[1] When the duches had framed hir cloath méet for the market, she was informed that king Henrie pre|pared to make warre against Charles the French king. Wherefore she, thinking that the time serued well for the setting foorth of hir malicious inuention, sent this Perkin hir new inuented mawmet, first into Portingale,Perkin War|becke arri|ueth in Ire|land. and so craftilie into the countrie of Ireland; to the intent that he, being both wittie and wilie, might inuegle the rude Irishmen (being at those daies more inclined to rebellion than to reaso|nable order) to a new seditious commotion. Shortlie after his arriuall in Ireland, whether by his shrewd wit, or the malicious exhortation of the sauage Irish gouernours, he entred so farre in credit with the peo|ple of that Ile, that his words were taken to be as true, as he vntruelie with false demonstrations set foorth and published them.