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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Gouernour turning the oportunitie of this ſkirmiſhe to his aduauntage, ſhortly after roade to the Northe, preding and ſpoyling O|neale with his confederates, who by reaſon of the late ouerthrow, were able to make but little reſiſtance.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In this iourney he razed Saint Patricke his Churche in Doune, an olde auncient Citie of Vlſter, and burnt the monuments of Patricke, Briged, and Colme, who are ſayd to haue bene there entumbed, as before is expreſſed in the de|ſcription of Ireland.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This fact loſt him ſundrie heartes in that coũtrey, alwayes after deteſting and abhorring his prophane tyrannie, as they did name it. Wherevpon conſpyring wyth ſuch of Moun|ſter as were enimyes to his gouernment,The Lord Gray accuſed. they booked vp diuerſe complaintes agaynſte him, which they did exhibit to the king and counſell. The Articles of greateſt importaunce layde to his charge were theſe.

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