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... wherein is a Discourse concerning the Corbes and Irenahs of Ireland . MDCVII . PLANTATION OF ULSTER A LETTER FROM SIR JOHN DAVIES CONCERNING THE STATE OF IRELAND . MDCX . THE IRISH PARLIAMENT : SIR JOHN DAVIES'S SPEECH TO THE LORD ...
... wherein is a Discourse concerning the Corbes and Irenahs of Ireland . MDCVII . PLANTATION OF ULSTER A LETTER FROM SIR JOHN DAVIES CONCERNING THE STATE OF IRELAND . MDCX . THE IRISH PARLIAMENT : SIR JOHN DAVIES'S SPEECH TO THE LORD ...
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... in a due course throughout the kingdom , these times wherein we live had not gained the honour of the first conquest and reducing of Ireland . " And Sir John Davies laid all stress upon the past neglect , which those 16 INTRODUCTION .
... in a due course throughout the kingdom , these times wherein we live had not gained the honour of the first conquest and reducing of Ireland . " And Sir John Davies laid all stress upon the past neglect , which those 16 INTRODUCTION .
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... wherein be represented as well the Miseries and Calamities that follow the Voluptuous Worldlings , as also the great Joys and Pleasures which the Faith- ful do enjoy . An Argument both Profitable and Delectable to all that sincerely ...
... wherein be represented as well the Miseries and Calamities that follow the Voluptuous Worldlings , as also the great Joys and Pleasures which the Faith- ful do enjoy . An Argument both Profitable and Delectable to all that sincerely ...
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... wherein they fixéd are . Since Nature fails us in no needful thing , Why want I means my inward self to see ? Which sight the knowledge of myself might bring , Which to true wisdom is the first degree . That Power which gave me eyes the ...
... wherein they fixéd are . Since Nature fails us in no needful thing , Why want I means my inward self to see ? Which sight the knowledge of myself might bring , Which to true wisdom is the first degree . That Power which gave me eyes the ...
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... wherein she hath thus wretchedly been wrecked ? Iren . Many more , God wot , have there been ; in which princi- pal parts have been rent and torn asunder , but none , as I can re- member , so universal as this . And yet the rebellion of ...
... wherein she hath thus wretchedly been wrecked ? Iren . Many more , God wot , have there been ; in which princi- pal parts have been rent and torn asunder , but none , as I can re- member , so universal as this . And yet the rebellion of ...
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afterwards amongst ancient appeareth army ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF IRELAND ballibetaghs barbarous barony Brehon Law brought called captains charge chief civil Common Law Connaught conquest Crown of England customs demesne Desmond divers doth Dublin Earl Earl of Desmond Edward the Third enemies English colonies English Pale estates Eudox evil extortion former freeholders Fynes Moryson garrisons gavelkind governors grant hath Henry the Eighth Henry the Second honour Howbeit inhabitants Ireland Iren Ireneus Irish countries Irish lords Irishry justice King Edward King Henry King's kingdom Kings of England land lastly Leinster Letters Patents likewise Lord Deputy Lordship Majesty Majesty's manner Meath methinks Monaghan Munster never O'Neill O'Reilly obedience ordinance Parliament peace places possessions Prince province Queen realm rebellion rebels reformation reign Scythians seigniory sent sept shires Sir John Sir John Davies soldiers Statute Statutes of Kilkenny tanist tanistry tenants thereof thereunto towns Tyrone Ulster unto whereby wherein
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Page 233 - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Page 73 - For the wood is his house against all weathers, and his mantle is his couch to sleep in. Therein he...
Page 12 - ... they could find them; yea, and one another soon after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves ; and if they found a plot of watercresses or shamrocks, there they flocked as to a feast for the time, yet not able long to continue there withal; that in short space there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly left void of man and beast...
Page 113 - 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; they did eat the dead carrions, happy where they could find them; yea, and one another soon after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves...
Page 27 - If aught can teach us aught, affliction's looks (Making us pry into ourselves so near) Teach us to know ourselves beyond all books, Or all the learned schools that ever were.
Page 73 - ... 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 bankside till they may conveniently do their errand...
Page 176 - Cambrensis, who lived and wrote in that time, albeit there have been since that time so many English colonies planted in Ireland as that, if the people were numbered at this day by the poll, such as are descended of English race would be found more in number than the ancient natives.
Page 73 - When it raineth it is his pent-house; 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 73 - ... they will, either against the government there by their combinations, or against private men, whom they malign, by stealing their goods, or murdering themselves : for there they think themselves half exempted from law and obedience, and having once tasted freedom, do, like a steer that hath been long out of his yoke, grudge and repine ever after, to come under rule again.
Page 46 - And sure it is yet a most beautiful and sweet country as any is under heaven, being stored throughout with many goodly rivers, replenished with all sorts of fish most abundantly, sprinkled with many very...