A Collection of Tracts and Treatises Illustrative of the Natural History, Antiquities, and the Political and Social State of Ireland: At Various Periods Prior to the Present Century, Volume 1 |
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... called Erin , and by their neighbours the Welsh Yverdon , lieth in the North - west Ocean , having on the West side no land nearer than America , or the West - Indies , and thereof that part , which above Nova francia and Canada running ...
... called Erin , and by their neighbours the Welsh Yverdon , lieth in the North - west Ocean , having on the West side no land nearer than America , or the West - Indies , and thereof that part , which above Nova francia and Canada running ...
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... called Anglesey , lieth just half way between Dublin and Leverpoole or Chester , being twenty leagues , or threescore miles , from Dublin , and ten or twelve houres sail with a reasonable good wind ; which distance is no greater , than ...
... called Anglesey , lieth just half way between Dublin and Leverpoole or Chester , being twenty leagues , or threescore miles , from Dublin , and ten or twelve houres sail with a reasonable good wind ; which distance is no greater , than ...
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... called Munster , doth greatly alter that figure ; for in lieu of stretching it self first from the North to the South , and then from the South to the West , it runneth altogether sloping from the North - east to the South- west ; and ...
... called Munster , doth greatly alter that figure ; for in lieu of stretching it self first from the North to the South , and then from the South to the West , it runneth altogether sloping from the North - east to the South- west ; and ...
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... called Pro- vinces , viz . Ulster , Leinster , Connaught , and Munster : of which the first and the last extend themselves from the one sea to the other , Ulster in the North , and Munster in the South . Leinster and Connaught , lying ...
... called Pro- vinces , viz . Ulster , Leinster , Connaught , and Munster : of which the first and the last extend themselves from the one sea to the other , Ulster in the North , and Munster in the South . Leinster and Connaught , lying ...
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... ( called the Wild Irish , because that in all manner of wildness they may be compared with the most barbarous nations of the earth ) into the desart woods and mountains . But afterwards being fallen at odds among themselves , and making ...
... ( called the Wild Irish , because that in all manner of wildness they may be compared with the most barbarous nations of the earth ) into the desart woods and mountains . But afterwards being fallen at odds among themselves , and making ...
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aliæ aliàs aliis amongst Angliæ Anglorum anno apud asserit Atque Augustini auncient betwixt Cæterùm called Canonicis Canonicorum circa annum cœnobii coenobium Conquest conventum County Crowne cujus cùm dicti dicto dictus doth Dublin Dubliniensis Dublinii Earle ecclesiæ ejus ejusdem England English eorum episcopus etiam Eudox filio filius fuerunt fuisse fuit fundavit generall Giraldus Giraldus Cambrensis graunt hæc hath Haven Henrico Hiberniæ Hibernicis Hibernorum Hibernos hîc hodiè hujus ibidem Iland Insula inter Ireland Iren Irenæus Irish JAMES WARE Johannes juxta King Edward King Henry Kingdome land Leinster loci Lord Lough Majesty Mariæ miles Minorum Munster obiit olim ordinis Ostmannis Patricii places porrò posteà prælio primus quæ quàm quibus quod raigne realme rege regem Regis Scythians Sect sedes severall sive Statutes of Kilkenny sunt suprà thereof Tredagh Ulster unto verò vulgò warre Waterford Wexford
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Page 6 - ... godliness hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of that which is to come.
Page 419 - ... they say it is the fatal destiny of that land, that no purposes whatsoever which are meant for her good, will prosper or take good effect : which, whether it proceed from the very genius of the soil or influence of the stars, or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation, or that He reserveth her in this unquiet state still, for some secret scourge, which shall by her come unto England, it is hard to be known, but yet much to be feared.
Page 499 - ... under his mantle, but used commonly to keep others waking to defend their lives, and did light his candle at the flames of their houses, to lead him in the darkness : that the day was his night, and the night his day, that he loved...
Page 495 - ... for, in his getting up, his horse is still going, whereby hee gayneth way. And therefore the stirrup was called so in scorne, as it were a stay to get up, being derived of the old English word sty, which, is, to get up, or mounte.
Page 476 - ... freebooting, 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 437 - ... so commodiously, as that if some princes in the world had them, they would soon hope to be lords of all the seas, and ere long of all the world...
Page 499 - ... that the day was his night, and the night his day ; that he loved...
Page 19 - Irish thereby got the opportunity to recover now this, and then that part of the land, whereby and through the degenerating of a great many, from time to time, who, joining themselves with the Irish, took upon them their wild fashions and their language, the English, in length of time, came to be so much weakened, that at last nothing remained to them of the whole kingdom worth the speaking of...
Page 485 - And the cause of this use, was for ihat they, being bred in a hot countrey, found much haire on their faces and other parts to be noyous unto them : for which cause they did cut it most away, like as contrarily all other nations, brought up in cold...
Page 532 - Irish ; and also for terror to the Irish, who are much emboldened by those foreign succours, and also put in hope of more ere long, there was no other way but to make that short end of them as was made.