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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The next yeare, the Lorde Deputie going a|gaynſt Ocarroule, was pitifully hurt in the ſide,Kildare hurt with a Gunne at the Caſtell of Byrre, ſo that he neuer after enioyed his lymmes, nor deliuered his wordes in good plight, otherwiſe like ynough to haue bene longer forborne, in conſideration of his many noble qualities, great good ſeruices, and the ſtate of thoſe tymes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Streight wayes complayntes were addreſſed to the king of theſe enormities,Kildare ac|cuſed. and that in moſt heynous maner that could be deuyſed, houlting out his doings as it were to the leaſt brake of ſi|niſter ſurmiſes, turning euerie priuate iniurie to be the king his quarell, and making euerie Pud|dings pricke as huge in ſhewe as Sampſom hys Piller.He is ſent for to Englande. Wherevpon Kildare was commaunded by ſharpe letters to repayre into Englande, lea|uing ſuch a perſon for the furniture of that realm, and the gouernance of the lande in his abſence, for whoſe doings he would anſwere.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 89Being vpon the ſight of this letter prepared to ſayle into England, he ſate in counſaile at Dub|lyn,Thomas Fitz Girald. and hauing ſent for his ſonne and heyre the Lorde Thomas Fitz Giralde (a yong ſtripling of xxj. yeares of age, borne in England, ſonne to the Lorde Souch his daughter, the Erle of Kyl|dare his firſte wife) in the hearing of the whole boorde thus he ſpake.

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