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Show TheiConquett of Ireland. Ibuefébeit,ano thou thalt be fomurhbnquietedther With,that thou thaltnot find anie eafe'ozend vntill thydiengdate. TUtth thistword the king put four to Chap.4o,4i, nant ercepted,thaton each part thep Moule bying buta fev and the like number, and thepto be all ore armed ; the fivo2ds on one fide and the {pars on the Other fide, anid for all the reffoue of the people and companie to ffandalofe anda farre off. 1But Grif: fith,cho camte to the fatd parle with bis onele saw tice, was berie penfife and much troubled,concers ning the bifton thich be fatw tibis Meepe 5 and donb. fing of the tuo, made chotfeof fenen of the belt the bore and rove atvate towards the: toiune gate, > frbich was at hand: but thinking bpon the two2ds ar reigned his hoxte ai fatds Calkme ponder fellow - againe. Wherebpon the forefaid gentleman as allo * one William, hich tion Wwerewnelie then attery Ding bpon bint, fir cofed and thenifoaght bim in the chaqpelland finding him not there , fought dim Zo Sentlemen of his khrdzed,Ahome be knety to be bar lant, andin frome be had a (pectall tras am cons fhrougbhout the conve, the tole; and in all the Js, fidence. dhefe he pzatweth tothe one fine of the bill, butconld not find bim.ibe king being verte fadand but as tiere'te the place of parle as be coulo, there fozic that be han not thoughlie talken toiththe man, euerte of them bautng bis ford , fpar and hielo; ivent abzead bimfelfe fo feeke bint, but finding hin lept and mounted bp to their hooMles, and ranging nof,called for bis oales and: robe from thence bp the fielos thep made fund;ie carrers and luttie tur: Rempinbgidge to Petwberfe. And as this man bad naments; bnder the pretenfe andcolour of plefant: before thzeatned and faid,it fo-camte to palle before nesanbdpaftime' butin berie ned to be itt. a reant the peare twas ended : foz bis elbeft fonne ienrie,neffe if need ould fo require: i and bis tioo ponger formes Aichard earle of Aquis taine, amd Geffreicerle of Wzitaine,tn the Ient fol. 20 ‘WughdeLacie and Deortke this me ante frhile were talking and difcourfing of mante things, but con lotving forfmke and theonke from hint, and went to cluded notof anie thing; netther did Dzortke meane ewes the French king. hereof gretw and infues ante fuch thing.Foz baning atraifozous mind , and bnito hint {rich beration and buquietnefle , as hebad twatching bis time then he might bet potoze ont neuer the like before, and fhich by one means and 0+ bis benem, fained himfelfe to go out andabzoad to ther nener left him bntill his dieng date .And fuerte maketater, and onder that colour beckened bnts it vas thought the fame bp Godstuft iudgement fo bis men, tolth tome be bad concluded and agred befell nto bim : for as be had beene and wasa difo« before, that with all batt thep Mould come atwate bedfent fonne to bis (pirituall father , fo bis carnall bnto bim;ano thep fozthiwith in all hat fo vto,and be formes fhould be difobedient and rebellious againtt alfo then with a pale, grim,and murtherous countes gs thefr carnall father. Spanie {uch forewarnin the king ban by Gods mercie and gadnefle fent bute 3" nance, bauing bis ar o2 {par bpon bis (houlver, re turuen backe againe, Mpaurice Fitzgerald, Abid bim before his death, to the end be Mould repent and foas before fuarned by bis confine Griffith and adbe conuerted, and notbe condemned: thich would uertifed of bis Deame , gaue gad eie and watded to God that euerie prince and other man did 10t fro, the matter berte narotvlie; and therefore all the pate Wwarbdlie and obffinatlie condemmne, but rather toith le time, be bad bis fwo2d readie d2atone about bint: anbumble anda penttent heart thep would(as thep and efpieng the tratto2to be fullie bent and about to ought to nm ) recefue and fmbace the fame! And Oirtke ugh de Wacie, be cried out nto him, toils therefore J haue and mind to twrite moze at large ling bim fo loke bnito bimfelfe, anv to be at pefente in my boke,concerning the inffructon and infitas tion of a chatftian pzince. The treafon ang eal ofOrorike prince of Meth. Chap.41. HP. the meane time Jreland was inyan o With bimfelfe ; wheretwith the trait: mof biolentlte firake dnito him,thinking verelie to baue murthered and difpatden bint. Wut the interpzetoz of the parr ie feping in betiwene,faued ipugh de Lacie; but be biméelfe twas twounded to death, and bis arme cleanecutoff. Then Wanrtce Fitsgeraln with a lotwn voice cried outto his companie,tho with all batt came atvate; and then began a bot anda tharpe bickering of the teft and peace, bnder {uch as buto thom the Englith (worsagaink the Irith fpars. Jn wid barge thereof tas committed. And now 50 fkiemithing