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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Soone after this Parliament,Oneale re|belleth. Oneale y|magining that he was able to make hys partie good agaynſt the Engliſh Pale, conſpyred with Odoneyle Maggadneſh, Ocaghan, Mack Kwylen, Ohanlan, and other Iriſh Lords, and on a ſodain inuaded the Pale, came to the Na|uan, [figure appears here on page 106] EEBO page image 107 burnt all the townes of eche ſide confining, after matched to Taraghe, muſtering wyth great pride hys armie vpon the toppe of the hill: and hauing gathered togither the ſpoyle of the Pale without reſiſtance, bee beganne to recule Northwarde, making his full account to haue gone ſcot free.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Lord Leonard Gray being then Lord Deputie forecaſting the worſt, certified the king and counſaile of Oneal his rebellion, and with|all humbly beſought a freſh ſupply of ſouldiors to aſſiſt the pale in reſiſting the enimie and that ſir William Brereton (who was diſcharged & returned into Englande) ſhoulde bee ſent into Irelande,VVilliam [...]eton ſent [...]nto Irelãd. as one that for his late ſeruice was highly commended of the Countrey.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The King and Counſaile condiſcending to the Deputie his requeſt, appoynted ſir William Brereton to hie thither with ſpeede,VVilliam [...]reton ſent [...] Ireland. hauing the charge of two hundred and fiftie Souldiours of Cheſſhire men. In which ſeruice the Gentle|man was founde ſo preſt and readie, that not|withſtanding in muſtering his bande, he fell by miſhap off his horſe, and therewithall brake his thigh in two places, yet rather than hee woulde retire homeward, he appointed the Mariners to hale him vp to theyr Barke by Pulleyes, and in ſuch impotent wife arriued in Irelande, ſup|preſſing the feebleneſſe of his bodie, with the couragious valour of his minde.

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