year_n consume_v by_o a_o pestilence_n not_o one_o remain_a of_o they_o a_o just_a judgement_n from_o heaven_n without_o peradventure_o on_o he_o who_o have_v flee_v thither_o as_o it_o be_v from_o heaven_n for_o have_v in_o his_o own_o country_n in_o scythia_n kill_v both_o his_o father_n and_o mother_n to_o make_v way_n for_o a_o brother_n of_o he_o and_o their_o son_n to_o come_v to_o the_o royal_a throne_n how_o in_o the_o end_n of_o 30_o year_n more_o nemedus_fw-la another_o scythian_a some_o of_o the_o irish_a chronologist_n say_v he_o be_v a_o son_n to_o bartholanus_n leave_v by_o he_o in_o scythia_n when_o himself_n have_v depart_v thence_o with_o his_o four_o son_n starius_n gervale_n annin_n and_o fergus_n in_o a_o fleet_n of_o 34_o ship_n and_o 30_o mariner_n in_o each_o of_o they_o arrive_v in_o ireland_n overthrow_v in_o three_o battle_n the_o remainder_n of_o those_o african_a giant_n but_o be_v overcome_v in_o the_o four_o and_o how_o soon_o after_o this_o defeat_n nemedus_n be_v dead_a his_o people_n rouse_a themselves_o put_v it_o to_o the_o issue_n of_o one_o great_a battle_n seek_v at_o the_o same_o time_n both_o by_o sea_n and_o by_o land_n they_o have_v 30_o thousand_o at_o land_n and_o so_o many_o more_o at_o sea_n and_o the_o fight_v prove_v so_o mortal_a that_o albeit_o they_o have_v the_o victory_n yet_o they_o can_v reap_v no_o benefit_n by_o it_o the_o very_a air_n be_v so_o corrupt_v by_o the_o stench_n of_o the_o carcase_n which_o lay_v unbury_v every_o where_o for_o they_o kill_v promiscuous_o in_o every_o place_n after_o that_o victory_n man_n woman_n and_o child_n of_o their_o enemy_n that_o all_o over_o the_o land_n there_o be_v a_o universal_a pestilence_n which_o after_o seven_o year_n more_o make_v they_o depart_v and_o quit_v the_o whole_a country_n leave_v only_o ten_o captain_n to_o defend_v those_o of_o their_o people_n that_o can_v not_o have_v ship_n against_o the_o remainder_n of_o the_o gygantick_a african_n how_o these_o child_n or_o posterity_n of_o nemedus_n clanna_n neimheadh_n the_o irish_a call_v they_o to_o avoid_v that_o dreadful_a and_o continual_a pestilence_n depart_v in_o a_o thousand_o vessel_n great_a and_o small_a under_o the_o conduct_n of_o three_o chieftain_n simeon_n breac_n ibaath_v and_o briotan_n the_o other_o two_o sail_v to_o greece_n briotan_n with_o his_o adherent_n land_a in_o the_o north_n of_o that_o country_n which_o we_o now_o call_v scotland_n and_o with_o his_o and_o their_o posterity_n remain_v there_o give_v the_o denomination_n of_o britain_n to_o this_o whole_a island_n which_o be_v now_o call_v great_a britain_n as_o holy_a cormac_n the_o k._n of_o monster_n and_o bishop_n of_o cashel_n in_o his_o psalter_n of_o cashel_n together_o with_o all_o the_o chronologer_n of_o ireland_n affirm_v wherein_o sure_o they_o have_v at_o least_o much_o more_o probability_n of_o their_o side_n than_o any_o late_a author_n have_v that_o derive_v that_o name_n from_o brutus_n or_o his_o romantic_a history_n either_o in_o galfridus_n or_o in_o any_o other_o for_o if_o from_o brutus_n beside_o other_o reason_n why_o not_o brutannia_n rather_o than_o britannia_n how_o the_o five_o son_n of_o dela_n viz._n gandius_n genandius_n segandius_n rutheragus_n and_o slanius_fw-la be_v the_o 8_o generation_n from_o simeon_n breach_n and_o caly_v in_o irish_a fir-bholg_a after_o 217_o year_n complete_a from_o the_o former_a arrival_n of_o nemedus_n there_o invade_v ireland_n with_o 5000_o man_n of_o all_o sort_n in_o their_o company_n and_o stude_v no_o great_a resistance_n win_v it_o entire_o rout_v utter_o out_o of_o it_o the_o remainder_n of_o that_o curse_a generation_n of_o