History of Ireland: From the Anglo-Norman Invasion Till the Union of the Country with Great Britain, Volume 1

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J. & J. Harper, 1835

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Página 258 - Borlase, who wrote a history of these transactions, professedly to vindicate the character of his near relative, the lord-justice, boasts that Sir W. Cole's regiment killed two thousand five hundred rebels in several engagements ; and adds, with horrid complacency, ' there were starved and famished, of the vulgar sort, whose goods were seized on by this regiment, seven thousand...
Página 285 - And though you will hear that this treaty is near, or at least most likely to be concluded, yet believe it not, but pursue the way you are in with all possible vigour. Deliver, also, that my command to all your friends, but not in a public way ; because otherwise it may be inconvenient to me, and particularly to Inchiquin. So, being confident of your punctual observance of these my directions, I rest your most real, faithful, constant friend, CHARLES R.
Página 184 - Ampthill in Bedfordshire, was guilty of " high treason ; so certainly their wealth was the principal " evidence against them, and cause of their overthrow. It " is quarrel and cause enough to bring a sheep that is fat to
Página 117 - it was a declaration of perpetual war, not only against the native Irish, but against every person of English blood, who had settled beyond the limits of the pale, and from motives of personal interest, or convenience, had formed connexions with the natives, or adopted their laws and customs : And it had the full effect which might have been expected ; it drew closer the confederacy it was meant to dissolve, and implicated the colony of the pale in ceaseless warfare and contention with each other,...
Página 226 - Star-Chamber in Dublin, and heavily fined. The witnesses, MacArt and MacGriffin, being no longer useful, were given up to the vengeance of the law. They were hanged for robbery at Kilkenny ; and, with their dying breath, declared the innocence of the Byrnes. • The ingenuity of Parsons and his accomplices was not yet exhausted. The Byrnes presented themselves before the Court of King's Bench in Dublin, to answer any charge that might be brought against them. No prosecutor appeared, and yet the chief-justice...

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