſſe, chaſing in the time of his go|uernemẽt the family of the tooles, battering O|Carrell his Caſtels, and bringing in awe all the Iriſh of the land.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Earle of good meaning,Pierce Butler, and Margaret Fitz Girald eſpouſed. to vnite the houſes in friendſhip, matched his ſiſter Marga|ret Fitz Giralde, with Pierce Butler Earle of Oſſorie, whome he alſo help to recouer ye Erle|dome of Ormond, into the which, after the de|ceaſſe of the Earle Iames, a Baſterde Butler, had by abatement intruded.

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