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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Sir Iohn Alen Lord Chauncel|lour committed to the Fleete.And for ſo muche as ſir Iohn Alen knight, then Lorde Chauncellour of Irelande, was founde to limpe in this controuerſie, by playing as it was ſuppoſed, more craftily than wiſelye, with both the handes, in that hee ſeemed to bee rather a foſterer of theyr malice, than an appea|ſer of theyr quarelles, hee was likewiſe ſent for into Englande, and being tript by the Coun|ſaile in his tale, was committed to the Fleete, wherein he remayned a long tyme.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In this trouble the Earle of Ormond was greatly ayded by ſir William Wiſe Knight,Sir VVilliam VViſe knight. a woorſhipfull Gentleman, borne in the Citie of Waterfoorde, who deſeruing in deede the prayſe of that vertue, whereof he bare the name, grewe to bee of great credite in the Court, and ſtoode highly in king Henrie his grace, whiche hee wholy vſed to the furtherance of his friends, and neuer abuſed to the annoyance of his foes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Gentleman was verye well ſpoken, mylde of nature, wyth diſcretion ſtoute, as one that in an vpright quarel would beare no coles, ſeldome in an intricate matter grauelled, being found at all aſſayes to be of a pleaſant and pre|ſent wit.

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