cham_n the_o african_a giant_n and_o divide_v it_o into_o five_o province_n or_o portion_n which_o division_n continue_v till_o this_o day_n how_o they_o and_o four_o of_o their_o child_n after_o they_o be_v in_o succession_n monarch_n of_o all_o ireland_n after_o that_o slanius_fw-la who_o be_v the_o young_a of_o they_o all_o have_v by_o force_n and_o war_n upon_o the_o rest_n erect_v it_o to_o a_o monarchy_n though_o he_o enjoy_v it_o but_o one_o year_n death_n have_v give_v he_o no_o long_o joy_n of_o his_o conquest_n over_o his_o brethren_n how_o none_o before_o they_o i._n e._n none_o of_o the_o former_a invader_n call_v themselves_o king_n they_o be_v the_o first_o king_n and_o slanius_fw-la among_o they_o too_o as_o i_o have_v now_o say_v the_o first_o monarch_n that_o ireland_n ever_o have_v yet_o the_o reign_v of_o all_o the_o nine_o make_v not_o above_o 36_o year_n in_o the_o whole_a how_o eugenius_n or_o eoghun_n as_o the_o irish_a book_n call_v he_o and_o so_o they_o have_v quite_o other_o termination_n both_o for_o all_o these_o and_o all_o other_o name_n too_o express_v by_o we_o with_o latin_a termination_n be_v the_o last_o of_o they_o and_o prosperous_o reign_v in_o peace_n and_o plenty_n over_o ireland_n the_o nation_n who_o the_o irish_a call_v tuath-de-danann_a under_o their_o king_n nuathad_v airgidlaimh_o as_o descend_v from_o the_o foresay_a nemedus_n or_o nemeus_fw-la or_o neimh_o which_o you_o please_v to_o call_v he_o and_o therefore_o claim_v that_o kingdom_n as_o their_o right_n invade_v it_o fight_v a_o great_a battle_n in_o connaught_n with_o feramh-bolg_a the_o generation_n of_o simeon_n breac_n and_o neimheadh_n or_o nemedus_n kill_v a_o hundred_o thousand_o of_o they_o and_o thereby_o and_o without_o much_o loss_n to_o themselves_o conquer_v the_o whole_a kingdom_n the_o relic_n of_o ferramh-bolg_a retire_n to_o the_o small_a island_n of_o arrain_a i_o will_v rachluinn_n and_o many_o other_o about_o ireland_n and_o scotland_n where_o they_o continue_v till_o such_o time_n as_o ireland_n come_v to_o be_v govern_v by_o provincial_a king_n under_o the_o milesian_n how_o the_o posterity_n of_o those_o relic_n of_o ferraimb_n bolg_n be_v force_v away_o by_o the_o pict_n have_v their_o refuge_n back_o again_o to_o ireland_n and_o first_o to_o the_o king_n of_o leinster_n turn_v tenant_n to_o he_o for_o such_o land_n as_o he_o be_v please_v to_o let_v unto_o they_o and_o next_o from_o leinster_n because_o of_o the_o heavy_a rent_n there_o to_o connaught_n shift_v so_o in_o the_o best_a manner_n they_o can_v for_o themselves_o until_o by_o co-chulain_a and_o connall_n cearnach_n and_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o ulster_n they_o be_v whole_o drive_v away_o the_o second_o time_n and_o quite_o banish_v for_o ever_o only_o three_o family_n sur-name_n or_o sept_n of_o they_o except_v which_o according_a to_o the_o judgement_n of_o some_o irish_a antiqnary_n remain_v still_o in_o connaght_n and_o leinster_n as_o dr._n kete_v who_o also_o name_v these_o sept_n do_v write_v add_v thereunto_o this_o further_a animadversion_n as_o a_o necessary_a consequence_n that_o these_o three_o family_n be_v not_o of_o clanna_n gaoidhel_n or_o posterity_n of_o gathelus_n from_o who_o all_o the_o milesian_n descend_v long_o before_o either_o milesius_n himself_o or_o his_o predecessor_n come_v into_o spain_n last_o how_o according_a to_o the_o book_n call_v psaltuir_n chassil_n the_o aforesaid_a colony_n or_o nation_n of_o tuatha-de-danann_a hold_v the_o sovereignty_n of_o ireland_n for_o 197_o year_n under_o seven_o or_o rather_o indeed_o nine_o king_n for_o after_o fiacha_n who_o be_v the_o 6_o of_o they_o