Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 Alſo that he ſought for acquaintance and af|finitie with meere Iriſh enimies, that hee hadde armed them againſt him then beeing the Kyng his Deputie, hee hanged and headed good ſub|iects, whome he miſtruſted to leane to the But|lers friendſhip. Kildare was therefore preſently commaunded to appeare, which he did, leauing in his roomth his brother Fitz Girald of Lexlip,Fitz Girald Lord Iuſtice. whome they ſhortly depoſed, and choſe the Ba|ron of Deluin, whome Oconor tooke priſoner,The Earle of Oſsorie cho|ſen L. Deputie. and then the Earle of Oſſorie (to ſhewe his ha|bilitie of ſeruice) brought to Dublin an army of Iriſhmen, hauing captaines ouer them Ocon|nor, Omore, and Ocarrol, and at Saint Ma|ry Abbey, was choſen Deputy by the King hys counſell. In whiche office being himſelfe (ſaue only in feares of armes) a ſimple Gentleman, hee bare out his honoure, and the charge of go|uernement very worthely,The Countes of Oſsorie. through the ſingular wiſedome of his Counteſſe: a Lady of ſuche a port, that all eſtates of the Realme crouched vnto hir: ſo politique, that nothing was thought ſubſtantially debated without hir aduice: man|like and tall of ſtature: very liberall and bounti|full: a ſure friende, a bitter enimie, hardly diſli|king where ſhe fanſied, not eaſily fanſying wher ſhe diſliked: the only meane at thoſe days wher|by hir huſbande his Countrey was reclaymed from ſluttiſhnes and ſlouenry, to cleane bedding and ciuilitie. But to theſe vertues was lynked ſuche a ſelfe-liking, ſuche an ouerweening, and ſuche a maieſtie aboue the tenure of a Subiect, that for aſſurance thereof, ſhee ſticked not to a|buſe hir huſbands honoure agaynſt hir brothers folly.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 Notwithſtandyng I learne not that ſhee practiſed his vndoyng (whiche enſued, and was to hir vndoubtedly greate heauineſſe, as vppon whome, both the blemiſhe thereof, and the ſub|ſtance of the greater part of that family depen|ded after) but that ſhe by indirect meanes lifted hir brother out of credite, to aduance hir huſbãd, the commõ voice, and the thing it ſelfe ſpeaketh. All this while abode the Earle of Kildare at the Court, and with muche adoe, found ſhift to bee called before the Lords to aunſwere ſuddayne|ly. They ſate vpon him diuerſly affected,Kildare con|uented before the Counſell. and namely ye Cardinall Lord Chancellour miſli|king the Erle his cauſe, cõforted his accuſers, & enforced the articles obiected, & what elſe ſo euer could be gathered thereof in theſe words:
I wote well (my Lorde) that I am not the meeteſt at this boorde to charge you with theſe treaſons,The Cardinall L. Chanſellor chargeth Kil|dare. bycauſe it hathe pleaſed ſome of youre pewfellowes to report, that I am a profeſſed e|nimie to all nobilitie, and namely to the Giral|dines: but ſeeing euerye curſt boy can ſay as muche when hee is controlled, and ſeeing theſe poyntes are ſo weightie, that they ſhould not bee diſſembled of vs, and ſo apparant, that they cã|not be denyed of you, I muſt haue leaue (not|withſtanding your ſtale ſlaunder) to bee the mouth of theſe honorable at this preſent, and to trumpe your treaſons in youre way, howſoeuer you take me. Firſt you remember, how ye lewde EEBO page image 82 Earle of Deſmond your kinſman (who paſſeth not whome hee ſerueth, mighte hee change hys maſter) ſent his confederates with letters of cre|dence to Frauncis the Frenche Kyng: and ha|uyng but colde comfort there, went to Charles the Emperoure, profering the help of Mounſter and Connaght, toward the conqueſt of Irelãd, if either of them woulde helpe to winne it from our King Howe many letters, what preceptes, what meſſages, what threats haue bin ſent you to apprehende him, and yet not done? Why ſo? forſooth I could not catch him: nay nay Earle, forſooth you would not watche him. If hee bee iuſtly ſuſpected, why are you partiall in ſo great a charge? if not, why are you fearefull to haue him tryed? yea for it will be ſworne and depoſed to your face, that for feare of meeting him, you haue winked wilfully, ſhunned his ſighte, alte|red youre courſe, warned hys friendes, ſtopped both eares and eyes againſte his detectors, and when ſo euer you tooke vppon you to hunte him out, then was hee ſure before hande to bee out of your walke. Surely, this iugling and falſe play little became either an honeſt man called to ſuch honour, or a noble man putte in ſo greate truſt. Had you loſt but a Cowe of an Horſe of youre owne, two hundred of youre reteyners woulde haue come at your whiſtle to reſcue the pray frõ the vttermoſt edge of Vlſter: all the Iriſhe in Ireland muſt haue giuen you the way. But in purſuing ſo needeful a matter as this was, mer|cifull God, howe nice, how daungerous, howe wayward haue you bin? One while he is from home, another while he kepeth home, ſometimes fledde, ſometimes in the bordures, where you dare not venter. I wiſſe my Lorde, there bee ſhrewde bugges in the bordures for the Earle of Kildare to feare, the Earle, nay the Kyng of Kildare: for when you are diſpoſed, you raigne more lyke than rule in the land: where you are malitious, the trueſt ſubiects ſtand for Iriſhe e|nimies: where you are pleaſed the Iriſh enimie ſtandeth for a duetifull ſubiect: harts and hands, liues and landes, are all at your courteſie: who fawneth not thereon, he cannot reſt within your ſmell, and youre ſmel is ſo ranke, that you trake them out at pleaſure.