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Show The Congiteft offreland. foit fotvefh mt armeof fhe feas,tn the tich are mar nie gadlie receptacles 02 barbozoughs for fhips, € nue) frequented as weil for the gwdlie commodities of ithings therein, agalfo fox thetrade of merchany dise,by the Ahich the citicts chicflie mainteined for the inbabitants are not onlie merchants ¢greattras nellers themifelnes ; but al greatfore of frrange "merchants da Dailie refostatraffike with them. Fe is tvalledround about,and tell fortified fora (ufttet: ent defente againthe Irithzie.gnit ts the bithops. {eof that bioceffe, beitig called by the name of the bithop of Corke . The citieis gouerned by a mator anbdttoo batliffes,abo bitig the gonernement accov ding tothe latwes af Cnglaud,do becpe aid matte teine the fame in Derie god ozder , Thepare berie much troubled totth the enintte,and therefore thepdo Chap.32,35 Rothorike OConnorthe monarch and all the princes in Visterfubmit andyecld themfelues ynto the king,as he paf= eth towards Dublin. c Chap.33. ee thiigs thus ponat WHtaterfon, lo the king icRobert Fitsbarnard there j with bis bouthold, and marched himfelfe to Dublin though the countrie of Marie: and flateng fometbat by the twaic in bis tourneie, therecamte and retozted tnto him out of eneric place there the great men ¢pzinces,as namelie Dacbelan Myhelan prince of Movie,Mache Laletvie,Dthive, lic Dillemeboloch, Dehavele, D Carell of Wricll ¢ continuallie, as men eng in agarifon keepe watch and tward both daic and night. The prince of that Dportke of Meth:all hich peeloed ¢ fubnritten then countrie Dip mot commonlickepe ¢ tate bimfelfe felues to the king tn theirotwne perfons, ¢ became in all troubles twithin that citie , ontill the time the 20 bis baflals, ¢ fvoze fealtie. int Wothortke the mor narch cante no nerer than to the river five of the (1) fame was conqueredby the Cngtifymen; tho ener fince baue inbabiten tn the fame. SHenin,hich dinideth Connagh from weth,¢ there (2) Utfemozein tintes paft was as fatre a fofone ugh de Lacie ad itiliam Fitsalveline by the as if is ancient, and fandeth dpona gudlic river, kings commandement met him,eho defiring peace fbich Gotweth onto $oughall, and fo Into the maine fubmitten bimfelfe, (ivoze allegiance, becametris feas. 3t was fometimesa bithopzike, but of late be butarie, and did put in (as all others did) bottages nifed to the bithopatke of Calaterforn, andfo it lieth and plenges for the keeping of the fame. Thus was in the countie and diocefe of WHaterford,butthe file all Zreland faning Gilfer bought in fubtecton ano it felfe was iutthin the countic of Cozke. euerte particular prince in bis proper perfon ofa (3) Cathillisan olo ruinous totone,but walled, 30 pelo and fubmit himfelfe, faning onelic Rotho2tke, and fandeth bpon the riner Sure, Bn it is the fe ana the thet monarch of all Jreland; and pet by bim and rathedzall church of the bithop, bearing the name in bis (ubmiffton all the refoue of the fbole land bee therof, tho tg one of the foure archbithopaksof that land, and Onder hint are the bithops of THaterfoyd, Corke, and feuenothers, (4) ihe Sure ts a godlte and a notable riner; andoneof the chiefettinthatland. It hath his bead n2 {pzing ina certeine hillealicd SBlandina, butin came the bings fubiedts, and fabmitted themfelues. For indeedthere twas no one no2other within that land , tho twas of ante name o2 countenance, but that he dtd prefent bimfelfe before the kings maich fie, and peeloed buito bims (ubiecion and auc obcdts ence, Frith Sloghblome , for the pleafantneffe thereof. And then was fulfilled the old and onigar pro: gzopbelies Panic gad townes are feated and builoed bpon the 4° phelic of S, Polit ; Before him all the princes thall ent fame,¢ itis nanigable moze than the one balfe. Zt ficeteth from the {pring o2 head fatt bp the towne of Thorleis, whereof the earle of Dzmond is baron: from thenfe to the bolie croffe and fo to Clomnell, éfromthenfeto Carig Mac Griffith,where ts.an ane cient houte of the carles,fomctime named the earles ofthe Catig, but now earles of D;mond; and from -fall Dotwne, and bndera Diffembled fubmniffion Hall &il obteine fauo2 andgrace. Uiketwife the prophetic of Merlin; All the birds of that Jlanrd Hall fie to his light, and the greater birds thall be taken ¢ bronabt into captinitie, and their wings thalbe burned. Als fo the old prophefie of Merlin Ambzofe ; Fine portis ons fhall be beonght into one, ¢ the firt hall becake thenfe fleeting by Tibzach,it commeth to Water, and suerthrotw the twallesof Jreland. That which ford; and