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... further added , by way of question to the bishop's servant , Is it not so ? ' The man was glad to comply , and say it was so , seeing six of the Irish in the room , with their skeans by them . But as soon as he came to his master , Adam ...
... further added , by way of question to the bishop's servant , Is it not so ? ' The man was glad to comply , and say it was so , seeing six of the Irish in the room , with their skeans by them . But as soon as he came to his master , Adam ...
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... further inquiry the report was found incorrect . Desmond was at war with the earl of Ormonde and other noblemen , and on the deputy's summons , attended on him in Dublin , and took his station with one hundred horse to protect the ...
... further inquiry the report was found incorrect . Desmond was at war with the earl of Ormonde and other noblemen , and on the deputy's summons , attended on him in Dublin , and took his station with one hundred horse to protect the ...
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... further than the prepossessions and prejudices of the English court , and rudely estimating the defensive resources of the Irish chiefs by the known inferiority of their armies in the field , he could conceive no reason for the failure ...
... further than the prepossessions and prejudices of the English court , and rudely estimating the defensive resources of the Irish chiefs by the known inferiority of their armies in the field , he could conceive no reason for the failure ...
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... further encouraged by the prophecy of a " prophetic saint who could not tell a lie , " and it is added by the simplicity of the biographer , that " he who first showed this prophecy of the saint , was a famous poet , who had an ...
... further encouraged by the prophecy of a " prophetic saint who could not tell a lie , " and it is added by the simplicity of the biographer , that " he who first showed this prophecy of the saint , was a famous poet , who had an ...
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... further knowledge , to cut off the cruell yoke of bloody enemies , who daily studie to worke our perpetuall destruction and exile : I am given to understand , that they pretend a journey towards the countie of Limerick , I am gathering ...
... further knowledge , to cut off the cruell yoke of bloody enemies , who daily studie to worke our perpetuall destruction and exile : I am given to understand , that they pretend a journey towards the countie of Limerick , I am gathering ...
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appear appointed archbishop of Dublin Armagh arms army attack bishop brother camp captaine Carew castle cause character church circumstances command conduct Connaught consecrated contrived Cork council court danger death deputy DIED A. D. Dunboy Dundalk Dungannon earl of Desmond earl of Ormonde earl of Thomond earl of Tyrone enemy England English government Essex favour Feagh Fitz-Maurice force garrison George Carew hath Henry honour horse Hugh Roe hundred Ireland Irish chiefs Kerry Kildare Kilmallock king of Spain Kinsale lands letter Limerick Lixnaw lord Mountjoy lord-deputy lord-justice lord-president M'Carthy M'Guire majesty marched Moryson Munster night O'Conor O'Donell O'Donell's O'Sullivan occasion Ormonde pardon party person plunder pope possession president prisoner queen rebellion rebels received reformation resistance returned Rome seized sent Shane O'Neale side Sidney Sir John skirmish slain soldiers soon Spaniards Spanish spirit strong submission Sugan earl surrender tion Tirlogh took town troops Tyrone's Ulster
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Page 36 - 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 232 - I do further declare him or her, father or mother, brother or sister, " son or daughter, husband or wife, uncle or aunt, nephew or niece, " kinsman or kinswoman, master or mistress, and all others, nearest or " dearest relations, friend or acquaintance whatsoever, accursed...
Page 36 - ... and if they found a plot of watercresses or shamrocks, there they flocked as to a feast for the time...
Page 232 - ... sister, son or daughter, husband or wife, uncle or aunt, nephew or niece, kinsman or kinswoman, master or mistress, and all others, nearest or dearest relations, friend or acquaintance whatsoever, accursed, that either do or shall hold, for...
Page 224 - ... at the beginning of the gospel. I send you my very good lord these things, that your lordship and his highness may consult what is to be done. It is feared O'Neal will be ordered by the bishop of Rome to oppose your lordship's order from the king's highness, for the natives are much in number within his powers. I do pray the Lord Christ to defend your lordship from your enemies.
Page 125 - If sickness of the army be the reason, why was not the action undertaken when the army was in better state ? if winter's approach, why were the summer months of July and August lost ? if the spring were too soon, and the summer that followed otherwise spent ? if the harvest that succeeded were so neglected, as nothing hath been done, then surely we must conclude that none of the four quarters of the year will be in season for you...
Page 122 - I can never goe in a better time, nor in a fairer way. Till then, I protest before God and his angels, that I am a true votarie, that is sequestered from all things but my duty and my charge: I...
Page 122 - Raleigh (I will forbear others for their places' sake) should have such credit and favour with your majesty, when they wish the ill success of your majesty's most important action, the decay of your greatest strength, and the destruction of your faithfullest servants.
Page 196 - Dublin, at a provincial synod, in 1186, the first " prohibits priests from celebrating mass on a wooden table, according to the usage of Ireland; and enjoins, that in all monasteries and baptismal churches altars should be made of stone; and if a stone of sufficient size to cover the whole surface of the altar cannot be had, that in such...
Page 231 - Let the order be that the chief governors may assist me in it. The prior and dean have written to Rome to be encouraged ; and if it be not hindered before they have a mandate from the bishop of Rome, the people will be bold, and then tug long before his highness can submit them to his grace's orders. The country folk here much hate your lordship, and despitefully call you, in their Irish tongue, the blacksmith's son.