The Midland Septs and the Pale: An Account of the Early Septs and Later Settlers of the King's County and of Life in the English Pale |
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The Midland Septs and the Pale: An Account of the Early Septs and Later ... Francis Ryan Montgomery Hitchcock No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 153 - 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...
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Page 6 - tis sweeter to bleed for an age at thy shrine Than to sleep but a moment in chains. Forget not our wounded companions, who stood § In the day of distress by our side ; While the moss of the valley grew red with their blood, They stirred not, but conquered and died.
Page 44 - ... great seal of England had and obtained ; that done, a parliament to be had and holden after the form and effect afore rehearsed : and if any parliament be holden in that land hereafter, contrary to the form and provision aforesaid, it be deemed void and of none effect in law.
Page 155 - White as the snow, or as the foam of the wave, was her side ; long was it, slender, and as soft as silk. Smooth and white were her thighs ; her knees^ were round and firm and white ; her ankles were as straight as the rule of a carpenter.
Page 107 - 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 colored green by eating nettles, docks, and all things they could rend up above ground.
Page 83 - Roll, and his adherents and kinsmen, so that the aforesaid number of 2,700 was listed in that Roll with the Arts of Dan, or poetry, Music, and Antiquity.
Page 55 - Kilkenny and Tipperary are in such extreme decay by provision, that no divine service is kept there ; " and [it] shall be well proved that few or none laboureth to the Apostle for any benefice there without the consent of the said Earl or my 1525.
Page 107 - In our land of Ireland," wrote Richard II., "there are three kinds of people— wild Irish (our enemies), Irish rebels, and obedient English. To us and our council it appears that the Irish rebels have rebelled in consequence of the injustice and grievances practised toward them, for which they have been afforded no redress ; and that if not wisely treated, and given hope of grace, they will most likely ally themselves with our enemies
Page 107 - And that no difference of allegiance henceforth be made between the English born in Ireland and the English born in England by calling them 'English hobbe ' or ' Irish dog,' but that all shall be called by one name [viz.] the English lieges of our lord the King...