reign_v the_o three_o son_n of_o cearmada_n by_o turn_n yearly_o but_o neither_o to_o prosecute_v nor_o so_o much_o as_o to_o insert_v any_o of_o these_o plantation_n or_o conquest_n of_o ireland_n by_o ciocal_a or_o partholan_n or_o neimhe_v or_o feara_n bolg_n or_o tuatha_fw-mi dee_fw-mi danann_n as_o the_o irish_a name_n of_o they_o be_v can_v be_v much_o if_o any_o thing_n at_o all_o to_o my_o main_a purpose_n here_o and_o though_o perhaps_o it_o may_v be_v in_o some_o sort_n material_a to_o tell_v you_o what_o a_o famous_a man_n in_o his_o generation_n nay_o in_o a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o world_n milesius_n himself_o otherwise_o call_v galathus_n in_o latin_a but_o in_o irish_a galamh_o have_v be_v or_o to_o tell_v you_o 1._o of_o his_o first_o adventure_v from_o spain_n to_o scythia_n and_o serve_v there_o as_o general_n of_o the_o army_n under_o his_o kinsman_n refloir_n the_o great_a monarch_n of_o that_o country_n 2._o of_o his_o marry_v this_o refloir_n daughter_n and_o refloir_n grow_v jealous_a of_o his_o greatness_n and_o prepare_v therefore_o to_o dispatch_v he_o and_o his_o prevent_v the_o king_n by_o take_v away_o his_o life_n and_o then_o his_o quit_v scythia_n and_o pass_v to_o egypt_n by_o sea_n with_o a_o fleet_n of_o sixty_o sail_n and_o his_o be_v there_o employ_v by_o pharaoh_n as_o general_n against_o the_o king_n of_o ethiopia_n force_n war_a at_o that_o time_n on_o egypt_n 3._o of_o the_o many_o over-throws_a give_v by_o he_o to_o they_o and_o pharaoh_n so_o great_a favour_n to_o he_o thereupon_o that_o
monument_n of_o antiquity_n their_o genealogy_n chronicle_n and_o record_n shall_v have_v nothing_o foist_v into_o they_o nothing_o at_o all_o insert_v but_o what_o be_v true_a and_o certain_a by_o the_o approbation_n of_o a_o special_a committee_n of_o the_o most_o skilful_a in_o such_o matter_n that_o all_o such_o and_o only_o such_o national_a concern_v annal_n or_o other_o matter_n which_o they_o approve_v after_o their_o diligent_a search_n and_o examination_n of_o they_o shall_v be_v there_o in_o public_a write_v in_o the_o king_n or_o monarch_n book_n of_o royal_a record_n call_v the_o psalter_n of_o taragh_n and_o whatever_o be_v repugnant_a to_o that_o book_n shall_v have_v no_o credit_n that_o in_o prosecution_n of_o this_o great_a care_n of_o their_o national_a monument_n it_o be_v that_o when_o they_o become_v christian_n a_o parliament_n of_o all_o their_o estate_n both_o temporal_a and_o spiritual_a hold_v under_o the_o monarch_n laogirius_n at_o the_o same_o royal_a habitation_n of_o the_o monarch_n taragh_n depute_v three_o king_n three_z bishop_n and_o three_o of_o their_o most_o singular_a antiquary_n even_a saint_n patrick_n himself_o there_o present_a be_v one_o of_o these_o bishop_n as_o the_o other_o two_o be_v benuin_n and_o caraioch_n and_o the_o three_o king_n the_o foresay_a laogirius_n monarch_n of_o ireland_n though_o never_o convert_v daire_n king_n of_o ulster_n and_o cork_n mhac_fw-la luighioch_n king_n of_o monster_n the_o antiquary_n also_o be_v dubthach_n fergus_n and_o rosse_n mhac_fw-la trichim_n to_o review_v and_o reduce_v into_o order_n all_o their_o national_a chronicle_n that_o this_o committee_n of_o nine_o have_v do_v so_o with_o great_a pain_n and_o industry_n they_o reduce_v all_o into_o one_o book_n fair_o write_v that_o the_o keep_n of_o this_o original_a book_n be_v entrust_v after_o by_o the_o estate_n to_o the_o prelate_n and_o those_o prelate_n for_o its_o perpetual_a preservation_n cause_v several_a authentic_a copy_n of_o it_o to_o be_v fair_o engross_v whereof_o some_o be_v extant_a to_o this_o day_n and_o several_a more_o