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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Lorde of the out Iſles, and his three Gallyes ſayled with the Fleete, for he was not able by reaſon of the feebleneſſe of his bodie to trauaile by lande,The Lord of the out Iles dyeth. or ſcantly further to prolong his life, whiche hee ended at Howeth preſently vppon hys arriuall, and was with greate ſo|lemnitie buryed in Saint Patricke his Church at Dublyn, vppon whoſe death this Epitaph was framed:

Vi manu mea patriae dum redditur exſul,His Epitaph.
Exſul in externa cogor & ipſe mori.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Both the Earles marched wyth the armye on foote to Carregfergus, where they brake company.The Irish ſkir|mish vvith the Erle of Lennox. For Lennox and ſir Iohn Trauerſe taking as hee thought the ſhorter, but not the ſafer way, trauayled through the Ardes, with the number of fiue hundred Souldiours, where the Iriſhe inhabitantes ſkyrmiſhed with them, and put them to ſuche ſtrayte plunges (for they woulde gladly haue ſeene what a clocke it was in theyr Budgets) as they wiſhed they had not parted from the reſt of the army.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Earle of Ormonde with his Souldi|ours (which were a thouſande fiue hundred, as before is expreſſed) marched on foot to Belefaſt, which is an arme of the ſea, a quarter of a mile broade, or little leſſe, and albeeit their weather were bitter and ouer nipping and no ſmall par|cell of the water were congealed with froſt,The Earle of Ormonde his toylſome tra|uaile. yet the Earle and his armie waded ouer on foote, to the great daunger as well of his perſon, as of the whole companie, whiche doubtleſſe was a valiaunt enterpriſe of ſo honourable a perſo|nage.

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