Compare 1587 edition: 1 Skeffington his anſwere.

Maſter Maior, and maiſter Recorder, you haue at length this noble man here preſent, for whom you ſore longed, whyleſt he was abſent. And after many ſtormes by him ſuſteyned, bee hath nowe to the comfort of his friendes, to the confuſion of his foes, ſubdued violence with pa|cience,He glaunceth at the Cardinal who was taken [...]o be a but|cher his ſonne. iniuries with ſufferance, and malice with obedience: and ſuch Butchers as of batred thyr|ſted after his bloud, are nowe taken for outcaſte Maſtiues, littred in curriſh bloud. How well my maiſter the king hath beene of his gracious incli|nation affected to the Earle of Kildare, (his backe friende being by his iuſt deſert from his Maieſtie weeded) the credit wherein this noble man at this preſent reſteth, manifeſtly declareth. Wherefore it reſteth, that you thanke God and the King for his ſafe arriuall. As for his welcome, maiſter Re|corder his courteous diſcourſe, your great aſſem|blies, your cheerfull countenaunces, your willing meetings, your ſolemne Proceſſions. doe ſo farre ſhewe it, as you miniſter mee occaſion on hys Lordſhip his behalf, rather to thanke you for your courteſie, than to exhort you to any further cere|monie.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Hauing ended his Oration, they road all in|to the Citie, where ſhortlye after the Earle of EEBO page image 85 Oſſorie, ſurrendred the ſworde to ſir William Skiffington.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Kildare inua|deth the Tooles.

During the time that Kildare was in Eng|lande, the ſent of the Tooles making his abſence their harueſt, ceaſed not to moleſt and ſpoyle his tenants, and therefore the Earle meaning not to wrap vp ſo lightly their manifold iniuries, was determined preſently vpon his arriuall to crie thẽ quittance: to the ſpedineſſe of which ſeruice he re|queſted the aide of the Citizens of Dublyn: and expecting in Chriſtes Church their anſwere tou|ching thys motion, the Maior and his breethren