faithful_o transcribe_v out_o of_o they_o their_o name_n take_v from_o the_o place_n where_o they_o be_v for_o many_o age_n keep_v be_v the_o book_n of_o ardmach_n the_o psalter_n of_o casshell_n the_o book_n of_o gleann_n da_fw-mi loch_n etc._n etc._n whereunto_o i_o may_v add_v as_o not_o very_o impertinent_a in_o this_o place_n that_o the_o irish_a nation_n be_v all_o along_o from_o the_o begin_n so_o addict_v to_o and_o have_v so_o great_a a_o esteem_n of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o their_o own_o genealogy_n &_o history_n that_o preface_n kete_v in_o his_o preface_n ancient_o there_o have_v be_v in_o ireland_n above_o two_o hundred_o chief_a annalist_n or_o historian_n by_o place_n and_o office_n such_o who_o have_v estate_n in_o land_n set_v apart_o and_o assign_v they_o and_o to_o their_o issue_n after_o they_o in_o perpetuity_n for_o attend_v whole_o that_o call_v and_o study_n of_o it_o every_o great_a lord_n have_v a_o peculiar_a sept_n of_o they_o to_o record_v and_o transmit_v to_o posterity_n what_o especial_o concern_v he_o and_o those_o derive_v from_o he_o beside_o what_o concern_v the_o nation_n in_o general_a yet_o all_o continual_o subject_a to_o the_o foresay_a triennial_n scrutiny_n in_o parliament_n a_o care_n of_o antiquity_n and_o history_n i_o think_v not_o to_o be_v match_v by_o any_o other_o nation_n in_o europe_n and_o as_o they_o take_v that_o care_n to_o provide_v for_o their_o antiquary_n so_o they_o do_v also_o as_o cambden_n 140._o britannia_n do_fw-mi ireland_n p._n 140._o have_v observe_v the_o like_a for_o their_o poet_n physician_n and_o harper_n by_o assign_v they_o estate_n in_o land_n to_o live_v independent_o of_o other_o only_o the_o duty_n they_o owe_v their_o great_a lord_n except_v still_o in_o the_o two_o other_o council_n of_o eumhna_n and_o cruachain_n the_o matter_n principal_o debate_v by_o the_o nobility_n gentry_n and_o other_o member_n of_o they_o be_v the_o concern_v of_o all_o the_o artificer_n tradesman_n and_o handicraftsman_n of_o ireland_n smith_n of_o all_o sort_n carpenter_n mason_n etc._n etc._n whereof_o a_o great_a number_n be_v summon_v to_o be_v at_o each_o assembly_n out_o of_o which_o number_n these_o two_o council_n do_v cull_v out_o sixty_o the_o most_o eminent_a in_o their_o profession_n and_o give_v they_o authority_n all_o over_o the_o kingdom_n allow_v they_o distinct_a jurisdiction_n to_o reform_v all_o the_o abuse_n of_o their_o several_a calling_n and_o suspend_v such_o as_o they_o think_v fit_a from_o exercise_v they_o so_o that_o none_o can_v set_v up_o or_o continue_v any_o mechanical_a occupation_n but_o with_o their_o licence_n after_o they_o have_v examine_v and_o make_v trial_n of_o the_o sufficiency_n or_o insufficiency_n of_o the_o party_n concern_v these_o master_n so_o authorize_v they_o call_v in_o their_o language_n goldannuigh_n which_o import_v omniscient_a or_o skilful_a in_o all_o mechanic_n so_o much_o of_o their_o council_n and_o government_n as_o to_o civil_a affair_n in_o the_o more_o ancient_a time_n both_o of_o paganism_n and_o christianity_n of_o their_o judicature_n and_o judge_n who_o they_o call_v brehons_n he_o that_o please_v may_v see_v very_o singular_a and_o wonderful_a thing_n relate_v of_o they_o in_o d._n kete_v day_n kete_v reign_v of_o laoghaire_n the_o monarch_n in_o st._n patrick_n day_n even_o when_o they_o be_v pagan_n but_o if_o you_o desire_v to_o know_v the_o several_a degree_n of_o their_o nobility_n or_o the_o different_a title_n of_o honour_n among_o those_o irish_a nobleman_n who_o sit_v in_o their_o parliament_n or_o council_n i_o can_v only_o answer_v beside_o what_o be_v say_v