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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 The Archbyſhop with his man ſtale ſecrete|ly to Tartayne, there meaning to lurke, vntyll the wind hadde ſerued to ſayle into Englande, where hee ſcantly ſixe houres ſoiourned, when Thomas Fitz Girald knew of his arriuall, and accompanyed with Iames Delahide, ſir Iohan Fitz Giralde, Oliuer Fitz Giralde his Vncles, timely in the morning, being the .28. of Iuly, he poſted to Tartayne,1534 beſet the houſe, commaun|ded Iohan Teling,Teling. Waffer. and Nicholas Waffer to apprehend the Archbiſhoppe, whome they halled out of his bedde, brought him naked in his ſhirt, barefooted and bare headed, to their Captayne, whome when the Archbyſhop eſpyed, inconti|nẽtly he kneeled, and with a pitiful countenãce, and lamentable voice, he beſought him for ye loue of God not to remember former iniuries, but to weigh his preſent calamitie, and what malice ſo euer he bare his perſon, yet to reſpect his calling and vocation, in that his enimie was a Chriſti|an, and hee among Chriſtians an Archbiſhop. As he ſpake thus, bequeathing his ſoule to God, his body to the enimies mercy. Thomas being ſtriken with ſome compaſſion, and withall in|flamed with deſire of reuenge, turned hys Horſe aſide, ſaying in Iriſh (Bir wem è boddeagh) which is as muche in Engliſhe, as awaye with the Churle, or take the Churle from mee, whyche doubtles he ſpake, as after he declared, meaning the Archbiſhop ſhould bee deteyned as priſoner. But ye caitiffes that were preſent, rather of ma|lice than of ignorance, miſcõſtruing his words, murthered ye Archbiſhop without further delay,Alen Archby|ſhop o [...] Dub|lin, murthered at Tartayne. brayned and hackt hym in gobbets, hys bloud with Abell crying to God for reuenge, whiche after befell to all ſuch as were principals to this horrible murther. The place is euer ſince hedged and embayed on euery ſide, ouergrowen and vn|frequented, for deteſtation of the fact. This Alen as before is declared, was in ſeruice with Car|dinall Wolſey, of deepe iudgement in the lawe Canon, the onely match of Stephan Gardiner, an other of Wolſeys Chaplaynes, for auoiding of which emulation, he was preferred in Irelãd, rough and rigorous in iuſtice, deadly behated of ye Giraldins, for his maiſters ſake and his owne, as he that croſſed them diuers times, and muche bridled both father and ſonne in their gouerne|ments, not vnlike to haue promoted their accu|ſations, and to haue bin a forger of the letter be|fore mentioned, whiche turned to his finall de|ſtruction.

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