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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Shortly after the returne of theſe Lordes to their Countrey,

1544

The Irish ſent for to the fi [...]ſt [...] of Bollongne.

King Henrie being fully re|ſolued to beſiege Bollongne, gaue commaun|dement to ſir Anthonie Sentleger deputie, to leuie an armie of Iriſh men, and with all expe|dition to ſende them to England.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 To theſe were appoynted Captaynes the Lord Power, who after was dubt knight, Sur|lock, and Finglaſſe with diuerſe others. They muſtred in Saint Iames his Parke ſeuen hun|dred.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the ſiege of Bollongne they ſtoode the armye in verye good ſteade. For they were not onely contented to burne and ſpoyle all the villages thereto adioyning, but alſo they would raunge twentie or thirtie miles into the maine EEBO page image 111 lande, [...]heir policie in [...]eying for armie. and hauing taken a Bull, they vſed to tie him to a ſtake, and ſcorching hym with fa|gottes, they woulde force him to roare, ſo as all the Cattell in the Countrey woulde make to|wardes the Bull, all which they woulde light|ly leade away, and furniſh the campe with ſtore of b [...]efe.

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