already_o that_o in_o ireland_n until_o the_o english_a conquest_n they_o have_v none_o of_o our_o title_n that_o be_v not_o those_o either_o of_o duke_n or_o marquis_n earl_n viscount_n baron_n or_o knight_n only_o such_o knight_n as_o they_o call_v niadha-nask_a and_o may_v be_v call_v by_o we_o in_o english_a knight_n of_o the_o chain_n or_o in_o latin_a milites_fw-la torquati_n from_o a_o certain_a kind_n of_o chain_n put_v about_o their_o neck_n as_o no_o more_o in_o truth_n have_v scotland_n any_o such_o title_n before_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 1074._o when_o malcolm_n iii_o reign_v there_o and_o william_n i._o surname_v the_o bastard_n and_o conqueror_n have_v subdue_v all_o entire_o here_o in_o england_n concern_v which_o custom_n of_o not_o use_v any_o such_o title_n of_o honour_n in_o scotland_n particular_o as_o likewise_o concern_v the_o other_o of_o the_o language_n speak_v till_o that_o time_n in_o the_o very_a court_n of_o scotland_n though_o as_o well_o the_o one_o as_o the_o other_o may_v seem_v foreign_a to_o this_o place_n this_o follow_a note_n in_o samuel_n daniel_n word_n may_v give_v you_o further_a satisfaction_n as_o in_o the_o court_n of_o england_n the_o french_a tongue_n become_v more_o general_o speak_v viz._n in_o william_n the_o conqueror_n reign_v for_o of_o that_o time_n this_o author_n speak_v here_o so_o in_o that_o of_o scotland_n do_v the_o english_a by_o reason_n of_o the_o multitude_n of_o this_o nation_n attend_v both_o the_o queen_n and_o her_o brother_n edgar_n and_o daily_o repair_v thither_o for_o their_o safety_n and_o combination_n against_o the_o common_a enemy_n of_o who_o divers_a abandon_v their_o native_a distress_a country_n be_v by_o the_o bounty_n of_o that_o king_n prefer_v and_o there_o plant_v spread_v their_o offspring_n into_o many_o noble_a family_n remain_v to_o this_o day_n the_o title_n for_o distinguish_a degree_n of_o honour_n as_o of_o duke_n earl_n baron_n rider_n or_o knight_n be_v then_o as_o be_v think_v first_o introduce_v and_o the_o noble_a sort_n begin_v to_o be_v call_v by_o the_o title_n of_o their_o seigneury_n according_a to_o the_o french_a manner_n which_o before_o bare_a the_o name_n of_o their_o father_n with_o the_o addition_n of_o mac_n after_o the_o fashion_n of_o ireland_n sam._n dan._n in_o the_o reign_n of_o william_n i._n pag._n 34._o where_o in_o the_o margin_n he_o have_v this_o further_a observation_n that_o scotland_n before_o this_o time_n general_o speak_v a_o kind_n of_o irish_a 12._o as_o to_o their_o constant_a ordinary_a militia_n what_o it_o be_v in_o their_o time_n of_o peace_n we_o find_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o cormock_n vlfada_n the_o son_n of_o airt_n king_n of_o ireland_n a_o little_a after_o the_o birth_n of_o christ_n for_o than_o it_o consist_v of_o three_o battalion_n or_o division_n of_o equal_a number_n each_o in_o all_o nine_o thousand_o man_n under_o several_a commander_n and_o fionn_n mhac_fw-la cwal_a their_o general_n who_o be_v neither_o giant_n nor_o dane_n nor_o other_o foreigner_n as_o no_o more_o be_v any_o of_o his_o commander_n captain_n or_o soldier_n he_o be_v himself_o but_o of_o the_o ordinary_a stature_n of_o other_o man_n though_o
