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Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length the other Kings and people of Ire|lande beganne to repine at the vſurper, ſet vpon him with open warre, vanquiſhed him in a pight fielde, and called home the rightefull Prince his brother agayne, to reſume his kingdome, who with many erneſt perſwaſions of Malchus and Malachias coulde vneth bee broughte to forſake that trade of lyfe and companye, the whyche he had wyth ſuche delectation enured him ſelfe vnto.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus farre of the Iriſhe Sainctes. Of the whyche (as ſome of them are to bee eſteemed right vertuous and godlye menne, ſo other of them are to bee ſuſpected, as perſons rather holye by the ſuperſtitious opinion of the people, than endued with any ſuche knowledge of true god|lyneſſe and ſyncere Relygion, as are woorthye to be Regiſtred in the number of thoſe that of right ought to paſſe for ſayntes,Foxe. Bale. as by certayne late writers may appeare.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But this we leaue to the iudgemente of the aduiſed Reader, for that in ſuche matters wee mynde not to preiudice any mans opinion, but onely wiſhe the Reader to take heed howe he gi|ueth credite to that whych oftentymes is found written by Authoures touching feigned mira|cles, and other vayne ſuperſtitious dealings, wherethorough many zelous perſons haue often bene deceyued.

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