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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The nexte daye following, Pierce hauyng intelligence, that hys enimie the bace Butler woulde haue trauayled from Donmore to Kil|kennie, notwithſtanding hee were accompa|nyed with ſyxe horſemenne, yet Pierce hauyng none but hys Lackey, did forſtalle hym in the way, and with a couragious charge,The Baſterde Butler ſlayne [...] gored the Baſterd through with his ſpeare.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thys proſperous calme ſucceeding the for|mer boyſterous ſtorme, the Lady Margaret began to take hearte, hir naturall ſtouteneſſe floted, as well by the remembraunce of hir noble birth, as by the intelligence of hir honorable match.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 80Kildare all this while kept in authoritie, not|withſtanding the puſhes giuen againſte him by ſecrete heauers, that enuyed his fortune, and ſought to nouriſh the olde grudge, was at lẽgth by their priuie packing,Kildare ſent for into En|gland. fetched vp to the Court of Englande by commiſſion, and cauſed hym to bee examined vppon dyuers interrogatories touching the affayres of Irelande.

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