Compare 1587 edition: 1 But now to oure purpoſe & The Spanyardes ſubſtanciallye ayded by the Brytons, ſettled them ſelues, and deuided theyr ſeates in quar|ters, y^e foure brethren raigning ſeuerally a part in foure ſundry portions in good quiet and increaſe of wealth vntill their pryde and ambition armed two of them agaynſt the other two,Diſſention be|tvvixt the bre|thren. as Hiberus and one of his brethren, againſte Hermion and the other brother.Suche are the frutes of ambi|tion. In this diſſention Hermion ſlewe his brother Hiberus. Of whome at the ſame tyme the countrey (as ſome holde) was na|med Hybernia, See more here of in the deſ|cription. as in the deſcription therof further appeareth, althoughe ſome rather holde, that it tooke the name of yron, of the plentifull mynes of that kinde of mettall wherwith that lande a|boundeth: And ſo thoſe auncient writers which name it Ierna, named it more aptely after the ſpeeche of the inhabitantes than others, whiche name it Hibernia.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But to proceede, Hermion herevpon to auoide the yll opinion of men for that he had thus attai|ned to the ſouerantie by the vnnaturall ſlaughter of his brother in that vnhappie ciuil warre purged hymſelfe to his ſubiects,No crime ſo manifeſt or de|teſtable that vvanteth a co|lourable pre|tence to excuſe it. that neyther maliciouſly nor contentiouſly, but for his neceſſarie defence and ſafetie he had borne armes againſte his bre|thren: and to witneſſe how farre he was from all deſire to rule alone, he appointed certaine Capi|taines as kings, to rule vnder him ſeuerall coun|treys, reſeruing to hymſelfe but one fourth parte, and the portion of Meth allotted to the Monar|chie for the better mayntenance of his eſtate.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe partes appoynted forth in thys wyſe at lengthe grew to fiue kingdoms, Leyniſter,Irelande deui|ded into fiue kingdomes. Con|nagh, Vlſter, and Mounſter deuided into two partes, and ſometyme to more,One ſouerayne ruler ouer the reſt. by vſurping or compoundyng among themſelues, but euer one was choſen to be chief ſoueraigne Monarke ouer them all.