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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: 92 of 344 (1577, Volume 3, p. 85)

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.

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: 93 of 344 (1577, Volume 3, p. 85)

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.

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: 94 of 344 (1577, Volume 3, p. 89)

Compare 1587 edition: 1

Sonne Thomas, I doubt not, but you know that my ſoueraigne Lord the King,Kildare his ex+hortation to his ſonne the L. Thomas. hath ſent for me to Englande, and what ſhall beſyde me, God knoweth, for I know not. But howſoeuer it falleth, both you and I know, that I am well ſtept in yeares: and as I may ſhortly die, for that I am mortal, ſo I muſt in haſt deceaſe, bicauſe I am olde. Wherefore in as much as my Wynter is well neare ended, and the Spring of your age nowe buddeth, my will is that you behaue your ſelfe ſo wiſely in theſe your greene yeares, as that to the comfort of your friendes, you may enioy the pleaſure of your Sommer, gleane and reape the fruite of your Harueſt, that with honour you may growe to the catching of that hoarie Win|ter, on whiche you ſee me your father faſt pric|king.

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