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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Shortly after this quippyng gamegall, the Lord Iuſtice and the Counſaile road to Drog|heda, where hauyng for the ſpace of three or foure daies ſoiourned, it happened that the Coũ|ſaylours awayted in the Counſayle Chamber the gouernour his commyng, vntill it was hard EEBO page image 91 vpon the ſtroke of .xij. The Archbiſhop of Dub|lyn rawly digeſtyng the Vice deputie his long abſence, ſayde:

Compare 1587 edition: 1 My Lordes, is it not a pretie matter, that all wee ſhall ſtay thus long for a boy? As he vt|tered theſe ſpeeches, the Lorde Iuſtice vnlucki|ly was commyng vp the Stayres, and at hys entrie taking the wordes hoate from the Biſhop his mouth, and iterating them very coldly hee ſayde:

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Archbi|ſhop his taũt.My Lordes, I am heartily ſory, that you ſtayed thus long for a boy. Whereat the Pre|late was appalled, to ſee how vnhappily he was galde with his owne caltrop.

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