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Show The epiftle dedicatorie. tbither ,t0 inioy andiofucceed into thefruits ofother mens trauels ,fortune betterfaworing them, thes Chap.t. wertue commending. Andthefollie ofthe/emen isgrownetofuch a pride and arrogancie, that asit is faid, they are creatlie to befufpected to afpere and to ufurpe the wholefeignsorie anddominwop tothem- felues, Obickit liethyou vpontofee to be quailedandabated. Andin following thefeyour Trifh affaires, you are to hanegreat careand regard,that when [oeutryon. doomarch andtakeanieiourneie,eitherfor the vangnifhing ofthe enimie, orfor the renenging ofanie swrongsandiniuriess thatyou hane alwaies aneie backeward , andleaneallthings behindyou in{uchfafe andfare order, that no danger thereofdoo infue untoyou . For why, the houlhold enimiesbe alwaies working of wilesand wastingfor an aduantagesand doo butlooke when time andplate may feruefor thems to vebell: andthereforeyou are to hawegreat care andgood regard , thatyou doo leaue all things behindyou infafetie, and out ofdanger: and fas you doo notfuffer the ferpent to lurke and hide himfelfe , as it mere inyour bofome : nor to nourifh andrakeupthefire asst were ipyour ip sthe fame being readie to breake out iniocreatflames :for thishallnot onelie be countedagreatretchle/neffe , but alfo agreatfollie inyou'andioyourgreat reproch. Itwverte expedient therefore to euerte prince , that tn hes land he doo notfofteraadmainteine anie{uch Hydras and venemousferpents. Andfor princes of Iands , it Should begoodfor them, that theyintheir dominions andrealmes haue innofide ante other marches thas thefeas itelfe . But ifit be[o, thatfa willnot beper[uadedfor anie oftheforefaid reafons , to hane regard or rensor{e toyourfaidland , - [o oftentimes defolated ,and almoft-utterlie deftroied ; that # may be reducedtofome better order and fate , whereby st maybe moreees toyour felfe and unto SYLVESTE R GIRAL dus Cambrenfis,his vaticinall hiftorie ofthe Conqueft ofIreland.. yours: then Ipraieyou to pardon us We Ibmen , notwithftanding we ofnature fomewhat rafb; and gine vsleaue toputyouinremembrance touching which yourfather , for the aduancement of himelfe andofhispofteritie , didpromife topope Adrian ,when hefir/t procured licence and libertie to inuade and toconguer the realmeofIreland. The fir{tss, thatyou wouldfet up the true religion , and reforme the church ofGodin that realme : andthen,asyoudoo nowin England ,foalfo in Ireland, you doo caufe tobepaiedont ofeucrie houfe the Peterpenceaccording tothe tenure ofthefatd prinilege by yourfather obtcined,and which remaineth inthe treafurie ofWinchefter; thatyou ah Gia-your fathersfoule, and fatisfic hispromife.For why,as Salomonfaith : Alieng toong befecmeth not aking , efpeciallie when he thall line to God , and being acreature , wittinglie to ond és creator for that wan offenfe verie » heinous anddangerous . Andforfomuch as youare to anfiver before the hich andftritt indge, haxing nothingforyour excule anddefenfe than as before usfaid , for the fo much innocent bloud byyourfather andyour [elfe alredie hed , and which hereafter mate be fhed : youought to be verie carefulland diligent , that Gods an- ger maicbe mena‘yourfatherspromife beoerforced : that God being thus honoredfor this conque/t ,you mate haue aprofperousfaccefse , andallyours inthis world : andaf after this life inioie that perpetisallfelicitie , whichfierpaffeth alliote epee . Andbecaufe youhane not kept norperformed thefepromifes , the/e two defects by Gods iuft indgemens are befallen untoyou. The onets , that this conmcft couldneuer be brought to hisfullofect andperfection. The other us,that they which were the cheeSoft and moft principall feruitors inthis conqueft , namelie Robert Fitzstephans who firft enteredin- tothe land , and made wase untoothers , Henrie ofmonte Moris , Reimond, Iohnde Courcse, and Mes- lerins , newer hadanie lawfull iffue oftheir bodies begotten. And nomaruell : for notwithstanding the bappie andfortanatfucce(fe of the conqueft , thepoore cleargie was neuer confidered , but were drinen tobeg; and the cathedrall churches which wererichlie indued with great linelchoods , poffé/Sons, and territories, were aliogither waited ana[poiled. Thefe things a good princeofhis honor oughtto [ee to beredreffed , and to prowidethat the cleargie,whoare and ought faithfullie to afsift andferue himin all weightie caufes ofcouncell and importance, fbould be relecued, and inioie the phe unto thembelonging , and that fimallportion which was promifed unto them, that Godin [ome things maie be appesfedandfatisfiedfor thefe crue land bloudie conque/ts - And moreoner, underyourpatience we faie allo, shatfor the perpetual memorie of this conque/? made by Englifhmen , and becaufe inproceffe of time,and cour{e of yeares , there happenet h great change of lords , and manic times the inheritance commethto fuch as arefurthe/t remoued in kinred , that therefore there be a yearelie tribute rated andyee totheking, to bepaicdin goldor {uch commodsties as that landbe/t yeeldeth : and that thus be comprifg in apublikeinstrument , that the whole world maie knowhowtherealme and land of Irelandss [ul i008 tothe crowneof England. And forfomuch as things doone , being put andregistredin writing, andto be read by an interpretorare not (enfible, nor fo well mderitanded o fibe hearer, 5 a6 whenhe maie or dooth read the fame in hus owne (peech andlanguagesst were verie good(in my opinion that fomelearned man, and{kilfullin the French toong, {hould tranflate the [ame snto French. Thefigures of(1)(2)( 3) ec ser befarecerteine words of the chapters, are to be conferredwith thelike in the[choles arinterpre , tationsfallingexseriechapter,whereby the authors meaning is opened 2 this bytheware ofa neceffartecaueat tothe readerir byénitie. How Dermon Mac Morogh king of Leiniterfledout ofhis countrie unto Henrie the fecondkihg ofEngland for aid andfuccour. fetof bis ertimies, they alto call tomtirid the nlp foxes and gtiefes,bfch thep of largitiine bad piffemibicn: ¢ to be aucngedsatozecked thereof, thep mabe league and becomefriends with their eninties, and btterli¢ . leaue and foxfake their bing. Dermon feing binv felfe thuis forfaken and left defkitute, aud that for tune frotoned tpon bint ( for be bad oftentimes uv . Ertttart (1) Bac countered with bis eninties and ever bad the fom) fives this, there befell to him an other mifcheefe : fo lone, that netther a remifle gop twill bw war intoa coloneffe , neither feare grounded bpon a rath infor defermincd at lengtl , ag to bis taftrefnge to fie a+ | SPo20gh prince of / (2) Reinffer € gor yo wer the (eas, and tofeeke faz fome better chance. by thts enent and fequele of this man, as allo bp mante uernout of the f& otherlike etamtples it apeateth, that it ts better for a patt 02 portion of princctoruleoucr a pedple, trhich of a god twill ann Jreland, did inone {our do obeie him, than over tach as be frotward and fime pofletle € i fubbomne, his (6) pero well felt and (7) Domitias tote the eaff part of Y nus {vell kneto(8) and Wenrie nuke of Saronicand fhe lanv, which bo2 Mautre Wwelltried. It ig more neceffarie and erpedt> bereth and lieth to entfora prince tobe rather beloucd than fearcd.. It wards Crgland: dedit isqgadto be feared; fo that the feare bm p20 being diffeucred from the fame bp 20 cé&ebdrather fronta ged twill than.of compulfion. S02 fibatfocuer is outivarbdlie onelie and to the thetp ta an from bis berie pouth, and fir entrie ints bis kingdome,twas.a great opzeffo; uedandrecetuen , the fame of confequence mutt be feared; but thatfoeucrts feared,that ts not forthtvith ofhisgentimen,anda cruell tyrant our bis nobles: loned. Wherefore feare mutt be fo tempered twith Shih bred onto him great hatred and malice. Wes Dyoptke princeof (3) Meth twas gone in aioznie, leas hing bis twffe the Daughter of Dmolaghlin behind, lencie be turned and become tyzannie. Lone did tn latge the empire of (9) duguitus , but feare thoztes ned the life of(ro) Julius Cefar. Well, Pac Morogh farie bail bis returne. She (F fate) and this Der‘Mon bao beene long inamoured and in louc the one 30 follotwitg forturic, and pet in hope that once againe the will turne bic kbele , having tind and twether With the other sand the watching a time bow to haue ih a certeine Zand in eth : there to remaine and loue mid uit fatiffien , taketh the abuantage of bir batbadsabfence , andpeeloeth bir felfe to be rants theo,bicante the would be rautthed: foz bp bir otene Psecursment and intifings, the becanie and would eds bea preie tuto the preter. Such ts the bariable fickle nature of a tyoman,by thomeall mifdiefes i Se topld (fox the moff part) Dw bapen andcome, at twill, taketh hip, patteth oucr the feas, ann twent tito Wenrie the fecond king of Cnglanv, and mot bumblie and earneftlie praicth bis belpe and fucco2, Who being then in the remote places in France and Aquitaine,and bufied tn great and teightie affaires, pet moff courteouflie be receiued him and hberallie &$ mate apeare bp (4) Marcus Antonius , and bp retwarded him. And the king bauing at large and o. berlic heard the canfes of hisertle anvof hts repatre bledzina great choler, but moze grtened fo: ame gtanted and gaue hint bis letters pafents in maner the Defirnaion of (5) Crote. Bing Dportke being av' 40 bnito bim, be toke his oth of allegiance and fore bim to be bisteue bafall ad fubiec: and thereopon Bertifen hereof , as forthiith maruellouflic tron of the fact than fox frrotw orburt;mdthereforeistal' he Determined tobe auenged: and fortbivtth allem biety all bis poste and neighbors, as alfo pocaTed into bis aid and for bis helpe Hothorike king of (6) Connagh and then monarch of all $reland, Lhe People of Leinger confivering in that diftecfe Gett prince 1s, and hotw on cuerte fise be was bes andformeasfollotweth. ienrie hing of Cngland, tcnrie the 2, duke of #oxmandie and Aquitatne, and earle of An king of Engfonds fils fou, brite all his fiblecs,€nglif}men, Moxmans, ondictter, Scots, and all other nations and people being bis fubtects fenacth greeting. Whenfocucr thefe ourlet ferg (hall coine bnito you , know pe that tee haue re- eeiuen Dermon prince cf Leinfter into our protec, tion, a |
