[1] [2] Reymonde vnderſtanding in what diſtreſſe the Earle and other his friendes ſtoode in Ire|lande, and deſirous withall to enioy the Ladie Baſill whome he entirely loued, hee communed with his couſin Meiller, and other worthie Gen|tlemen of his lynage, whome he perſwaded eaſi|ly to goe ouer with hym: ſo that hauing aſ|ſembled thirtie luſtie Knightes, with an hundred other horſemen, and three hundred Archers foote|men,Reymond [...] at Waterford. choſen forth of the Welche Nation, he em|barked them in .xv. ſhippes, paſſed ouer with them and landed at Waterford, where the Citizens the ſame time rayſing a tumult, were about to haue ſlain the Engliſh men, but by the arriual of Rey|mond which chaunced ſo in the nicke, the vprore was pacified, and all things brought to quiet. This done, Reymõd brought the Erle to Wex|ford,Frecell gouer|nor of Water|ford ſlaine by the Mariners that vndertook to conuey him ouer the water there. and as Frecell gouernor of Waterford was about to follow the Erle in a veſſell by the water of Suire, he with diuerſe of his companie were ſlaine by thoſe mariners that vndertooke to paſſe him ouer, which murther committed, the murthe|rers returning to the Citie, ſlue all ſuch Engliſhe people as they mette with, either in the ſtreetes or houſes, not ſparing either ſexe or age. But they miſſed yet of winning the full poſſeſſiõ of the city. For an Engliſh gẽtleman yt remayned in charge with keeping it, ſo handled ye matter, that the trai|tors were ſubdued and brought to quiet, with worſe opinion and ſtate than they were in before.