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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thomas Can|non.The thirde of this crewe was Thomas Ca|non, Secretarie to Skeffington, who thinkyng to be reuenged on Kildare for puttyng his Lord and maiſter beſide the Cuſhen, as hee ſurmy|ſed, was very willyng to haue an Oare in that Boate.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The fourth that was ſuſpected to make vp the muſter,Robert Cow|ly. was Robert Cowly, firſt Baylife in Dublin, after ſeruaunt to the Ladie Margaret Fitz Giralde Counteſſe of Ormond and Oſſo|rie, laſtly maiſter of the Rolles in Ireland, and finally hee deceaſſed at London.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Gentleman for his wiſedome and po|licy was very inwarde with the Lady Marga|ret Counteſſe of Oſſory, as one by whoſe ad|uiſe ſhee was in all hir affayres directed. Wher|vpon ſome ſuſpicious perſones were perſwaded and brought in mynde, that hee was the ſower of all the diſcorde that reſted betweene the twoo bretherne Kyldare and Oſſory, as though her coulde not hee rooted in the fauour of the one, but that hee muſt haue profeſſed open hatred to the other.

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