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Compare 1587 edition: 1 This noble woman was at that time a wi|dow, alwayes knowne and accounted of eche man, that was acquainted with hir conuerſa|tion of life, for a paragon of liberalitie and kind|neſſe, in all hir actions vertuous and godly, and alſo in a good quarell rather ſtout than ſtiffe. To hir was Odoneyl an importunate ſuyter, and although at ſundrie tymes before ſhe ſeemed to ſhake him off, yet conſidering the diſtreſſe of hir yong innocent nephew, how hee was forced to wander in Pilgrimwiſe from houſe to houſe, eſ|chuing the puniſhment that others deſerued, ſmarted in his tender yeares with aduerſitie, be|fore he was of diſcretion to enioy any proſperi|tie ſhe began to encline to hir wooer his requeſt, to the ende hir nephew ſhould haue bene the bet|ter by his countenaunce ſhouldered, and in fine indẽted to eſpouſe him, with this caueat or pro|uiſo, that he ſhoulde ſafely ſhield and protect the ſayde yong Gentleman in this his calamitie. This condition agreed vpon, ſhee road with hir nephew to Odoneyl his countrey, and there had him ſafely kept for the ſpace of a yeare.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But ſhortly after, the Gentlewoman either by ſome ſecrete friend enformed, or of wiſedome gathering, that hir late maryed huſbande enten|ded ſome trecherie, had hir nephew diſguiſed, ſcoring him like a liberall and bountifull Aunt,The Ladie E|lenors libera|litie. with ſeuen ſcore Porteguſes, not onely in va|loure, but alſo in the ſelfe ſame coyne, inconti|nently ſhipped him ſecretly in a Brytons veſ|ſell of Saint Malouſe, betaking him to God,Fitz Giralde ſayleth to Fraunce. and to their charge that accompanied him, to wit, maiſter Lenrouſe, and Robert Walſh ſom|time ſeruant to his father the Earle.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Ladie Elenore hauing this, to hir con|tentation beſtowed hir nephew, ſhe expoſtulated verie ſharpely with Odoneyle as touching hys villanie, proteſting that the onely cauſe of hir match with him proceeded of an eſpeciall care to haue hir nephew countenanced: and now that he was out of his laſhe, that mynded to haue be|trayed him, he ſhould well vnderſtande, that as the feare of his daunger mooued hir to annere to ſuch a clowniſh Curmudgen, ſo the aſſuraunce of his ſafetie, ſhould cauſe hir to ſequeſter hirſelfe from ſo butcherly a cuttbrote, that would be like a pelting mercenarie patche hyred, to ſell or be|tray the innocent bloud of his nephew by affi|nitie, and hirs by conſanguinitie. And in thys wiſe truſſing vp bag and baggage, ſhe forſooke Odoneyle, and returned to hir countrey.

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