Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 The Earle as impaciente to heare himſelfe touched as the Iuſtice to ſuffer euill doing,The Earle of Kildare. aun|ſwered thus, By your honor and mine my Lord, EEBO page image 47 and by King Edwardes hand (for that was ac|compted no ſmall oth in thoſe dayes among the Iriſh) you would if you durſt appech me in plain tearmes of treaſon or felonie: for where I haue the title, & you the fleece of Kildare, I wote well how great an eye ſore I am in your ſight, ſo that if I might be handſomly truſſed vp for a fellone, then mighte my maſter youre ſonne become a Gentleman: a Gentlemã quoth the Iuſtice, thou proude Erle, I tell thee, the Veſcies were Gẽtle|men before Kildare was an Earledome, & before that Welch bãkrupt thy couſin, fethered hys ueſt in Leyniſter. But ſeeing thou dareſt me, I will ſurely breake thy hart, and therewith he called the Earle a notorious theefe and a murderer. Then followed facing and bracing among the Soul|diers, with high words, and terrible ſwearing on both ſides, vntil either parte appeaſed his owne. The Lord Iuſtice ſhortly after, leauing his de|putie William Hay, tooke the ſea, and haſted o|uer to y^e King. The Earle immediatly followed, and as heynouſly as the Lorde Iuſtice accuſed him of felony, Kildare no leſſe appealed hym of treaſon. For triall hereof, y^e Erle aſked y^e cõbate, & Veſcy refuſed not: but yet when the liſtes were prouided, Veſcy was ſlipt away into Fraunce, & ſo diſenherited of all his lãds in y^e countie of Kil|dare, which wer beſtowed vpõ y^e Erle & his heires for euer. The Erle waxing loftie of mind in ſuch proſperous ſucceſſe, ſquared with diuers nobles,

1294

The death of the Archbi|ſhop Samford. The Earle of Vlſter taken priſoner.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 William Do|d [...]gſels Lord Iuſtice.William Dodingſels being this yere made Lord Iuſtice of Irelande, after Veſcy dyed, in the yeere next following,1295 that is .1295. and .23. of King Edwarde the firſte. After hym ſucceeded in that roomth the Lorde Thomas Fitz Mau|rice.Thomas Fitz Morice Lorde Iuſtice. In the yeere .1296. Friar William de Bothum was conſecrated Archbiſhop of Du|blin.1296

Compare 1587 edition: 1 1298In the yeere .1298. and .xxvj. of Edwarde the firſt, the Lorde Thomas Fitz Maurice departed this life, and an agreement was made,Record Tur|ris. betwixte the Earle of Vlſter, and the Lorde Iohn Fitz Thomas, Earle of Kildare, by Iohn Wogan that was ordeyned Lorde Iuſtice of Ire|lande.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The earle as impatient to heare himselfe touched The earle of [...]ldare. as the iustice to suffer euill dooing, answered thus.

