The Holinshed Project

Holinshed Project Home

The Texts
1577

Previous | Next

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Counteſſe of Kildare perceyuing the noble man greatly to ſtomacke the Souldiour his preſumptuous boldneſſe, nipt him at the el|bow, and whiſpering ſoftly, beſought his Lord|ſhip not to take the matter ſo hote, bycauſe the Gentleman (ſhe ment Power) knewe, that the houſe of Kildare was of late attainted, and that hir children were not in this their calamitie in ſuch wiſe to be regarded.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 No Ladie, quoth the Earle, with a lowde voyce, and the teares trilling downe his lecres, ſay not ſo, I truſt to ſee the day, when my yong couſin Edwarde, and the remnant of your chil|dren (as little reckning as hee maketh of them) ſhall diſdain the cõpanie of any ſuch ſkip Iack. Which prophecie fill out as truly as he foretold it, only ſauing that it ſtoode with God his plea|ſure, to call him to his mercie before he could ſee that day, after which doubtleſſe he longed and looked, I meane the reſtitution of the houſe of Kildare.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After this noble Earle his vntimely deceaſe,Sir Anthonie Sentleger retur|neth Lorde Deputie. ſir Anthony Sentleger was returned into Ire|lande Lorde Deputie, who was a wiſe and a wary Gentleman, a valiant ſeruitour in warre, and a good Iuſticer in peace, properly learned, a EEBO page image 115 good maker in the Engliſhe, hauing grauitie ſo enterlaced with pleaſantneſſe, as with an excee|ding good grace he would attaine the one with|out pouting dumpiſhneſſe, and exerciſe the other without loathfull lightneſſe.

Previous | Next