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4: The thirde Booke of the Hiſtorie of Ireland, compriſing the raigne of Henry
the eyght: continued by Richard Stanihurſt, and vvritten to the right honorable
Sir Henrie Sidney Knight, Lord Deputie of Ireland, Lord preſident of VVales,
Knight of the moſt noble order of the Garter, and one of hir Maieſties priue
Counſayle within hir Realme of Englande.
Snippet: 82 of 344 (1577, Volume 3, p. 85) 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:
You are here: 1577 > Volume 3 >
Body Text: Section 4 of
4: The thirde Booke of the Hiſtorie of Ireland, compriſing the raigne of Henry
the eyght: continued by Richard Stanihurſt, and vvritten to the right honorable
Sir Henrie Sidney Knight, Lord Deputie of Ireland, Lord preſident of VVales,
Knight of the moſt noble order of the Garter, and one of hir Maieſties priue
Counſayle within hir Realme of Englande.
Snippet: 83 of 344 (1577, Volume 3, p. 85) Compare 1587 edition: 1 Iohn Fitz Si|mons anſwe|reth Meth.
My Lorde of Meth, may I be ſo bolde as to craue what Countrey man you are? Mary ſir (quoth the Biſhop) I woulde you ſhoulde knowe it. I am a Gentleman, and an Engliſhe man. My Lorde (quoth Fitz Simons) my meaning is to learne, in what ſhire of Englande you were borne? In Lyncolnſhyre, good ſir. quoth Sta|ples. Why then my Lorde, qouth Fitz Simons, we are no traytors, bycauſe it was the Earle of Lincolne, and the Lorde Louell that crowned him, and therefore if you be a Gentleman of Lin|colnſhyre, ſee that you be pardoned, for God andour King be thanked, we haue need of none.
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Body Text: Section 4 of
4: The thirde Booke of the Hiſtorie of Ireland, compriſing the raigne of Henry
the eyght: continued by Richard Stanihurſt, and vvritten to the right honorable
Sir Henrie Sidney Knight, Lord Deputie of Ireland, Lord preſident of VVales,
Knight of the moſt noble order of the Garter, and one of hir Maieſties priue
Counſayle within hir Realme of Englande.
Snippet: 84 of 344 (1577, Volume 3, p. 85) Compare 1587 edition: 1 At this anſwere Meth was ſet, and ſuche as were preſent were forced to ſmyle, to ſee what a round fall he caught in his owne turne.