ugh de Lacie tas tivife felled to the ground, and had {uerlie bene billen, if spaurice bad on atime it hapencd, that the one cied D, rorike of Meth , being at Dublin , complained onto gh de Lacie of certeine iniurtes done buto him, prateng redzefle ; uherebpon the daie and a place notbaliantlie refeued him. Ltketwtfe the Fcithmren {rho were manie in umber, thep baning efpied the beching of the traitoz,thep cante running in all bat out of the vallics twith theft tueapons , thinking of (1) parle: tuas betiweene them appointed far the berelie to bane madea cleane difpatch and a full end fame. Zhe night nert before the daie of this parla, a of ugh oe Lacie anv of Paurice Fitsgerald . But pang gentleman named Oriffith , the neyhue of toe bert Fitsfephans, and Maurice Fitsgeralo, being Grifith anv bis compantons,{ill watchingfor that the fonneto their eldeft bother named William, tuhich indeed did happen,were at the Hirt call of Pao deeamed in bis Meepe that be fatwa great heardof 6o riceinareadinefc, and being on bozMebacke Hey {wild bogs to ruth and run bpon Pugh de Lacie and came alwaie twith all {peed: tabich thing thenthe tral' bis bnele gpaurice ; and that one of them being toz fatw,be gan to diftrutt,and thought to thibimy More horrible and greater than the refh, bad iwith felfe atpaie and fo to efcape. But as be was leaping bis talks rentand billed thent: if be bad not With all tobis hoxtle, Griffith was come , and twith bis ttatte bis force and frength refcued thent, and killed the bore. Du the mozroiw accozding to appointment, they cante to the place aypointed for the parler, tubich luas acerteine bill called Dzortkes bill: but before thep came to the berie billit (elfe, thep fent meters Gersthe one to the other , requiring aflurance and fafetie : and bauing fwome on each part to keepe faith andtruth,thep came to the place appointed and there met ,but pet a {ral companie oneither fie. Jo} it was agrard vpon on both parties,¢ bp concer ozlance rake dotune and ran thzongb both bose and man : abo being thas friken Downe and Bil led, as alfo thre other of bis men,tro brought bia bis boofle and were in this bickering , they cut bis bead from the bodie , and fentit oner into Cng" land tothbebing. HXbe refioue of the Frifbmen Led patr fioztbtwith and ranne atwaie , but being barolte a great of {urd even to the beric trmds, there twas comfiture and fangbter mabe of them . Rate the fonne of Fitsftephans, being a luftic and a - ‘The Conqueft of Ireland. Chap.41,42- pong geritlensar , dfp twell acqutte bimfelfe , ano Deferuen great commendation fox bis gad fers , ulce, admonif him, that he thoulb not fake thfp the date following : but bis felotocs minding not to lofe ante time, and the weather feeming then fo be faire , they went all abowy,and hotles optheir failes 5 bith St- (1) he maner ofthe Arithate tas ever, md pet fs, that ibon % euer there ts anie controuertte a mongtt them, thep twill offentiines awoint places fihere to meet and allemble themfclues for confes rence; Abie) commonticis bpon fome bill oiffant ano farrefrom anie boule, and this affemblieiscal, fedamongthem a parle 02 aparlement. And albeit the prefente hereof is of fonte quictnefle and res Diefle + pet experience teachett that there is nota foie thing to be bfeo among thent. Ffo2lightlie amd moff commontie there ave mot treachertes and freafons, moft murthers and robbevies,and all wieKeoneffe (imagined, denifed, and afferivarts put in piadifeamong them: and for the moft part there ts no parle among them , thereof infueth not fore mrifeheefe, (2) his bill lieth in the proutnee of Meth,about twentie miles from Dublin, and is now called the Taragh: fome thinke thts to be the middle part o2 nauill of that prouince ; it ts a bevie pleafant anoa fettile fotle, and alfa fox the moff part cham: pion, Sundrie examples concerning V1/10S « Chap.42, oF Drfo much as there be fintdwie opinty & olsandinudgments concerning diftons , tf $) Hallnot be much amiffe, 02 fmpertiivent to monides refufed to dm and tarried atland. Zt was not long after but that the weather toared to be foiwle, and tye feas tobe bigh, and in the endboth the {hip and men to be all lof: but Stmontoes crent. fing bis dpeame, was faued, Moreouer Calyhurnia, the wife bnio Julius Cefar, the night before bir bul band tas laine, dreamed that the (atu him greatlie fwounded to lie tn bivlap: Mheretwtth fhe being as fraid did atwake , and fold Zulins bir dyeante , reques fing binthat be tyould forbeare to repaive to the fe« nat boule that daie : but be gintng {mall credit toa {womans deame,followed bis mind, aid twas Maine by the fenatozs. Wutto leawe the fe evamples fetehen from outof other nations, let bs come neerebonte ta our