By your honor and mine (my lord) and by king Ed|wards hand (for that was accompted no small oth in those daies among the Irish) you would if you durst appeach me in plaine termes of treason or felonie: for where I haue the title, and you the fléece of Kil|dare, I wote well how great an eiesore I am in your sight, so that if I might be handsomlie trussed vp for a fellon, then might my master your sonne be|come a gentleman.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The lord iustice shortlie after, leauing his deputie William Haie, tooke the sea, and hasted ouer to the king. The earle immediatlie followed, and as hei|nouslie as the lord iustice accused him of felonie, Kildare no lesse appealed him of treason. For triall heereof, the earle asked the combat, and Uescie refu|sed not: but yet when the lists were prouided, Uescie was slipt awaie into France, and so disherited of all his lands in the countie of Kildare, which were be|stowed vpon the earle and his heires for euer. The earle waring loftie of mind in such prosperous suc|cesse, squared with diuerse nobles, English and Irish of that land. The same yeare died Iohn Samford archbishop of Dublin, and Iohn Fitzthomas earle 1294 The death of the archbishop Samford. The earle of Ulster taken prisoner. of Kildare, and Iohn de la Mare tooke prisoners, Ri|chard Burgh earle of Ulster, and William Burgh within the countrie of Meth, and the castell of Kil|dare was taken, and all the countrie wasted by the English on the one side, and the Irish on the other, and Calwagh burnt all the rolles and talies concer|ning the records & accompts of that countie. Great Great dearth and death. dearth and death reigned in Ireland this yeare, and the two yéeres next insuing. The earle of Kildare de|teined the earle of Ulster prisoner, vntill by authori|tie of a parlement holden at Kilkennie, he was deli|uered out of the castell of Leie, for his two sonnes, and for the inuasion which the earle of Kildare had made into Meth, and other his vnrulie and misordred parts, was disseized of the castell of Sligagh, and of all his lands in Connagh.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 William Dodingsels, being this yeare made William Do|dingsels lord iustice. 1295 Thomas Fitzmaurice lord iustice. 1296 1298 Rec. Turris. lord iustice of Ireland, after Uescie died, in the yéere next following, that is 1295, and the thrée and twen|tith of king Edward the first. After him succéeded in that roome the lord Thomas Fitzmaurice. In the yeare 1296, frier William de Bothum was conse|crated archbishop of Dublin. In the yeare 1298, and six and twentith of Edward the first, the lord Thomas Fitzmaurice departed this life, and an a|gréement was made betwixt the earle of Ulster and the lord Iohn Fitzthomas earle of Kildare, by Iohn Wogan that was ordeined lord iustice of Ireland. In the yéere 1299 William archbishop of Dublin 1299 departed this life, and Richard de Fringis was con|secrated archbishop in his place. The king went vnto Iohn Wogan lord iustice, commanding him to giue summons vnto the nobles of Ireland, to prepare themselues with horsse and armor to come in their best arraie for the warre, to serue him against the Scots: and withall wrote vnto the same nobles, as to Richard de Burgh earle of Ulster, Geffreie de Genuill, Iohn Fitzthomas, Thomas Fitzmaurice, Theobald lord Butler, Theobald lord Uerdon, Piers lord Birmingham of Thetemoie, Eustace lord Powre, Hugh lord Purcell, Iohn de Cogan, Iohn EEBO page image 64 de Barrie, William de Barrie, Walter de Lastice, Richard de Ercester, Iohn Pipurd, Walter Len|fant, Iohn of Oxford, Adam de Stanton, Simon de Pheibe, William Cadell, Iohn de Uale, Maurice de Carre, George de la Roch, Maurice de Rochford, and Maurice Fitzthomas de Kerto, commanding them to be with him at Withwelaun the first of March. Such a precept I remember I haue read, re|gistred in a close roll among the records of the tow|er. But where Marlburrow saith, that the said Iohn Wogan lord iustice of Ireland, and the lord Iohn Fitzthomas, with manie others, came to king Ed|ward into Scotland, in the nine and twentith yeare of king Edwards reigne, Campion noteth it to be in the yere 1299, which fell in the seuen & twentith of the reigne of king Edward, & if my remembrance faile me not, the close roll aforementioned beareth date of the foure and twentith yeare of king Ed|wards reigne. All which notes may be true, for it is verie like, that in those warres against the Scots, the king sent diuerse times to the Irish lords to come to serue him, as it behooued them to doo by their te|nures: and not onelie he sent into Ireland to haue the seruices of men, but also for prouision of vittels, as in close rolles I remember I haue also séene re|corded of the seauen and twentith and thirtith yeare of the said king Edward the first his reigne. For this we find in a certeine abstract of the Irish chroni|cles, which should séeme to be collected out of Flats|burie, whom Campion so much followed, that in the Chr. Pembrig. yeare 1301, the lord Iohn Wogan lord iustice, Iohn Fitzthomas, Peter Birmingham, & diuerse others 1301 Irishmen in|uade Scot|land. went into Scotland in aid of king Edward, in which yeare also a great part of the citie of Dublin, with the church of saint Werburgh was burnt in the night of the feast daie of saint Colme. Also the lord Genuill married the daughter of Iohn de Mont|fort, and the lord Iohn Mortimer married the daugh|ter and heire of Peter Genuill, also the lord Theo|bald de Uerdon married the daughter of the lord Roger Mortimer. The same yeare in the winter season, the Irish of Leinster raised warre against the townes of Wicklow and Rathdon, dooing much hurt by burning in the countrie all about: but they were chastised for their wickednesse, loosing the most part of their prouision and cattell. And in the Lent season the more part of them had béene vtterlie de|stroied, if discord and variance had not risen among the Englishmen, to the impeachment of their purpo|sed enterprises.