The Holinshed Texts (1587, Volume 6, p. 496)

¶ About this time the bishop of Calcedon came into England, with letters apostolicall of admonition, Abr. Fl. out of Thom. Wa [...]. pag. 395. that the faithfull and loiall of the land should of their goods disbursse somewhat to the emperour of Con|stantinople, who was extremelie vexed and troubled by the Tartars, and their capteine called Morect. And to the intent that the peeres of the land might be made the more willing and toward to bestow their contribution in this behalfe, the pope granted vnto all benefactors (trulie contrite and confessed) full re|mission, and wrapped in his bitter censures all such as hindered those that were willing to bestow their be|neuolence in this case; considering, that although the emperour was a schismatike, yet was he a chri|stian, and if by the infidels he should be oppressed, all christendome was in danger of ruine; hauing in his mind that saieng of the poet full fit for his purpose,

Tunc tuares agitur paries cùm proximus ardet.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 ¶ In this yeare in a manner throughout all the realme of England, old baie trées withered, Abr. Fl. out of Thom. Wa [...]. pag. 395. and af|terwards, contrarie to all mens thinking, grew greene againe, a strange sight, and supposed to import some vnknowne euent. Polydor. ¶ In this meane time the king being aduertised that the wild Irish dailie wa|sted and destroied the townes and villages within the English pale, and had slaine manie of the souldi|ers which laie there in garison for defense of that EEBO page image 497 countrie, determined to make eftsoones a voiage thi|ther, & prepared all things necessarie for his passage now against the spring. A little before his setting foorth, he caused a iusts to be holden at Windesor of fourtie knights and fourtie esquiers,A iusts at Windesor. against all com|mers, & they to be apparelled in gréene, with a white falcon, and the queene to be there well accompani|ed with ladies and damsels.

The king sai|leth ouer into Ireland with a great armie.

Fabian. Caxton.

The duke of Yorke lieute|nant generall of England, the king be|ing in Ireland.

H [...]n. Marl.

When these iusts were finished, the king departed toward Bristow, from thence to passe into Ireland, leauing the queene with hir traine still at Windesor: he appointed for his lieutenant generall in his absence his vncle the duke of Yorke: and so in the moneth of Aprill, as diuerse authors write, he set forward from Windesor, and fi|nallie tooke shipping at Milford, and from thence with two hundred ships, and a puissant power of men of armes and archers he sailed into Ireland. The fridaie next after his arriuall, there were slaine two hundred Irishmen at Fourd in Kenlis within the countie of Kildare, by that valiant gentleman Ienico Dartois, and such Englishmen as he had there with him: and on the morrow next insuing the citizens of Dublin inuaded the countrie of Obrin, and slue thirtie and thrée Irishmen.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The king also after he had remained about seuen daies at Waterford,Out of a French pam|phlet that be|longeth to master Iohn Dec. marched from thence towards Kilkennie, and comming thither, staied thereabout fourteene daies, looking for the duke of Aumarle that was appointed to haue met him, but he failed and came not, wherevpon the king on Midsummer euen set forward againe, marching streight towards the countrie of Macmur the principall rebell in that season within Ireland,Macmur. who kéeping himselfe among woods with three thousand right hardie men, seémed to passe little for any power that might be brought a|gainst him. Yet the king approching to the skirts of the woods, commanded his soldiers to fier the houses and villages: which was executed with great for|wardnesse of the men of war. And here for some va|liant act that he did, or some other fauourable respect, which the king bare to the lord Henrie sonne to the duke of Hereford, he made him knight. ¶ This Hen|rie was after king of England, succeeding his fa|ther, and called by the name of Henrie the fift. There were nine or ten others made knights also at the same time.