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Compare 1587 edition: 1 At that tyme the knightes ſerued valiantly agaynſt the Turkes and Miſcriants, ſpoyled and ſacked their villages and townes, that lay neare the water ſyde, tooke diuerſe of them pry|ſoners, and after ſolde them to the Chriſtians for bond ſlaues.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Fitz Girald re|turneth to Rome.The yong Fitz Giralde returned with a rich bootie to Malta, from thence to Rome, ha|uing ſpent in thys voyage, not fully one yeare.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Cardinall enhaunceth Fitz Giraldes penſion.Proude was the Cardinall to heare of hys proſperous exploytes, and for his further ad|uauncement, he enhaunced his pencion of three hundred Crownes, to three hundred poundes, ouer and aboue three hundred crownes, that the Duke of Mantua allowed him.

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