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.
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[1] Kildare inter|rupteth the Cardinals tale

My Lord Chancellor, I beſeech you pardon me, I am ſhort witted, and you I perceyue in|tende a long tale: if you proceede in this order, halfe my purgation will be loſt for lacke of car|riage. I haue no ſchoole trickes, nor arte of me|morie: excepte you heare me while I remember your wordes, your ſecond proceſſe will hammer out the former.