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afterwards amongst ancient appeareth army ballibetaghs barony Brehon law brought called captains castles cause chief civil coigny and livery Common Law Connaught Crown of England customs divers doth Dublin Earl of Desmond Earl of Ulster Edward Poynings Edward the Third enemies English colonies English Pale escheated Eudox evil freeholders Fynes Moryson garrisons gavelkind grant hath Henry the Eighth Henry the Second Hibernia honour houses Howbeit inhabitants Iren Ireneus Irish countries Irish lords Irishry John Perrot Kildare Kilkenny King Edward King Henry King's kingdom land lastly law of England Leinster likewise Lord Deputy Lordship M'Guire Majesty manner Meath methinks Monaghan Munster nations never O'Neill O'Reilly Parliament peace possessions Prince Queen quod realm rebellion rebels reformation reign Scots Scythians sent sept shires Sir John Davies soldiers Spenser Statute Statutes of Kilkenny subjects tanist tanistry tenants thereof thereunto towns Tyrone Ulster unto whereby wherein
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Page 341 - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Page 90 - For the wood is his house against all weathers, and his mantle is his couch to sleep in. Therein he...
Page 144 - ... 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 or beast.
Page 114 - Were sprinkled with some pretty flowers of their natural device, which gave good grace and comeliness unto them, the which it is great pity to see abused to the gracing of wickedness and vice, which, with good usage, would serve to adorn and beautify virtue.
Page 143 - 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 114 - ... that the day was his night, and the night his day; that he loved not to be long wooing of wenches to yield to him; but, where he came, he took by force the...
Page 27 - If aught can teach us aught, affliction's looks (Making us pry into ourselves so near) Teach us to know ourselves beyond all books, Or all the learned schools that ever were.
Page 31 - And yet the Lights which in my Tower do shine, Mine Eyes ! (which view all objects, nigh and far) Look not into this little world of mine, Nor see my face, wherein they fixed are.
Page 90 - ... 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 218 - Cambrensis, who lived and wrote in that time, albeit there have been since that time so many English colonies planted in Ireland as that, if the people were numbered at this day by the poll, such as are descended of English race would be found more in number than the ancient natives.