felucs, Abzother of mine named Walter Wars rie, alnftie pong gentleman, making bimfelfe rea dic ona time to ferue in a cerfeine hoting again bis enimies the night before be Mould take bis tours nie, be dreamed that mp mother {iho twas dead on long before, fd come brto hint , amd aduile ¢ warne bint, that tf heloued bis life he thould in anie twtfe refraine and forbeare that fournte. Se indeed as not bis naturall mother,but bismotber in lat, ata pet loved bins in bir life time as infirclie as bir otyne child. When be had told this his dzeame to bis father 30 and mine , for inden tuetwere both baothers by one father though we had not one mother: be alfo gave him the like aduife and countell, but beof bis per fumptuows mind, not regarding the fantc, follotven big fone mind,and the fame date was billed bp bis enimic, (2) As drcamesfonretintes are god forewarnings our matter,to recite a fev eramples ¢true fo men to elchetv entls tbich are towards, pet thep Proguotticatt teports of the fame. Ulalerius artmus in bis frit Seames, are not altwafes to be fo receined, as prognofticas boke anv feauenth chapter twriteth, that tivo men of tions infallible.Jfo2 fometimes the fame fallout to Arcadiafournieng togtther in compante totwards a fotone named Wegara,, when they came thither, the 4o the contrarte,as bath appecre by Auguttus the empes ro2; tbo bauing twarres againf iBzutus ano Calle oneofthem loogen bimfclie iwith bis frend,but the ng,and he bp reafonof bis ficknefle carried ina lit. other at acommion Ame,We tps late inbis ends ter,bis ppfictan Arterinsdscamed that the goodelle boule being in bed and aleepe,dzeamed that bis comp Minerna did aypeare onto him, willing bim toaduife pation came butobim and requefted him to helpe and countell the empero2 , that be thould not bp rear bim,bicaufe his hoatt oid oypzetle him; wberetwith be fortof bis ficknelle come into the ficld , n02 be pres awoke,but berie Mhortlie be fell allepe againe, amd fent tit the battell,abich be dfo.But the empero2 note Dreamed that his fai companton came againe onto iwithEanving enteredinto the field, being carried it bim being berie fo2e rounded , autd peated himthat hislitter,and tobe maruellous great pains, And al, altbongh he trould not at the firff time come aid to belpe bins,pet that be would ote reuengebis veath, declaringthat his batt bad fakenbis head and cozps, and putit into a cart to be caried to the dunghill, ano there to be buried . This mart being atwaked , and Inne) trouble tuith this ozeame, arofe amd fought for bis fellow,anv finding bis dreametobe true,canfed the hoatt to be tabert and apprehended, tube fo that bis faciwas ereented and put to death, Aterius Ru fus a gentleman of sore ltketwife, being on atime at Stracufa, he dreamed that be twas killed bya maiffer of fenfe , thich came fo to pate : for on the morrow after be toas prefent at the plate 02 game of fwwordplaiers 02 maffters of defente , tibereasa (1) neteafter tas brought into fight toith a fwo20plaier.uherebpon Aterius bttering bis dreamfo bim that fat nert by him, would haue gone and depattedatwate ; ont being perfuaded to the contrarie, bid Fate to his otone deffruction . $02the netcafter baning ouertinotone the fwordplater , and thinking to baue pearfenbim through with bis fivord, niiffeo bim and ftroke Aterius, tio fat in place nert theres Dato, and fo tuas he Haine. Alb Stmonides the poet, being on atimefet on Land bpon the fea yore, be fatw there adead manlieng onburicd. Zhe night following He Dzcamted that the (aid Dead man d19 adnife and beit Brutus taking the emperors tents, fend bauethe biaozie;pet was beforall that banquifheo, and the empero2 bad the conquett, Liketuife tn tort Wales,of late peares, it happened a certeine rich man divelling on the nozth fide of acertcine mouns teine, he dyeamed thee nights togither , that there twas a chaine of gold hinden in the head fone , abi coucred and Iaie bpona certeine tell 2 fountetne, namen faint WBernaces well, and that he Mhouldgae and fetch it, Zhis man at length, fomthatbeleuing the breame,, and minding totrie the fame , went to the place, and diput his hand into the hole o2 places but bis band tuas no foner in, but that it was bitten, ftong,and enuenomed with an adder , Wherefore a man map fe berebp tat credit is to be giuen to pzeams,anb J for mp part do fo credit of thent a3 9 poof rumozs, Wut concerning {uch difiois as God both fend by bis angels to bis prophets and holi¢e ment, we mutt otheriwife thinke of them; bfcaute the effect of them is moft budoubted , certcine, and ab fured, (1) She Xomansbapd oluerle games, plaies,and erercifes ainongft themfelues, and had for the fame certeine ampitheaters and theaters mabe of pits Dy, pote, |