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Page 32
... Sidney and Edmund Spenser , England's illustrious poets , both played a prominent role in the marriage crisis and paid for their presumptuous attacks on Cecil . Sir Philip , in a second letter denouncing the French marriage , made a ...
... Sidney and Edmund Spenser , England's illustrious poets , both played a prominent role in the marriage crisis and paid for their presumptuous attacks on Cecil . Sir Philip , in a second letter denouncing the French marriage , made a ...
Page 58
... Sidney advanced to the relief of Cork , hoping to engage him , Fitzmaurice and his Irish army vanished abruptly . For the next three years he con- ducted a war that is still best described by the English who endured it : " The lurking ...
... Sidney advanced to the relief of Cork , hoping to engage him , Fitzmaurice and his Irish army vanished abruptly . For the next three years he con- ducted a war that is still best described by the English who endured it : " The lurking ...
Page 247
... Sidney was campaigning in Ulster for the first time . His aim was to bend Shane to the Crown's will by a demonstration of force , and while he had no instructions to overthrow the Grand Disturber , who was by far the strongest lord in ...
... Sidney was campaigning in Ulster for the first time . His aim was to bend Shane to the Crown's will by a demonstration of force , and while he had no instructions to overthrow the Grand Disturber , who was by far the strongest lord in ...
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Aherlow Alençon arms army Askeaton Awbeg Bagenal Baltinglas battle Blackwater Burghley Butler Captain Carew Carrigafoyle Cecil chieftains clans commanded Connaught Cork Countess Countess of Desmond countryside County Cork Crown Davells death defeat Drury Dublin Castle Earl of Desmond Earl of Ormond Edmund Spenser Eleanor Elizabeth enemy England English Essex fight force Gaelic gallowglass garrison Gerald Fitzgerald Geraldines Grey Grey's Hugh Ireland Irish James Fitzmaurice John of Desmond John Perrot Kerry Kilcolman Kildare Kilkenny Kilmallock Kilmore land Leger Leicester Limerick Loftus London Lord Deputy Lord Justice LOUGH Majesty Mallow Maltby marriage McSheehys Munster Plantation murder never Norris North O'Donnell O'Neill O'Neill's Pelham Perrot Peter Carew Queen Raleigh rebellion rebels Roche San Joseppi Sanders settlers Shane Sir Henry Sidney Sir John Sir Peter Smerwick soldiers South Spain Spanish surrender sword Thomas tion town traitor Tralee troops Tyrone Tyrone's Ulster Wallop Walsingham Waterford Whitehall wrote Youghal