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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Lorde Deputie in the meane while marched wyth the force of the Pale, the Ma|ior and the Citizens of Dublin to Drogheda, f [...]bai thence likewiſe accõpanied with the Ma|ior and Towneſmen, he marched Northward to Bellahoa, [...] foord of [...]lahon. where Oneale and his companie on the fartherſide of the water, laye encamped with the ſpoyle of the Pale.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Deputie by Spyes and ſecrete Meſ|ſengers hereof certified, cauſed the armie to tra|uaile the better part of the nyght, in ſo muche as by the dawning of the day, they were neare the Ryuer ſyde: where hauing eſcried the cul|mits, namely Magann [...]ſhe, and the Gallo|glaſſes, that were placed there to keepe the ſtraytes, (for Oneale wyth the mayne armye lurked in a Groue not farre off,) they beganne to ſette themſelues in battayle: array, as menne that were reſolued wyth all haſte and good ſpeede to ſuppriſe the enimys wyth a ſodayne charge.

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