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... able long to continue therewithal ; that in short space there were none almost left , and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly left void of man or beast . " But the eye for small things , the ear for gossip in the English camp ...
... able long to continue therewithal ; that in short space there were none almost left , and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly left void of man or beast . " But the eye for small things , the ear for gossip in the English camp ...
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... able to leave , when he died , a fine estate in Ireland . But he died after the year 1613 , and his name reminds us that we have in this volume no more than a chapter of the story which the generous sketch by Sir John Davies and his ...
... able to leave , when he died , a fine estate in Ireland . But he died after the year 1613 , and his name reminds us that we have in this volume no more than a chapter of the story which the generous sketch by Sir John Davies and his ...
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... and Tanist , to represent the custom of appointing an able - bodied heir to the government , and the name of such an heir , who becomes thereby the of the land , whereof we formerly spake , meseems VIEW OF THE STATE OF IReland . 43.
... and Tanist , to represent the custom of appointing an able - bodied heir to the government , and the name of such an heir , who becomes thereby the of the land , whereof we formerly spake , meseems VIEW OF THE STATE OF IReland . 43.
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... channel and turn their streams another way ; for they have now a colour- able pretence to withstand innovations , having accepted of other laws and rules already . Eudox . But you say they do not accept of VIEW OF THE STATE OF IRELAND . 45.
... channel and turn their streams another way ; for they have now a colour- able pretence to withstand innovations , having accepted of other laws and rules already . Eudox . But you say they do not accept of VIEW OF THE STATE OF IRELAND . 45.
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... able both with the government and with the nature of the people . How falls it , then , that you seem to dislike of them , as not so meet for that realm of Ireland , and not only the Common Law , but also the Statutes and Acts of ...
... able both with the government and with the nature of the people . How falls it , then , that you seem to dislike of them , as not so meet for that realm of Ireland , and not only the Common Law , but also the Statutes and Acts of ...
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afterwards amongst ancient appeareth army ballibetaghs barony Brehon law brought called captains castles cause chief civil coigny and livery Connaught Crown of England customs divers doth Dublin Earl of Desmond Earl of Ulster Edward Poynings Edward the Third enemies English colonies English Pale escheated Eudox evil freeholders Fynes Moryson garrisons gavelkind grant hath Henry the Eighth Henry the Second Hibernia honour houses Howbeit inhabitants Iren Ireneus Irish countries Irish lords Irishry John Perrot Kildare Kilkenny King Edward King Henry King's kingdom land lastly law of England Leinster likewise Lord Deputy Lordship M'Guire Majesty manner Meath methinks Monaghan Munster nations never O'Neill O'Reilly Parliament peace possessions Prince Queen quod realm rebellion rebels reformation reign Scots Scythians sent sept shires Sir John Sir John Davies soldiers Spenser Statute Statutes of Kilkenny subjects tanist tanistry tenants thereof thereunto towns Tyrone Ulster unto whereby wherein
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Page 90 - ... in waste places far from danger of law, maketh his mantle his house, and under it covereth himself from the wrath of heaven, from the offence of the earth, and from the sight of men. When it raineth, it is his penthouse ; when it bloweth, it is his tent ; when it freezeth, it is his tabernacle.
Page 143 - ... they were brought to such wretchedness as that any stony heart would have rued the same. Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs would not bear them; they looked like anatomies of death, they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves...
Page 90 - For the wood is his house against all weathers, and his mantle is his couch to sleep in. Therein he...
Page 114 - Were sprinkled with some pretty flowers of their natural device, which gave good grace and comeliness unto them, the which it is great pity to see abused to the gracing of wickedness and vice, which, with good usage, would serve to adorn and beautify virtue.
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 144 - ... anatomies of death, they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves, they did eat of 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, and if they found a plot of water-cresses or shamrocks, there they flocked as to a feast for the time; yet not able long to continue therewithal, that in short space there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly...
Page 114 - ... that the day was his night, and the night his day; that he loved not to be long wooing of wenches to yield to him; but, where he came, he took by force the...
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 90 - ... 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 218 - 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.