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You are here: 1577 > Volume 3 > Body Text: Section 4 of 4: The thirde Booke of the Hiſtorie of Ireland, compriſing the raigne of Henry the eyght: continued by Richard Stanihurſt, and vvritten to the right honorable Sir Henrie Sidney Knight, Lord Deputie of Ireland, Lord preſident of VVales, Knight of the moſt noble order of the Garter, and one of hir Maieſties priue Counſayle within hir Realme of Englande.
Snippet: 225 of 344 (1577, Volume 3, p. 102)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 To this anſwered the King firſt,The king de|nyeth him. that the Ambaſſadour had no Commiſſion from hys Prince to demaunde him, and vppon his Ma|ieſtie his letter he ſhoulde knowe more of his mynde: ſecondly that hee did not deteyne him, but the Dolphyn ſtayed him: laſtly, that howe grieuouſly ſoeuer his brother offended, hee was EEBO page image 103 well aſſured, that the ſilly boy neither was nor coulde be a traytour, and therfore there reſted no cauſe why the Ambaſſadour ſhoulde in ſuche wiſe craue him, not doubting that although hee were deliuered to his king, yet he woulde not ſo farre ſwarue from the extreeme rigour of Iu|ſtice, as to embrew his handes in the innocent his bloud, for the offence that his brother had perpetrated.

You are here: 1577 > Volume 3 > Body Text: Section 4 of 4: The thirde Booke of the Hiſtorie of Ireland, compriſing the raigne of Henry the eyght: continued by Richard Stanihurſt, and vvritten to the right honorable Sir Henrie Sidney Knight, Lord Deputie of Ireland, Lord preſident of VVales, Knight of the moſt noble order of the Garter, and one of hir Maieſties priue Counſayle within hir Realme of Englande.
Snippet: 226 of 344 (1577, Volume 3, p. 103)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Maiſter Wallop herevppon addreſſed his Letters to Englande, ſpecifying to the Coun|ſaile the French kings anſwere, and in the mean tyme the yong Fitz Girald hauing an ynckling of the Ambaſſadour his motion,Fitz Giralde flieth to Flan|ders. fledde ſecretely to Flaunders, ſcantly reaching to Valencie, when Iames Sherelocke, one of Maiſter Wal|lop his men,Iames Sher|locke purſu|eth Fitz Gi|ralde. did not onely purſue him, but al|ſo did ouertake him, as he ſoiourned in the ſayd towne.

You are here: 1577 > Volume 3 > Body Text: Section 4 of 4: The thirde Booke of the Hiſtorie of Ireland, compriſing the raigne of Henry the eyght: continued by Richard Stanihurſt, and vvritten to the right honorable Sir Henrie Sidney Knight, Lord Deputie of Ireland, Lord preſident of VVales, Knight of the moſt noble order of the Garter, and one of hir Maieſties priue Counſayle within hir Realme of Englande.
Snippet: 227 of 344 (1577, Volume 3, p. 103)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Wherevpon maiſter Leurouſe, and ſuch as accompanied the childe, ſtept to the Gouernour of Valencie, complayning that one Sherelocke a ſneaking ſpie, lyke a pykethanke promoting Varlet, did dogge their maiſter from place to place, and preſently purſued him to the towne and therefore they beſought the gouernour, not to leaue ſuch apparant villaynie vnpuniſhed, in that he was willing to betray not onely a guilt|leſſe child, but alſo his owne Countryman, who rather ought for his innocencie to bee pityed, than for the deſerte of others ſo eagrely to bee purſued.

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