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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Laſtly landed at the ſlippe neere the bridge of Dublin, Sir William Skeffington knight,Sir William Skeffington Lord Deputy landeth. Lorde Deputie, whome the Iriſhe call the Gunner, bycauſe hee was preferred from that office of the King hys maiſter Gunner, to go|uerne them, and that they can euill brooke to bee ruled of anye that is but meanely borne.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Maior and Aldermea receyued the go|uernor wyth ſhot, & great ſolemnity, who yeel|ding them heartye thankes, for theyr true and EEBO page image 97 loyall ſeruice,Letters of dunkes from the King to the Dubliniãs. The Lord of Trimleſtowne ſurrendreth the ſworde. deliuered them the King & Coun|ſell his letters, purporting the ſame effect in wri|ting, that he before expreſt [...] words.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Barnewell Lord of Triuleſtowne, who had the cuſtody of the ſword, dyd ſurrender it to Sir William Skeffington, according to the mea|ning of the King his letters patents on that be|halfe.

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