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You are here: 1577 > Volume 3 > Body Text: Section 2 of 4: THE HISTORIE of Irelande.
Snippet: 109 of 155 (1577, Volume 3, p. 13)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Nowe therefore to leaue Sayntes, and re|turne to other maſters, touchyng the Iriſhe hi|ſtorie.

You are here: 1577 > Volume 3 > Body Text: Section 2 of 4: THE HISTORIE of Irelande.
Snippet: 110 of 155 (1577, Volume 3, p. 13)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the yeare .586.

586.

The Norvve|gians skoure the ſeas, and inuade the yles of Orkney.

the Norwegians had got dominion ouer the Ilandes in the north Weaſt Ocean called the Iles of Orkeney, and ſkoured the Seas that none other nation [...]urſte vnnethe appeare in ſight for dread of them. A people gi|uen greately to ſeeke the Conqueſtes of other Realmes, as they that coulde not fayle to fynde more warme and fruitefull places for EEBO page image 14 to inhabite than theyr owne.

You are here: 1577 > Volume 3 > Body Text: Section 2 of 4: THE HISTORIE of Irelande.
Snippet: 111 of 155 (1577, Volume 3, p. 14)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe fellowes chaunced to light into Ire|lande by this meanes,They inuade Irelande. Caraticus king of Bry|taine ranne into ſuche hatred of his people that they rayſed warres agaynſt him.

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