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 this attempt to perfection, and in these respects each of them may be called first King and Conqueror.

Secondly therefore Turgesius with his Normans, assaultedlreland, sustained losse and many overthrowes, but in the end fastening his power to the sea coasts, and receiving in his friends at will, he subdued the land through and through, ever as he went building up Castles and fortresses, herewith the Irish had not beene yet acquainted, for hitherto they kne no fence, but oods or bogges, or strokes. Turgesius bridled the Kings, and aed them so, that ithout interruption he raigned thirty yeares, cryed havocke & spoile vvhere any vvealth was heaped, spared neither Lay nor Clergy, nor Church, nor Chappell, but very insolently abused his victory. O malaghlien king of Meth, as in some trust ith the Tyrant, his onely Daughter Turgesius craved for his concubine. The father having a present itt, and atching some subtle oportunities, Saving your fancie, my Lord, quoth hee, there are diverse Ladies of my bloud sweeter bed-felloes for a king, then that brone girle; and then he began to count neeces and cousins a number forsooth, endowed ith angell-like beauties, painted so lively with his Tale, that the Tyrant doted already upon them ere hee sa them: But ever he doubted, lest O-malaghlien extolled them to exempt his one, and the ise father cloaked his drift ith modestie in anseres, and lingering his graunt to enflame the leachers folly, as hee