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Compare 1587 edition: 1 French cha| [...]ger vanqui| [...]ed.After that Bollongne was ſurrendred to the King, there encamped on the Weſt ſyde of the Towne beyonde the Hauen an armye of French menne, among whome there was a Thraſonicall Golias, that departed from the armye, and came to the brincke of the Ha|uen, and there in letting and daring wiſe cha|lenged anye one of the Engliſhe armye that durſt be ſo hardie, as to bicker with him hand to hande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And albecit the diſtaunce of the place, the depth of the Hauen, the nearneſſe of hys com|panie emboldned him to thys chalenge, more than any great valour or pithe that reſted in him to indure a combate, yet all this notwith|ſtanding, an Iriſhe manne named Nicholl Welſhe,Nichol VVelsh. who after reteyned to the Earle of Kyldare, loathing and diſdeyning his prowde bragges, flung into the water, and ſwamme ouer the Ryuer, fought wyth the chalenger, ſtroke him for dead, and returned backe to Bol|longne wyth the Frenchman his heade in hys mouth, before the armie coulde ouertake hym. For which exployte, as hee was of all his com|panie highly commended, ſo by the Lieutenant he was bountifully rewarded.

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1545

The Earle of Lennox aſ| [...]ied by king Henrie.

Much aboute this tyme the Earle of Len|nox, verie wrongfully inquieted in Scotlande, and forced to forſake his Countrey, became humble peticioner to King Henrie, as well to relieue him in his diſtreſſed calamitie, as to cõ|paſſe the meanes, how he might bee reſtored to his landes and liuing.

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