The Life and Times of Aodh O'Neill, Prince of Ulster: Called by the English, Hugh, Earl of Tyrone, with Some Account of His Predecessors, Con, Shane, and Tirlough |
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... king , were to him altogether indistin- guishable , and alike detestable : the one seemed but a scheme of plunder for military adventurers , the other for ecclesiastical . Apart from all consi- derations of doctrinal truth ( with which ...
... king , were to him altogether indistin- guishable , and alike detestable : the one seemed but a scheme of plunder for military adventurers , the other for ecclesiastical . Apart from all consi- derations of doctrinal truth ( with which ...
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... king or laws of England . More than two hun- dred years had gone by since the northern Irish , aided by Edward Bruce of Scotland , had de- stroyed every vestige of foreign dominion in Ulster ; and the few Anglo - Norman families that ...
... king or laws of England . More than two hun- dred years had gone by since the northern Irish , aided by Edward Bruce of Scotland , had de- stroyed every vestige of foreign dominion in Ulster ; and the few Anglo - Norman families that ...
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... king , the insidious enemy of them all : and the Irish in their frequent wars amongst themselves , sometimes had the troops of the Pale , as well as the powerful Scottish colony of An- trim for auxiliaries on one side or the other . 66 ...
... king , the insidious enemy of them all : and the Irish in their frequent wars amongst themselves , sometimes had the troops of the Pale , as well as the powerful Scottish colony of An- trim for auxiliaries on one side or the other . 66 ...
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... King Henry the Eighth , who styled himself King of England , France , and Ireland ; -of France in virtue of the town of Calais , and of Ireland , be- cause of those bands of his adventurous subjects who garrisoned the Pale . But Henry ...
... King Henry the Eighth , who styled himself King of England , France , and Ireland ; -of France in virtue of the town of Calais , and of Ireland , be- cause of those bands of his adventurous subjects who garrisoned the Pale . But Henry ...
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... King Edward the Third , in like humble guise , did homage at the feet of an- other French sovereign ; -but that those two English kings were engaged in endless wars with those very suzerains : and never incurred thereby the charge of ...
... King Edward the Third , in like humble guise , did homage at the feet of an- other French sovereign ; -but that those two English kings were engaged in endless wars with those very suzerains : and never incurred thereby the charge of ...
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allies amongst ancient Armagh arms army Bagnal Baron battle bishops Blackwater Camden Carew castle Catholic cavalry chief chieftain chieftaincy church clans command Connaught Derry Desmond Docwra Dublin Dundalk Dungannon Earl Earl of Desmond Elizabeth enemy English Essex Fermanagh force foreign galloglasses garrison Geraldine hath historians honour horse Hugh O'Neill hundred foot Inishowen Ireland Irish Irish army King Kinsale land Leinster letters patent lish Lord Deputy lordships Lough Erne Lough Foyle Lough Neagh Mac Geoghegan Mac Guire Mac Gwire Mac Mahon majesty marched Monaghan Mountjoy Munster Newry noble Norreys North northern northward O'Donnell's O'More O'Neill and O'Donnell O'Neill's O'Sullivan Ormond Pale pass plundered Portmore Prince of Ulster Queen of England Red Hugh Reformation religion ruin Saxon says Moryson Scots sent Shane Shane O'Neill sheriffs ships Sir Henry Spain Spaniards Spenser sword Thomond thousand tion Tirlough troops Tyr-owen Tyrconnell Tyrone Ulster unto
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Page 65 - The generall end therefore of all the booke is to fashion a gentleman or noble person in vertuous and gentle discipline...
Page 239 - Woe to the heart that meditated, woe to the mind that conceived, woe to the council that recommended the project of this expedition, without knowing whether they should, to the end of their lives, be able to return to their native principalities or patrimonies.
Page 224 - And no spectacle was more frequent in the ditches of towns, and especially in wasted countries, than to see multitudes of these poor people dead with their mouths all coloured green by eating nettles, docks, and all things they could rend up above ground.
Page 182 - ... to the destruction of Jerusalem, and that nation, for their idolatry: and then making direct application to his own country, in relation to its connivance at Popery, in these impressive words* " From this year will I reckon the sin of Ireland, that those, whom you now embrace, shall be your ruin, and you shall bear their iniquity.
Page 239 - O'Donnell, and many others of his intimate friends. They embarked on the Festival of the Holy Cross, in autumn. This was a distinguished company ; and it is certain that the sea has not borne and the wind has not wafted in modern times a number of persons in one ship more eminent, illustrious, or noble, in point of genealogy, heroic deeds, valour, feats of arms, and brave achievements, than they. Would that God had but permitted them...
Page 230 - This bred such comfort and security in the hearts of all men as thereupon ensued the calmest and most universal peace that ever was seen in Ireland.
Page 79 - ... inviolable, and to deliver up the succession peaceably to his Tanist, and then hath a wand delivered unto him by some whose proper office that is; after which, descending from the stone, he turneth himself round, thrice forwards and thrice backwards. Eudox. But how is the Tanist chosen? Iren. They say he setteth but one foot upon the stone, and receiveth the like oath that the captaine did.
Page 52 - Realm (as in troth it is), easy it is for your Majesty to conjecture in what case, the rest is, where little or no Reformation, either of Religion or Manners, hath yet been planted and continued among them. Yea ; so profane and heathenish are some parts of this your country become, as it hath been preached publicly before me that the sacrament of Baptism is not used among them, and truly I believe it.
Page xii - When Irishmen consent to let the past become indeed History, not party politics, and begin to learn from it the lessons of mutual respect and tolerance, instead of endless bitterness and enmity ; then, at last, this distracted land shall see the dawn of hope and peace, and begin to renew her youth and rear her head amongst the proudest of the nations.
Page 182 - And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days : I have appointed thee each day for a year.