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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 As this falſe muttering flewe abrode, it was holpen forwarde by Thomas Cannon, and other of Skeffington hys ſeruauntes, who ſticked not to write to certayne of theyr friends, as it were, very ſecrete letters, howe that the Earle of Kyldare theyr mayſter hys ſecrete e|nimie (ſo they tooke hym, bycauſe hee gotte the gouernment ouer hys heade) was already cut ſhorter, as his iſſue preſently ſhoulde bee, and nowe they truſted to ſee theyr mayſter in hys gouernment, after whiche they ſore longed, as for a preferment, that woulde in ſhorte ſpace aduauntage them. Suche a letter came to the handes of a ſimple Prieſt, no perfect En|gliſhman, who for haſte hurled it among other Papers in the Chimneys ende of hys Cham|ber, meaning to peruſe it better at more leyſure. The ſame very night, a Gentleman retayning to the Lord Thomas, the lord Iuſtice or Vice|deputie, as is before ſpecified, tooke vp his lod|gyng with the Prieſt, and raught in the mor|ning when he roſe for ſome Paper, to drawe on his ſtrayte ſtockings, and as the Diuell would, he hit vpon the letter, bare it away in the heele of his ſtocke, no earthly thyng miſdeeming. At night againe he founde the Paper vnfretted, and muſing thereof he beganne to poare on the wri|ting, which notified the Earle his death, and the apprehenſion of the Lorde Thomas. To horſe goeth he in all haſt,Iames Dela|hide. brought the letter to Iames Delahide, who was a principall counſaylour to the Lorde Thomas in all his doings. Dela|hide hauing ſcantly ouerread the letter, making more haſt than good ſpeede, poſted to the Lorde Thomas, imparted him that letter, and withall putting fire to flaxe, before hee diued to the bot|tome of this treacherie, hee was contented to ſwim on the ſkum and froth thereof, as well by foothing vp the tenour of the letter, as by inci|ting the Lorde Thomas to open rebellion, cloa|king the odious name of treaſon, with the zea|lous reuengement of his fathers wrongfull exe|cution, and with the warie defence of his owne perſon.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Lorde Thomas being youthfull, raſh, and headlong, and aſſuryng himſelfe, that the knot of all the force of Ireland was twiſted vn|der his gyrdle, was by Delahide his Counſaile ſo farre caryed, as he was reſolued to caſt all on ſixe and ſeuen. Wherefore hauing confedered with Oneale, Oconor, and other Iriſh Poten|tates, he road on Saint Barnabies day, accom|panied with ſeuenſcore horſemẽ in their ſhirtes of Maile, through the Citie of Dublin, to the Dam his gate, croſt ouer the water to Saint Marie Abbey, where the Counſayle accordyng to appoyntment, awayted his comming, not being priuie to his intent, onely Croommer the Lord Chauncellour excepted, who was ſecretly aduertiſed of his reuolt, and therefore was very well prouided for him, as hereafter ſhall be de|clared.