fieting bp the wals thereof, ttrunneth Ambzofe nameth bere the firt, Cclidonius nameth into the feas. 5° the fitt,as aypeareth in bis bakeof pzoybefics. ow (5). Utmerikeis one of the fircities bufloed by fben the featt of Ghittimatte ofp aypzoch and dzatv the Moiwates 0: Cafkerlings, named fometimes neve,mante and the moft partof the princes of that Mfomen : the founder thereof was the pongelt of land refogted and maderepaire bnto Dublin, to far thac byethien whofe name was Puows, St tandeth Dpon the famous and noble river of Shenin, trbich gocth roundabout it, the Came being as it were ant Bland, The feat of itis fuch,as none can be more Tatre 02 moze fatelic. Zt lieth tn the maine land iwithy inthe prouince of ountter, called the nozth Mourns the kings court: and fthen they fat the great abun bance of bittels, and the noble ferufces , as allo the eating of cranes,abich thep much lothen, being not before accuffomed therebnto sthey mud wandered and maruelled thereat: but in the end thepbeing by the kings commandementfet dotwne, did alfo there for , mid is from the maine feas aboue fortte miles, 6o eat and drinke among them. At this tine there tere amdpetat the iwals cuen the qreatett thip at the feas maie be nitharged and wniladen,and peerclie fo there are: fo} the citie tt (elfe is chiefte inbabiten bp mers chants. 3tis gouerned by a matoand bailiftes after and According to the Cuglth latves and oxders, at asin times pat bnder particntar princeof it felt, but ener finee the conquett it bath bene inbabited bpthe Cralithmen, tbo dw fo fill continue therin. (ec) Xibrach isan old totwne, abieh in times patt ee coun ayperteineth. Finallie,that all the ofuine ferutce int the church of Jreland thall be kept, bled, ¢ obferuco inthelikeoader mid maneras it ts in the charc)of 4° England.Foz itis mect andvight, that as by Good Conttitutions made atthe cellofCafbill. Chap. 35+ P the vere ofChrits incarnation 172, € inthe firtt peere that the moff noble king of England conquered Jreland,Chiftianus bithop of Hifcemoze, and legat of the apoftas Uke le, Donat archbithop of Cafhill, Laurence prouiderice and aypointment Greland is not bes come fubied,md bnder the bing of Crgland fo the famefhoulp take from thenfe the oder rule,and nias ner hoty toreforme themfelucs, and fo Iie tn better order, FFo2 thatfoencr gawd thing is befallen to the church ¢ realme of Zreland,cither concerning religt on, 92 peaceable gouernentent , thep otve the fame tothe bing of Cugland, andare to be thankefull bnito him fox thefame : fo) befone bis conning into ardbithop of Dublin,amd Catholicus archbithop of 50 the land of Jreland,manie and all forts of ticked Chomonn with their fuffragans and fellotv-bithops, nefles in times pall flotved and reigned amongeft them : all thich notv by bis anthozttie and godneffe prelats of the church of Jreland, bp the commandeMent of the bing DiDattemble themfelucs and kept Alpnon at Cafhill:and there nebating manie things concerning the ivealth, eftate , and reformation of are aboltthen. he p3tmat of Armagh, by reafon of abbats, arcyneacons, pxio78,Deanes , ¢manie other the churchdid proutde remedies for the fame. At this councell were alfo for and in the bebalfe of the king, thom be bad fent thither,Rafe abbat of Buloetwais, Rafearcyoeacon of (1) Landaffe, Micholas the 5, bisweakneffe and great age, was not peefent at the {ynod:but affertoards he came to Sublin, and gaue his fullconfent tothe fame. This bolie man(as the common faieng was)bad a tite cot,and being feb onelieby bir milke , the was altuates carriedtitty bim Gherefoeuer be went and travelled from home, The tempeftuous and ftormi¢ planted of old time by certeine god and bolie men: fed,abich were after fub{cribed ato confirmed bp the bing bimfelfe , anv onder bis authoritie,abich tere Chap.36. faithful and chziftian people, throughout Zrelano, Se {eas, which along tinte had beene and all thefe foldiozs fundenlie fell ficke of the peftir lence anv died all : as is moze at large declared it Out topograydie, God fatutes and trholefome latws were there Deut thele that follow . Fick , it isvecred that all gov Shout forbeare and thun to matric with their néere Binffolke np confins,¢ marrie tutth fuch as latoful- Carig Mae Grit. Fn itisa great fone and inclofe all Connagb, ¢dinideth it from the pro uinces of Bountter and Meth : bis bead and (pring fembding, land. Which constitutions twere forthwith publithea thoughoutthe realme, and do here follow. apleine , and dinerfe other godclearks. Sundsie glas, and thep beived and cnt dotone the trees which grey about