Compare 1587 edition: 1 Yee haue thus partly hearde what the Da|niſhe writers doe recorde in their hiſtories tou|chyng the Conqueſtes whych theyr people made in Irelande, but whether the ſame bee meante of that whyche goeth before, or rather of that whiche followeth, touchyng the trade whyche the Norwegian Merchauntes vſed [...] or whether the Iriſhe writers haue paſſed theſe iourneys ouer with ſilence whiche the Daniſhe writers in forme (as before is touched) doe make mention of, I cannot affirme: But lyke [...] is that as the Danes, or Normans, whether you will call them, dyd inuade Irelande as well as England, France, and Scotlande, in thoſe days, according to the reporte of theyr writers, and that by way of open warre, as well to conquere the countrey, as to take prayes, priſoners and booties, and not for trade of Merchandiſe, onely albeit that they myghte peraduenture ſo get en|trie at the firſte, as by the Iriſh hiſtories it ſhould ſeeme they dyd ſhortly after the ſlaughter of Turgeſius, and afterwards when they ſaw thẽ|ſelues ſetled, and perceyued that they beganne to growe to be enuyed of their Iriſhe neybors, who therevpon woulde not ſticke to moleſt them as occaſions ſerued, they ſaw no better meane to aſ|ſure themſelues againſt their aduerſaries, than to ſend vnto their coũtreymen, which in thoſe dayes roued abrode (as before I haue ſaid) in euery quar|ter of this our weſt Ocean, wayting for oportu|nitie to aduance their conqueſts in each countrey where any thing might be gottẽ: and ſo this may agree very well with the Iriſhe writers, whome as I do not take vppon me to controll, but rather to report the hiſtorie as I find it by them writtẽ, I will proceede with the order whiche they fol|lowe. After the countrey was deliuered of the ty|rannie wherewith it was oppreſſed by the ſame Turgeſius and his people Danes or Norwegiãs whether they were (for ſo Cambrenſis eſteemeth them) the Iriſhe deliuered of ſeruile bondage, fell to their old wonted vomit, in perſecuting each o|ther: and hauing lately defaced theyr fortifyed Townes and Caſtels, as receptacles & couertes for the enimie, all ſides lay more open to receyue harme.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 19This beeing perceyued and throughly conſi|dered, the Princes that in y^e late rule of Turgeſi|us, had eſpied ſome towardneſſe to wealth & eaſe, fell in hand to diſcourſe the madneſſe and folly of their aunceſtors, whiche ſawe not the vſe of that which their enimies abuſed, they begunne to loth their vnquiet trade of life, to wiſh eyther leſſe diſ|cord, or more ſtrẽgth in each mans dominion, to caſt the danger of naked countreys, ready to call in the enimies, as the ſtrength of fortes and Ca|ſtels was a meane to preſerue them from loſſe. Fayne would they haue prouided remedie in this caſe, if they had knowne how.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The former ſubiection, though it ſeemed in|tollerable, yet they felt therein proceeding ſteppes towards grace. The gayne that roſe of Merchã|diſe, reſt and ſuretie to the whole eſtate, of the Countrey. For the differẽce was great betwixt the endeuors of the two nations, Norwegians and Iriſh.