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... soldiers taking all the common people had to feed upon " [ not to recall preceding notes of " the Army's cutting down the Rebels ' corn for these last two years , " and such record as Sir Henry Dockwra's , " Then through the country ...
... soldiers taking all the common people had to feed upon " [ not to recall preceding notes of " the Army's cutting down the Rebels ' corn for these last two years , " and such record as Sir Henry Dockwra's , " Then through the country ...
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... soldiers to know the truth , they found the children's skulls and bones , and apprehended the old women , who were executed for the fact . The captains of Carrickfergus and the adjacent garrisons of the northern parts can witness , that ...
... soldiers to know the truth , they found the children's skulls and bones , and apprehended the old women , who were executed for the fact . The captains of Carrickfergus and the adjacent garrisons of the northern parts can witness , that ...
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... soldiers , which in the fusion could not be helped . " One of the two captains of the day sent in to carry out this order of execution was Walter Raleigh , then , like Spenser , about twenty - six years old . Twenty of the chief men ...
... soldiers , which in the fusion could not be helped . " One of the two captains of the day sent in to carry out this order of execution was Walter Raleigh , then , like Spenser , about twenty - six years old . Twenty of the chief men ...
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... soldiers were letted from the destruction of their corn . " The recall Grey had often asked for came in 1582 , and he left Ireland on the 31st of August in that year . Spenser's justifi- cation of him will be found in this volume , on ...
... soldiers were letted from the destruction of their corn . " The recall Grey had often asked for came in 1582 , and he left Ireland on the 31st of August in that year . Spenser's justifi- cation of him will be found in this volume , on ...
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... soldier , carrying dart and skean ; cearn , a man ; cern , victory . 2 The old Irish battle shout , " abo , " is in our word " bugaboo , " where bug is the old word for a cause of terror , a spectre , as bugbear , a spectre in form of a ...
... soldier , carrying dart and skean ; cearn , a man ; cern , victory . 2 The old Irish battle shout , " abo , " is in our word " bugaboo , " where bug is the old word for a cause of terror , a spectre , as bugbear , a spectre in form of a ...
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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.