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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
promiſed to aſſyſt him with two C. Archers.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Meth his queſtion.

The late come Biſhop of Meth being then preſent, moued queſtion, whether the Citizens were pardoned, for crowning Lambert contrarie to theyr duetie of allegrance, and if they were not pardoned, he thought they might aduantage the king thereby. Whereat one of their ſageſt and ex|perteſt Aldermen, named Iohn Fitz Simons, ſtept forth and ſayde:

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