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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Hauing marched neere Dublin,Meſsengers ſent to Dublin Trauerſe. Lince. Grace. hee ſente Doctor Trauerſe, Peter Lince of the knocke, and Oliuer Grace, as meſſengers (for I maye not rightly tearme them Ambaſſadors) to the Citizẽs, who croſſing the Liffy from the blacke Friers to the key, explayned to the Maior and Aldermen theyr errand, the effect whereof was, eyther to ſtand to their former promiſe, or elſe to reſtore to their Captayne his menne, that they wrongfully deteyned in goale.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thomas herewith frying in his greaſe, cau|ſed part of his army to burne the Barke where|in Herbert ſayled from Englande,Dublin be|ſieged. whiche done without reſiſtance, the veſſell roade at anchor neere Saint Mary Abbey, they endeuoured to ſtoppe all the ſprings that flowed to the towne, and to cutte the pypes of theyr conduites, wher|by they ſhoulde be deſtitute of freſhe water.

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