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... unto this Season I receiv'd nor Rhime nor Reafon . This Paper produc'd the defired Effect ; and the Queen not without fome Re- proof of the Treasurer , immediately di- rected the Payment of the Hundred Pounds fhe had firft order'd . BUT ...
... unto this Season I receiv'd nor Rhime nor Reafon . This Paper produc'd the defired Effect ; and the Queen not without fome Re- proof of the Treasurer , immediately di- rected the Payment of the Hundred Pounds fhe had firft order'd . BUT ...
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... unto England , it is hard to be known , but yet much to be feared . Eudox . Surely I suppose this but a vain Con- ceit of fimple Men , which judge things by their Effects , and not by their caufes ; for I would rather think the cause of ...
... unto England , it is hard to be known , but yet much to be feared . Eudox . Surely I suppose this but a vain Con- ceit of fimple Men , which judge things by their Effects , and not by their caufes ; for I would rather think the cause of ...
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... unto him , and made , eafie way to the fettling of his Will ; yet with the State of Ire- land peradventure it doth not fo well agree , be- ing a People very ftubborn and untamed ; or if it were ever tamed , yet now lately having quite ...
... unto him , and made , eafie way to the fettling of his Will ; yet with the State of Ire- land peradventure it doth not fo well agree , be- ing a People very ftubborn and untamed ; or if it were ever tamed , yet now lately having quite ...
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... unto Laws , scarcely to know the name of Law , but in- ftead thereof have always preferved and kept their own Law , which is the Brebon Law . Eudox . What is that which you call the Brebon Law ? it is a Word unto us altogether unknown ...
... unto Laws , scarcely to know the name of Law , but in- ftead thereof have always preferved and kept their own Law , which is the Brebon Law . Eudox . What is that which you call the Brebon Law ? it is a Word unto us altogether unknown ...
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... unto themselves all their own former Privileges and Seigniories inviolate .. Eudox . Then by that acceptance of his So- vereignty they also accepted of his Laws . Why then should any other Laws be now used a- mongst them ? Iren . True ...
... unto themselves all their own former Privileges and Seigniories inviolate .. Eudox . Then by that acceptance of his So- vereignty they also accepted of his Laws . Why then should any other Laws be now used a- mongst them ? Iren . True ...
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Abuſes Affurance afterwards againſt alfo almoſt alſo amongſt ancient becauſe befides brought called Caufe Cauſe Countrey County Courfe Courſe Cuſtoms defire doth eafily Earl efcheated Enemy England English Pale eſtabliſhed Eudox evil fafe faid fame Faſhion feek feems fent ferve fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fithence fome fometimes foon fpecial ftill ftrong fubdued fuch fuppofe furely Garifons Gaules Government Governours hath himſelf Houſe Inconvenience inhabited Ireland Iren Ireneus Irish itſelf King Lands Leinster likewife Lord Majefty manner means methinks moft moſt muſt Name Nations Number obferved Occafions otherwiſe Out-law Paffages paffed paſs Perfons Places pleaſe Plow-lands poffeffed preſent Puniſhment Purpoſe Queen reafon Realm redreffed Reformation reft ſay Scots Scythians ſee ſeem ſhall ſhort Soldiers ſome ſpace Spain Spaniards ſpeak ſuch Tenants thefe themſelves thereof thereunto theſe things thofe thoſe Towns Tredagh Tything Ulfter underſtand unto uſe Victuals wafted whofe wiſh
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Page 158 - Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them; they looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves...
Page 115 - ... to their lovers; that his music was not the harp nor lays of love, but the cries of people and clashing of armour; and finally, that he died not bewailed of many, but made many wail when he died, that dearly bought his death.
Page 80 - Iren. Because the commodity doth not countervail the discommodity; for the inconveniences which thereby do arise are much more many; for it is a fit house for an outlaw, a meet bed for a rebel, and an apt cloak for a thief.
Page 241 - Gospel; for they spare not to come out of Spain, from Rome, and from Rheims, by long toil and dangerous travelling hither, where they know peril of death awaiteth them, and no reward or riches is to be found, only to draw the people unto the Church of Rome...
Page 80 - When it raineth, it is his penthouse; when it bloweth, it is his tent; when it freezeth, it is his tabernacle. In summer he can wear it loose; in winter he can wrap it close; at all times he can use it; never heavy, never cumbersome.
Page 81 - ... in his way, and when he goeth abroad in the night in free-booting, it is his best and surest friend ; for lying, as they often do, two or three nights together abroad to watch for their booty, with that they can prettily shroud themselves under a bush or...
Page 7 - It is a rule of right unwritten, but delivered by tradition from one to another, in which oftentimes there appeareth great shew of equity, in determining the right between party and party, but in many things repugning quite both to God's law and man's...
Page viii - Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to bide: To lose good days, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed today, to be put back tomorrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Page 29 - ... so commodiously, as that, if some princes in the world had them, they would soon hope to be lords of all the seas, and ere long of all the world.
Page 29 - ... and ere long of all the world : also full of very good ports and havens opening upon England, as inviting us to come unto them, to see what excellent commodities that country can afford; besides, the soil itself most fertile, fit to yield all kind of fruit that shall be committed thereunto.