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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe and the like cuttyng ſpeeches, enkind|led ſuche coales in both theyr ſtomackes, as the flame coulde not any longer be ſmouldered, but at one clift or other muſt haue fumed.The enimies conſpire the ouerthrow of the Giraldines The eni|mies therefore hauing well nighe knedded the dough that ſhould haue beene baked for the Gi|raldines bane, deuiſed that ſecrete rumors ſhould ſprinckle to and fro, that the Earle of Kildare his execution was intended in Englande, and that vpon his death the Lorde Thomas and all his bloud ſhould haue bene apprehended in Ire|lande.The occaſion of Thomas Fitz Giralde his rebellion.

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