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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My ſonne, you know that my late maimes ſtirffeth my talke: otherwiſe I would haue gra|ted longer on this matter. For a good tale may be twiſe tolde, and a ſounde aduiſe eftſoones itera|ted, taketh the deeper impreſſion in the attentiue hearet his minde. But although my fatherly af|fection requireth my diſcourſe to be longer, yet I truſt your good inclination aſketh it to be ſhorter, and vpon that aſſurance, here in the preſence of this honourable aſſembly, I delyuer you thys ſworde.