he_o live_v to_o finish_v this_o table_n i_o know_v not_o but_o i_o remember_v to_o have_v see_v in_o stead_n thereof_o two_o small_a tract_n of_o his_o in_o irish_a on_o another_o subject_n annex_v to_o a_o irish_a copy_n of_o his_o history_n the_o one_o be_v a_o defence_n of_o the_o mass_n the_o other_o entitle_v in_o irish_a the_o three_o shaft_n of_o death_n an_o other_o particular_a be_v that_o which_o tell_v how_o and_o why_o he_o think_v it_o fit_v as_o to_o the_o number_n of_o year_n attribute_v to_o the_o several_a reign_n of_o some_o few_o of_o their_o pagan_a monarch_n especial_o siorna_n saoghallach_n and_o cobhthach_n caolbhreag_fw-mi to_o vary_v from_o their_o book_n of_o reign_n where_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o late_a reign_v fifty_o year_n but_o the_o former_a a_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o and_o that_o beside_o he_o be_v a_o hundred_o year_n old_a when_o he_o attain_v the_o sovereignty_n nor_o die_v natural_o but_o be_v murder_v after_o he_o have_v live_v two_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o year_n in_o all_o in_o the_o five_o particular_a he_o speak_v only_o to_o those_o who_o seem_v rather_o to_o admire_v than_o believe_v how_o it_o can_v be_v at_o least_o probable_a that_o other_o pedigree_n than_o those_o in_o holy_a scripture_n shall_v be_v true_o and_o in_o a_o perpetual_a line_n without_o any_o interruption_n carry_v up_o along_o to_o adam_n and_o noah_n as_o the_o irish_a genealogical_a and_o historical_a book_n pretend_v to_o do_v for_o all_o their_o king_n prince_n and_o great_a noble_n to_o such_o admire_a incredulous_a man_n he_o answer_v that_o the_o irishry_n or_o gathelian_a offspring_n even_o all_o along_o from_o the_o time_n of_o gathelus_n himself_o who_o name_n give_v these_o descendant_n from_o hinâ—_n the_o general_a appellation_n of_o clanna_n gaodhel_n till_o their_o arrival_n in_o ireland_n have_v with_o they_o a_o learned_a sort_n of_o man_n call_v in_o their_o language_n draoithe_n in_o we_o druid_n and_o magician_n who_o peculiar_a office_n it_o be_v to_o write_v and_o preserve_v as_o well_o their_o genealogy_n as_o all_o other_o memoirs_fw-fr concern_v they_o or_o their_o travail_n and_o adventure_n whatsoever_o good_a or_o bad_a that_o the_o more_o famous_a branch_n of_o those_o gathelians_n to_o wit_v the_o clanna_n mileadh_n or_o descendants_n from_o milesius_n the_o spaniard_n after_o they_o have_v conquer_v ireland_n from_o the_o nation_n call_v tuatha-de-danann_a thought_n fit_a to_o continue_v the_o same_o course_n and_o according_o do_v continue_v for_o the_o 2500_o year_n of_o their_o government_n and_o law_n a_o uninterrupted_a numerous_a succession_n of_o antiquary_n for_o the_o same_o purpose_n with_o large_a allowance_n and_o strict_a order_n to_o regulate_v they_o us_o have_v be_v say_v afore_o that_o beside_o and_o particular_o to_o show_v the_o like_a care_n among_o some_o other_o nation_n for_o preserve_v the_o genealogy_n of_o their_o great_a hero_n he_o instance_n in_o the_o pedigree_n of_o that_o excellent_a saxon_a king_n alfredus_fw-la and_o out_o of_o asser_n menevensis_n insert_v it_o carry_v up_o through_o all_o his_o predecessor_n from_o son_n to_o father_n in_o a_o perpetual_a direct_a line_n to_o adam_n to_o which_o instance_n allege_v by_o kete_v i_o can_v myself_o most_o certain_o though_o without_o book_n add_v another_o for_o about_o five_o or_o six_o and_o forty_o year_n since_o travel_v in_o brabant_n and_o within_o a_o little_a english_a mile_n to_o louvain_n enter_v the_o choir_n of_o the_o celestin_n abbey_n there_o i_o see_v and_o for_o a_o pretty_a while_n do_v view_v a_o table_n hang_v up_o on_o the_o wall_n which_o contain_v the_o genealogy_n of_o the_o illustrious_a founder_n the_o duke_n of_o arscot_n carry_v up_o in_o like_a manner_n through_o a_o vast_a number_n of_o generation_n to_o the_o first_o of_o all_o man_n which_o may_v be_v enough_o to_o persuade_v we_o that_o the_o old_a german_a nation_n how_o mean_o soever_o for_o matter_n of_o civility_n or_o learning_n describe_v by_o