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... taken from published sources . A very large number of these are now unfortu- nately out of print , and so are necessarily inaccessible to many teachers . The spelling , and place names as far as possible , have been modernised ...
... taken from published sources . A very large number of these are now unfortu- nately out of print , and so are necessarily inaccessible to many teachers . The spelling , and place names as far as possible , have been modernised ...
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... taken on the 23rd March , 1535 , by means of the new heavy artillery , possibly now used for the first time in Ireland . Kildare's allies fell away from him , and on the 18th Aug. , 1536 , he surrendered to Lord Leonard Grey , now ...
... taken on the 23rd March , 1535 , by means of the new heavy artillery , possibly now used for the first time in Ireland . Kildare's allies fell away from him , and on the 18th Aug. , 1536 , he surrendered to Lord Leonard Grey , now ...
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... taken the vestments and the doors , and even ( presumably in searching for relics ) " the very rotten bones out of the monuments , where they lay more than 500 years . " 8 1 3 & 4 Philip and Mary , c . 8 . Cal . Car . MSS . , III . xxi ...
... taken the vestments and the doors , and even ( presumably in searching for relics ) " the very rotten bones out of the monuments , where they lay more than 500 years . " 8 1 3 & 4 Philip and Mary , c . 8 . Cal . Car . MSS . , III . xxi ...
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... taken by Sir John Perrot against him , and as no aid came from abroad , a truce was signed in February , 1573. Two years later , Fitz- maurice escaped to the Continent , where , by professing the fidelity of Ireland to the Holy See , he ...
... taken by Sir John Perrot against him , and as no aid came from abroad , a truce was signed in February , 1573. Two years later , Fitz- maurice escaped to the Continent , where , by professing the fidelity of Ireland to the Holy See , he ...
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... taken by a party of hostile Irish in a wood and put to death ( 11 Nov. , 1583 ) .3 The desola- tion of Munster after the wars has been described by Edmund Spenser in a well - known passage.4 The way was now prepared for the confiscation ...
... taken by a party of hostile Irish in a wood and put to death ( 11 Nov. , 1583 ) .3 The desola- tion of Munster after the wars has been described by Edmund Spenser in a well - known passage.4 The way was now prepared for the confiscation ...
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Page 120 - ... spiritual authority or jurisdiction ought or may lawfully be reformed, repressed, ordered, redressed, corrected, restrained or amended, most to the pleasure of Almighty God, the increase of virtue in Christ's religion, and for the conservation of the peace, unity and tranquillity of this realm: any usage, custom, foreign laws, foreign authority, prescription or any other thing or things to the contrary hereof notwithstanding.
Page 120 - England, and to repress and extirp all errors, heresies, and other enormities and abuses heretofore used in the same: be it enacted by authority of this present parliament, that the king our sovereign lord, his heirs and successors, kings of this realm, shall be taken, accepted, and reputed the only supreme head in earth of the church of England, called Anglicana Ecclesia...
Page 74 - For, as long as they were out of the protection of the law; so as every Englishman might oppress, spoil and kill them without control, how was it possible they should be other than outlaws and enemies to the crown of England?
Page 169 - Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them ; they looked like anatomies of death, they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves ; they did eat 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...
Page 197 - And no spectacle was more frequent in the ditches of towns, and especially in wasted countries, than to see multitudes of these poor people dead with their mouths all coloured green by eating nettles, docks, and all things they could rend up above ground.
Page 350 - And the reason is because in the opinion of this people fostering hath always been a stronger alliance than blood, and the foster-children do love and are beloved of their foster-fathers and their sept more than of their own natural parents and kindred, and do participate of their means more frankly, and do adhere unto them in all fortunes with more affection and constancy.
Page 335 - ... with the love of himself and his own lewd deeds. And as for words to set forth such lewdness, it is not hard for them to give a goodly and painted...
Page 169 - ... 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 left void of man and beast ; yet sure in all that war, there perished not many by the sword, but all by the extremity of famine, which they themselves had wrought.
Page 201 - Garret Moore's house, where he wept abundantly when he took his leave, giving a solemn farewell to every child and every servant in the house, which made them all marvel, because it was not his manner to use such compliments.
Page 349 - These two Irish customs made all their possessions uncertain, being shuffled and changed, and removed so often from one to another, by new elections and partitions, which uncertainty of estates hath been the true cause of such desolation and barbarism in this land as the like was never seen in any country that professed the name of Christ...