[1] In the yeare following, whiche was in the yeare 1315. the Princes of Irelande oppreſſed (as they tooke it) with long and inſufferable ty|rannie of the Engliſh men,1315 and truſting by ſup|port of Scottes to recouer their libertie, now after ſo notable an ouerthrowe of the whole Engliſhe puiſſance,The Lordes of Irelande re|quire ayde of king Robert. ſent Ambaſſadors vnto king Robert, requyring that it might pleaſe him to ſende hys brother Edwarde Bruce, to receyue the crowne and gouernment of theyr Countrey of Irelande.