[1] It chanced,Sundrie ru|lers in Ire|land. whereas diuerse rulers or (as we may call them) petie kings reigned the same seson in that Iland (which was diuided into seuerall esta [...]es or kingdomes) that continuall strife and dissention re|mained amongst them, so that oftentimes they made sore war after the manner of their countrie one a|gainst an other, (for

Nulla fides regnisocijs, omnisque potestasLuc. lib. 1.

Impatiens consortis erit.)