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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The ſtoute ſtomackes of the Iriſhe Lordes and rulers beeing well qualified with this miſ|chaunce, they were glad to ſeeke for peace ſhortly after vnto Achaius.Iriſh men do ſeeke peace. Thoſe alſo that were ſent o|uer to treat of the ſame, found him at Enuerloch|thee. Where hauing declared their meſſage, and confeſſed howe iuſtly they had beene pur [...]ed by the righteous iudgement of almightie God for their wrongful attempting of the warres againſt them that had not deſerued it, Achaius anſwered how the Iriſh nation was ſo ſtubborne, that they knew not to vſe reaſõ, except they were through|ly ſcourged and therefore had the righteous God taken iuſt reuenge vpon them, to the enſample of other, for their continuacie in mouing warres a|gaynſt thẽ that had ſo earneſtly ſought for peace. Neuertheleſſe feſting a pure all iniuctes paſt, as well new as olde, to ſhewe himſelfe to be the fol|lower of Chriſt, who in ſo many paſſages had prayſed, commended and ſet forth vnto vs peace and tranquilitie, he was cõtented to graunt them peace which now they ſued for.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus was the peace renued betwixt the Scot|tiſh and Iriſh nations, to the no leſſe comfort of the Scottes themſelues, than of the Iriſhmen, as thoſe that had learned nowe by experience & tryall (hauing enioyed peace a good ſeaſon) howe much the ſame was to be preferred before cruel warres.

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