[1] Thomas growen to thys poynte with the Dublinians, rayſed his ſiege, cauſed his
artille|rie to be cõueyd to Howeh matching after with his army, to the ende he
might well as bulche the Engliſh Shippes, if they durſt auerre the coaſt, as to
bicket with the Souldiers vpon their arri|uall. But before he toke his iourney
to Howeth, he rode to Maynoth, to ſee that the Caſtell ſhuld be of all ſides
fortifyed, where being done to vn|derſtand, that a companye of white
coſes,The white coates land at Dublin. with redde
croſſes, landed at Dublin ſecretely in the dead of the night, and alſo that
another band a|riued at Howeth, and were ready to marche to|wardes Dublin, hee
poſted incontinently wyth two hundred Horſemen towardes the water ſyde,
encountred neere Clontarfe, the Hamer|tons, two valiant and couragious
Gentlemen,The Hamer|tones ſlayne. hauing in theyr
company foureſcore Souldy|ers, where they foughte ſo valiantly for theyr liues,
as ſo fewe footemen coulde haue done a|gainſte ſo greate a troupe of Horſemen:
for they did not onely mangle and backe dyuers of the Rebelles,
Thomas Fitz Girald wound|ed. Mooſgraue.