tacitus_n have_v be_v very_o careful_a in_o preserve_v at_o least_o their_o genealogical_a antiquity_n and_o indeed_o if_o my_o memory_n fail_v i_o not_o i_o remember_v to_o have_v read_v in_o favins_n theatre_n of_o honour_n much_o to_o this_o purpose_n where_o he_o tell_v it_o be_v from_o the_o german_n that_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o europe_n derive_v the_o custom_n of_o give_v goat_n of_o arm_n to_o show_v the_o noble_a antiquity_n of_o their_o extraction_n though_o withal_o i_o must_v confess_v that_o kete_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o the_o irish_a monarch_n domhnal_n mhac_fw-la aodh_fw-mi mhic_n ainmhire_n who_o die_v in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 642._o not_o only_o demonstrate_v by_o a_o very_a special_a instance_n that_o custom_n of_o blazon_a arm_n to_o have_v be_v among_o the_o irish_a in_o this_o monarch_n reign_n very_o common_a but_o far_a say_v it_o have_v be_v so_o in_o all_o age_n before_o among_o their_o ancestor_n ever_o since_o the_o day_n of_o gathelus_n himself_o who_o derive_v it_o from_o the_o israelite_n at_o the_o time_n of_o their_o pass_v the_o red_a sea_n when_o each_o of_o the_o tribe_n have_v its_o own_o peculiar_a ensign_n carry_v before_o but_o to_o return_v to_o my_o purpose_n the_o six_o and_o last_o of_o those_o particular_n of_o keting_n preface_n i_o will_v acquaint_v you_o with_o be_v that_o be_v his_o whole_a history_n for_o the_o matter_n be_v only_o of_o the_o ancient_a irish_a nation_n if_o any_o reader_n shall_v perhaps_o apprehend_v his_o relation_n or_o commendation_n or_o praise_n of_o they_o any_o where_o or_o in_o any_o point_n or_o as_o to_o any_o matter_n or_o time_n excessive_a he_o desire_v it_o be_v consider_v that_o the_o author_n be_v no_o irish_a man_n by_o blood_n but_o english_a though_o bear_v in_o ireland_n and_o therefore_o can_v rational_o be_v suppose_v to_o magnify_v the_o old_a irish_a or_o speak_v more_o excellent_a thing_n of_o they_o than_o the_o very_a force_n of_o truth_n and_o duty_n of_o a_o historian_n exact_v from_o he_o beside_o he_o have_v immediate_o before_o in_o the_o same_o place_n declare_v that_o neither_o love_n nor_o hatred_n of_o any_o people_n nor_o hope_v of_o any_o kind_n of_o reward_n on_o earth_n make_v he_o either_o go_v through_o with_o or_o indeed_o at_o first_o undergo_v any_o part_n of_o the_o toil_n of_o so_o laborious_a a_o work_n but_o only_o those_o other_o consideration_n give_v before_o but_o what_o his_o reason_n be_v only_o to_o write_v it_o in_o irish_a i_o can_v tell_v unless_o it_o be_v that_o he_o will_v not_o swerve_v from_o the_o custom_n of_o that_o nation_n while_o they_o be_v a_o free_a people_n before_o the_o english_a conquest_n of_o transmit_v the_o authentic_a record_n or_o public_a act_n and_o monument_n of_o their_o kingdom_n to_o after_o age_n in_o their_o own_o language_n only_o which_o as_o i_o conceive_v be_v the_o true_a reason_n why_o so_o little_a of_o they_o have_v ever_o yet_o be_v know_v elsewhere_o in_o the_o world_n however_o you_o have_v by_o this_o time_n a_o sufficient_a account_n of_o kete_v the_o author_n i_o be_o most_o guide_v by_o in_o the_o whole_a former_a part_n of_o my_o prospect_n or_o which_o be_v the_o same_o thing_n in_o my_o discourse_n of_o the_o state_n of_o ireland_n till_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o english_a conquest_n in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 1172._o i_o have_v almost_o forget_v to_o prevent_v your_o prejudice_n against_o keting_n history_n from_o his_o relate_n about_o the_o begin_n of_o it_o those_o three_o unlikely_a story_n 1._o how_o seth_n