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Page 157
... Grey's arrival . What they did not know was how close the Spanish fleet was to Ireland . For the time being they had the English where they wanted them . Grey could not march south into Munster without exposing his rear to the rebels ...
... Grey's arrival . What they did not know was how close the Spanish fleet was to Ireland . For the time being they had the English where they wanted them . Grey could not march south into Munster without exposing his rear to the rebels ...
Page 171
... Grey a symbol of the irremediable error his life had been a preparation to meet . In any event he did not lose his head at Smerwick ; he acted with cool deliberation , and the question has never been why he settled Del Oro as he did ...
... Grey a symbol of the irremediable error his life had been a preparation to meet . In any event he did not lose his head at Smerwick ; he acted with cool deliberation , and the question has never been why he settled Del Oro as he did ...
Page 175
... Grey's decisiveness was high . Behind him the nation grew divided between those who argued expediency and those who argued honor . The varied responses to his deed do not reveal a nation confirmed in cruelty . Those who sent him to ...
... Grey's decisiveness was high . Behind him the nation grew divided between those who argued expediency and those who argued honor . The varied responses to his deed do not reveal a nation confirmed in cruelty . Those who sent him to ...
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