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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Then it is too playne, that hee coulde not haue any doyngs wyth Gurmundus, who ioy|ned with the Saxons agaynſt Careticus,The doubt re|ſolued. in the yeare .586.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This knotte (ſaith our Authour) might be vn|twyned with more facilitie thus. Gurmun|dus made much of that little he gotte, and wrote himſelfe King, which tytle our Hyſtories doe al|lowe him, bycauſe hee made the waye playne, enioyed it a whyle, and ſet open the gate vnto his Countreymen.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Turgeſius atchieued the whole exployte, and brought it to perfection, and in theſe reſpectes ey|ther of them may bee called King and Conque|rour of Irelande.

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