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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Conneſtable weighing the ſecuritie of the Citie, and little regarding the force of the e|nimie, agreed willingly thereto, ſo that he might be ſufficiently ſtored with men and vittayles.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Archby|ſhop of Dub|lin meaneth to ſayle into England.Iohan Alen Archbyſhop of Dublin, fearyng that all would haue gone to wracke in Ireland, being then in the Caſtell, brake his minde tou|ching hys ſayling into Englande to one of hys ſeruauntes named Bartholmewe Fitz Giralde,Bartholmew Fitz Girald. whome, notwithſtanding hee were a Giraldine, hee helde for hys truſtieſt and inwardeſt coun|ſaylour.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Bartholmew vndertaking to be the Archby|ſhop his Pilot, vntill he were paſt the barre, en|couraged his maiſter to embarke himſelfe harde by the Dames gate. And as they were hulling in the Channell that euening, they were not ware, vntill the Barke ſtrake on the ſands neere Clontarfe.

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