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Compare 1587 edition: 1 But the Marques Dorſet had wroughte ſo for his ſonne in law, that he was ſuffered to reſt at home, and onely commiſſioners directed into Ireland, with authoritie to examine the roote of their griefes, wherein if they found Kildare any thyng at all purged, theyr inſtructions were to depoſe the plaintife, and to ſweare the other Lord Deputie.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Commiſsio|ners ſent to Irelande.Commiſſioners were theſe, Sir Raufe E|gerton, a Knighte of Cheſhire, Anthony Fitz Herbert, ſeconde Iuſtice of the common place, & Iames Dẽtõ, Deane of Liechfield, who hauing examined theſe accuſatiõs, ſuddaynely tooke the ſworde from the Earle of Oſſorie, ſware Kil|dare Lorde Deputie,Kildare ſworn L. Deputie. before whome, Con O|neale bare the ſword that day.

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