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... four holidays in the year , the direct consequence of whose observance was an abo- minable licentiousness of manners , and a famine every three or four years . In the month of May this year , 1556 , the Cavanaghs and their accomplices ...
... four holidays in the year , the direct consequence of whose observance was an abo- minable licentiousness of manners , and a famine every three or four years . In the month of May this year , 1556 , the Cavanaghs and their accomplices ...
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... would procure the Pope's gift of Ireland , and then send to their help two thousand hackbutiers , two hundred light horsemen , and four cannon . We shipped C 2 Annals of Ireland . 19 venient time while the Mayor took his leave, and ...
... would procure the Pope's gift of Ireland , and then send to their help two thousand hackbutiers , two hundred light horsemen , and four cannon . We shipped C 2 Annals of Ireland . 19 venient time while the Mayor took his leave, and ...
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the rev john graham. hundred light horsemen , and four cannon . We shipped for Ireland in the month of January , and were stormed by the way , in a little island called Sand Isle before Kantire , where we were compelled to tarry ...
the rev john graham. hundred light horsemen , and four cannon . We shipped for Ireland in the month of January , and were stormed by the way , in a little island called Sand Isle before Kantire , where we were compelled to tarry ...
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... four hundred of their com- panions killed on the spot , without the loss of one man on the English side , except Colonel Randolph himself . ( Ibid . ) 1566 , April 24th . - The town and fort of Derry were blown up by an accidental fire ...
... four hundred of their com- panions killed on the spot , without the loss of one man on the English side , except Colonel Randolph himself . ( Ibid . ) 1566 , April 24th . - The town and fort of Derry were blown up by an accidental fire ...
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... four pieces of cannon well mounted ; but that the Irish , which were with him , were so much terrified by the English artillery , that it was with much ado that the Spaniards could prevent them from running out of the town . It may be ...
... four pieces of cannon well mounted ; but that the Irish , which were with him , were so much terrified by the English artillery , that it was with much ado that the Spaniards could prevent them from running out of the town . It may be ...
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afterwards agents Antrim Archbishop Archbishop Usher Armagh army Borlase Captain Carte's Castle cessation Church Church of England Clanrickard Colonel command Commissioners confederates Cork County Cromwell declared Derry Drogheda Dublin Earl Earl of Glamorgan endeavoured enemy England foot forces Friar garrison Glamorgan hath Hibernia Anglicana honour Ibid Inchiquin Irish Rebels Jesuits John Justices and Council Kilkenny King King's kingdom kingdom of Ireland land letter Limerick London Lord Broghill Lord Deputy Lord Lieutenant Lords Justices Majesty Majesty's marched Marquis of Ormond massacre Munster murdered Nuncio O'Neill oath Papists Parliament of England party peace persons Pope Popery Popish Clergy Popish Priests Prelate Preston Prince prisoner Protestants of Ireland Queen rebellion received Roman Catholic Romish Scots sent Sir Charles Coote Sir Phelim Sir Phelim O'Neil soldiers Supreme Council surrendered thousand Titular Titular Bishop town treaty Ulster unto Ussher Ware's Bishops Waterford wrote
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Page 12 - The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven : the lightnings lightened the world : the earth trembled and shook.
Page 45 - 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 41 - Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; 8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Page 192 - When they submitted, their officers were knocked on the head; and every tenth man of the soldiers killed and the rest shipped for the Barbadoes. The soldiers in the other tower were all spared, as to their lives only ; and shipped likewise for the Barbadoes.
Page 42 - As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered ; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
Page 128 - Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
Page 39 - Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
Page 40 - O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
Page 18 - Mary having delt severely with the Protestants in England, about the latter end of her reign signed a commission for to take the same course with them in Ireland ; and, to execute the same with greater force, she nominates Dr. Cole one of the commissioners. This doctor...
Page 49 - ... and enable me to do it. .But if thou ask what I call that assistance, I answer, that when thou knowest what may be done for it, it will be easily seen if it deserve to be so esteemed. I need not tell thee what secrecy this business requires ; yet this I will say, that this is the greatest point of confidence I can express to thee ; for it is no thanks to me to trust thee in any thing else but in this, which is the only thing of difference in opinion betwixt us.