A Compleat History of Ireland, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time: In which is Contained a General Review of the Ancient Kings, &c, Volume 1print for W.Lane, 1774 - Ireland |
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... fuffered to affume the military or any other honourable employment . The military indeed , it is eafy to conceive in a ftate like that of the Irish , as I have just now defcribed them , muft naturally be fuppofed to be one of the most ...
... fuffered to affume the military or any other honourable employment . The military indeed , it is eafy to conceive in a ftate like that of the Irish , as I have just now defcribed them , muft naturally be fuppofed to be one of the most ...
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... fuffered fo much , is faid to have been raised by the forcery of the Tuatha de Da- nans , it seems a little ftrange that Amergin know- ing the trouble his people had in their first at- tempt to land upon the coaft , fhould ( after the ...
... fuffered fo much , is faid to have been raised by the forcery of the Tuatha de Da- nans , it seems a little ftrange that Amergin know- ing the trouble his people had in their first at- tempt to land upon the coaft , fhould ( after the ...
Page 77
... fuffered the government to be ad- miniftered by Achy Gunad , after whofe death he again re - afcended the throne ; a circumftance which we do not find accounted for in hiftory . But But that the reader may not be furprised to fee ...
... fuffered the government to be ad- miniftered by Achy Gunad , after whofe death he again re - afcended the throne ; a circumftance which we do not find accounted for in hiftory . But But that the reader may not be furprised to fee ...
Page 119
... fuffered great lofs , while the Danes were proceeding in their con- quefts , without meeting with any oppofition from him or feeming even to incur his displeasure . The people of Leinster , however , at length being roufed , gathered ...
... fuffered great lofs , while the Danes were proceeding in their con- quefts , without meeting with any oppofition from him or feeming even to incur his displeasure . The people of Leinster , however , at length being roufed , gathered ...
Page 121
... fuffered to get too much footing in the country to be fo eafily expelled . - Collecting toge- ther all their forces they had laid fiege to Dublin which they took by ftorm , and there built a caftle and eftablished a garrifon from whence ...
... fuffered to get too much footing in the country to be fo eafily expelled . - Collecting toge- ther all their forces they had laid fiege to Dublin which they took by ftorm , and there built a caftle and eftablished a garrifon from whence ...
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Page 208 - ... others in the ifland, was a hide, faleable for the merchant, from every tenth beaft of all the cattle killed there : except, that in thofe diftricts which the king of England retained as his demefnes, or in thofe of his barons, he was not to intermeddle ; namely, in Dublin, and all. its appurtenances ; in Meath, and all its appurtenances; (comprehending therein, whatfoever had been held by...
Page 378 - ... misled our subjects in both our realms of England and Ireland, grasping thereby the means thereof into their hands, also dispensing with the sins of our nations by their indulgences and pardons for gain, purposely to cherish all...
Page 209 - Conaught, fhould refufe to return to him, he might compel them to do it ; after which they were quietly to remain in his land. Moreover, the faid king was...
Page 32 - ... the world by his relation, either by perverting matters of fact, and representing them in improper colours, or by fancies and inventions of his own, was solemnly degraded from the honour of sitting in that assembly, and was dismissed with a mark of infamy upon him; his works likewise were destroyed, as unworthy of credit, and were not to be admitted into the archives, or received among the records of the kingdom. Nor was this expulsion the whole of his punishment, for he was liable to a fine,...
Page 379 - No your grace is mistaken, for we have too many illiterate priests amongst us •already, who neither can pronounce the Latin, nor know what it means, no more than the common people that hear them ; but, when the people hear the liturgy in English, they and the priest will then understand what they pray for.
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Page 359 - Peter, of the holy apostles, archangels, angels, saints, and of all the holy host of heaven, shall and will be always obedient to the holy see of St Peter of Rome, and to my holy lord the pope of Rome and his successors, in all things as well spiritual as temporal...