the churchpard, which had bene there (1) She Sheninis the chefelt and mot famous viver in that land, and Doth ina manner inutrort br Aebichts the ea bound betiveente th the coun: ties of Rilke parith there be ts aparithtoner. stourthlte, that all ofthe Banne in Uilffer , and in length ts fuypofen to the church lands and poffefitons, thoughout all Jrebeabouta hundzen and tiventte Cnglith miles. Ie land , fall be fre from all {ecular cracions and ime ig increafed twith furtdzte bzmks , and dinerfe rtuers pofitions : andefpeciallie that no lo2Ds, earles , noz ruiritito the fame ; the cheefett thereofis that which noblemen, no2 their chilozent, no2 familie, thaler, Heth and commieth ontof the logh o2lake Jfotle. Jn tort o2 fake anie coine and I{nerie,coeries,no2 cud. ifare manie loghs o2 lakes of great quantitte 02 bigs dtes, noante other like cuftamte fromthenfeforth,in nefle,tthich are maruclouflte replentthed and ffozed 02 bpon ante of the church lands and ferritoztes.dnd {with abundanceof fit}: the chaefelk of tthich are the Itketwife that thep 102 n0 other perfon ow henfeforth logh 2ie, and thelogh Derigid. It ts navigable a, 10 e¢ad ont of the fatd churd) lands,old, wicked, and deboue three {coze miles, and bpon tt andeth the molt teftable cuffomes of coine and liuerie, which thep famouscitic of Limertke. There ts onlie one batoge were tant to ertozt bpon{uch totones and villages oner it,builoed of late peares at Alone,bp the right of the churches,as twete neere and nert bordering bpbonozable fir Henrie Sinneie knight, then loz0 dee on them. Ffiftlte, that then earike 02 compofttion puitte of the realnt, ig made among the late people for anie murther; that no perfon of the cleargie, though be be kin to as The councell or Be keptat nie of the parties,(hall contribute anie thing theres Cafbill. brito: but as thep be guiltlefe from the murthet, fo {hall thep be fré from patmentof monte, for ants Chap. 34. 20 fuch earike o2 releafe for the fame. Sirtlie, that alt He realme dering now tr good peace and eueric god cheiftian being ficke ¢ Meake, fhatll beforethe p2eeft and bis neighbors make bis lait twill andquietneffe, and the bing nowy hauing a and teffament ; and bis aebts and fertants Wages care anda 3eale to fet fozth Gods hono2 and being paid,all bis mouables to be viniven(if be bane true religion, fummoneda {prod of all the anie chilozen) into thee parts : ahereof one part to clergis tuto Cahill,there inquirte anv eraminatt, be to the chilozen, another to bis toffe, and the third onivas mabeof the wickedandlofelife of the peopartfe be fothe performances of bis will, And iff pleof theland and nation : ihith was regiffred in be that be baue no chilozen, then the gods to be vfut inziting, and fealed buderthe feale of the bithop of bedinto tiwoparts, thereof the one mobitic to bis ULilemoze, nho being then the popes legat was pre fivent of that councell., And then ¢ there tere made 30 iwife, and the other to the perfozimance of bis tvill ambteffament. Anvif be hbaneno wife, but onelic and decreed fundzfe gad and godlie conffitutions, chilozen, then the gods to be Ifketvife oiufded into tid ave pet ertants as namelie, for contrading of tivo parts, ttherof the one fo himfelfe, and the other Matriage,fo> patient of tithes,for the reuerend and tobiscbflozen. Scuentblie, that euerie chettian ber Cleanekeping of the churches; and that the bonis ing dead, and dieng int the catholike faith,Wall be res terfall church of Breland fhould be reduced in all urrendlie boughtto the church, and to be buried as things to the ozper and forme of the church) of Cngs certeine foldfors, being botmren, feaffen at Fie {vas rich and berie twell inbabiten , tt lieth bpon the nozth Moe of the Sure, and about two niles from The Conqueft of Ireland. Chap.33,34-535,36- is tnthe bill named Therne,ubich ba2dereth bpon D Conn; Slegos countrie, not farce from the ae lie thepthoulnna. Secondarilic, that cflozen hall betatedifen without the durch daze, and baptife inthe font aypointen in the curds for the fame. Ebirdlie, that enerie chztttian bodie dw fatthfullte @b trulic pai perelie the tiths of bis cattels,comc, MB all other bis increale anv profits to the cyurcy 03 winter. calime, began now to fell, ano to be full of continuallffo2ms and tempetts , bt were fo raging,and fo great,that in all that twinter there artucy (carfelte ante one (fp 02 barke from anie place into that land : nether toas there a nie netos beard from out of ante countrie during that winter.@@yerbpon menbegan to be afrato,anb thinke berelie that Godin bis anger would om, |