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Show The Chronicles of Ireland. alofo> dofce, and the tearstrilling Dotone: swith mp eveecesiie not (0,3 trull to fe the date,aben chile: ccoutin Coward, and the remnant of pour he anfivered nterilie, fhat be teas tcfolucy notte comunit fimonte s pet nottutthit ading be bapa nag in bis Mable that ivas worth fortie Hillings, amd he -~ 4 that would give bin fortie pounds fox the nag,Chould Srntenndys halt preni(aslittle reckoning asbe maketh of them){ bepreferted to the benefice. Wibich be ratherof pleahnonsr, Gahtch pifoaine the compante of anie futh fhiptacke. fare bttered,than of anie buconfcionable meaning ; proybefie fell ont as trulie as be foxetoloit , onelie nioett parpofedtohaue dotte, y's fanningthat it fa with Gon dis pleature to call hint Pisgouernement hadbene of the countrieher xbich fobismercie before be could fee that paie afteri rfe ivell fked , iuere ttrtot thatin bis time be began boubtletebetongensape meane theretitur ro toaflelle the pale withcerteine nev finpofitions,not sete ilares! oo of the boule fo profitable(as it twas thought)to the gonernozs; as beceale, fr Anthonie ae ais fobleearlsbistutimelic it twas notfoineto the fubieas.Ahe debating-of tthih returned fo Jrelandlogo oe re: Atithonte Hentleger twas Apurpoleto referretothent,Mhoare oifcowrfleesoF 250, publike eftates, andthe reformers of theiormmane fs: fealth,praieng to Gon,that besuith bis grace dire them (0 fatthfallie to: accomplith the ‘onties of-gad eman,a turnethiogo peptic, iho twas a tolfeand atuarie gentl r inpeace, alfant feruitorin war, mda gwd fuffice properlte learned, agabdmaker in the Cnglih,bas Deputife magiffrates., thatthepgouertte that poze battered land to bisdiuine honour,to bic maiehiesconters tation,to the fuppzelitng of-rebels , to: the wpholding other without loathtomeliahtnede, Shere fellin bis {ubiects,, mirather tothepublike tweale-ofithe time a fat benefice 5 of abich hevas lozd beputie bad 20 of tion.@tiben divertemade (nit to him fo, thole countrie ; than tothe petuat gaine of a felo the tories an offered tith Dithonettie to buie perfons, tidy oftentimes falleth ont in profeto the tbich with fafetic of caniclence becouldnot fell, tute and bniding of the feker, that hus farre (centle reader Jas mine infiruBtions direttedme , andmy leafure feruedme, pegae aparcellxthe Irifh ior sand haueftretchedit:ta the resgne ofEdwardthefixt.Wherevpon Jamforcedto crawe at thine hands pardon andtollerance « pardonfor anie errorI{hallbefoundto haue commited, which vpon friendlie ad= monition Lam readiétoreforme : tollerance, for thatipart of the biftorie which is not continued,till time 1 befofurnifbed and,fraught with matter, as that 1 mate emplote mytranell a ones ae ae (j@ SAO ORG <> ors AY St y és V1 / IN ax Nee Vo 4 SO}; - ( ME LOZ eS Ee eee, IE OFTHIS Trish Chronicle,conunued from the ‘deach ofkingHenrie thetight;1346, vineill this prefentyeare 19.86,.in the 28 yeare ‘ofhig maietties reigne ; fer Lohn Rerot refrdingdeputie in Ireland, -6t, By:Iohn,Vowell alias Hookerofthecitie of Excefter,gentleman, 35 from the time of Giraldus Cambren- [itis (the best deferned and exatt writer ofthe yi conquest andfate ofei his time,few ' toferue thy contentation. " SSS"(2/0 ese Y G2 ey Ae. A SQ <Z SQ, d) Wor none hauefollowed andcontinuedanyper- a fect courfe of that hiftorie vntill the death x. lof king Henrie the eight , and the beginy| ning of king Edward the fixt 154.6 ; and "=| thereforeno certeine knowledge nor afsurance ~~ can beyelded,norfetdowneesther ofthe quiet Soucrnement in timeofpeace , or of the troublefome ftate in timeof warres and rebellions. but that which is colletted eitheroutofthe records, which were verieflenderlie ¢» diforderlie kept,or outoffomeprinat mens colleétions andpamphletsremaining infomeodand obfcureplaces : euen fothe likefromthat timevnto thefe prefents hath happened and1sfallen outeuertegouernour negletting , andvertefew othersfor wantofdue obSeruations willing, tocommit ynto writing what was doone , andwoorthte thememortall:fauing the thingsfo latehe doone arenot altogither out of remembrance,andfomeyet liming that can rememberfome things doonein their times. Andyet that 1Jovncerteine, and euerie man fo varieth one fromthe others reports,that nomancan well therevponfet downeaperfeél andfo exath a courfeas the nature ofan historie requireth, andas stought tobedoone. He therefore that ypon uch vncerteinties /hall anes an |