the_o son_n of_o adam_n and_o three_o daughter_n of_o cain_n in_o a_o company_n together_o land_v in_o and_o view_v all_o ireland_n over_o 2._o how_o last_o year_n before_o the_o deluge_n three_o fisherman_n of_o south-spain_n by_o name_n laigne_n capa_fw-la and_o luasad_a have_v be_v wind-driven_a thither_o etc._n etc._n 3._o how_o keasar_n the_o daughter_n of_o baioth_n son_n to_o noah_n with_o three_o man_n viz._n fionntuin_n lothra_n and_o her_o say_a father_n and_o fifty_o woman_n to_o save_v themselves_o from_o the_o flood_n which_o from_o noah_n they_o have_v hear_v of_o as_o impend_v after_o they_o have_v first_o by_o her_o advice_n renounce_v the_o god_n of_o noah_n take_v to_o themselves_o a_o idol_n god_n which_o the_o irish_a in_o their_o language_n call_v laimbh_n dhia_n and_o then_o wander_v for_o seven_o year_n by_o sea_n at_o last_o arrive_v in_o ireland_n just_a forty_o day_n before_o the_o flood_n and_o there_o nevertheless_o perish_a by_o it_o and_o indeed_o i_o must_v confess_v that_o kete_n relate_v these_o story_n at_o large_a with_o all_o their_o other_o circumstance_n but_o how_o or_o why_o do_v he_o relate'em_v it_o be_v manifest_a he_o do_v it_o of_o set_a purpose_n to_o explode_v they_o every_o one_o as_o incredible_a and_o mere_a poetical_a
record_n if_o no_o knowledge_n at_o least_o of_o two_o three_o of_o their_o country_n if_o hunt_v collect_v and_o huddle_v together_o the_o vain_a and_o false_a and_o most_o ridiculous_a hear-say_n story_n and_o this_o forsooth_o of_o purpose_n to_o gain_v immortal_a fame_n by_o tell_v stupendous_a thing_n not_o hear_v before_o if_o satyr_n of_o the_o people_n in_o general_n so_o virulent_a and_o frequent_a that_o in_o very_a deed_n the_o publish_n of_o they_o may_v be_v just_o suspect_v to_o have_v be_v at_o least_o a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o author_n chief_a design_n if_o a_o licentious_a humour_n and_o immoderate_a passion_n transport_v he_o to_o the_o strange_a exorbitancy_n either_o of_o praise_n or_o dispraise_n or_o flattery_n or_o injury_n as_o he_o stand_v affect_v in_o write_v even_o of_o his_o own_o party_n and_o his_o own_o king_n for_o company_n among_o they_o if_o his_o acknowledgement_n in_o usher_n and_o the_o censure_n of_o he_o by_o sir_n james_n ware_n in_o a_o word_n if_o so_o many_o excellent_a qualification_n as_o be_v enumerate_v here_o can_v render_v he_o a_o author_n of_o credit_n or_o to_o be_v follow_v or_o believe_v in_o any_o passage_n of_o his_o foresay_a book_n that_o be_v to_o any_o degree_n of_o prejudice_n either_o against_o the_o irish_a nation_n or_o contrary_a to_o their_o chronicle_n or_o vain_a or_o exotic_a in_o itself_o and_o not_o warrant_v by_o better_a authority_n than_o his_o only_a word_n i_o say_v that_o if_o the_o matter_n be_v so_o indeed_o then_o for_o my_o own_o part_n i_o must_v be_v of_o opinion_n that_o no_o author_n at_o all_o how_o idle_a or_o vain_a or_o unwarrantable_a or_o incredible_a or_o false_a or_o injurious_a reproachful_a and_o satirical_a soever_o his_o relation_n of_o any_o people_n or_o country_n be_v be_v to_o be_v reject_v though_o in_o all_o contingency_n it_o must_v be_v also_o confess_v that_o wherever_o cambrensis_fw-la have_v deliver_v any_o thing_n to_o the_o advantage_n renown_n or_o credit_n of_o the_o irish_a nation_n his_o testimony_n be_v doubtless_o above_o all_o exception_n for_o so_o much_o for_o the_o confession_n of_o a_o adversary_n be_v valid_a in_o all_o tribunal_n and_o both_o bodin_n and_o reason_n require_v it_o shall_v be_v so_o in_o history_n thus_o have_v sufficient_o inform_v you_o both_o of_o cambrensis_fw-la and_o the_o true_a original_a ground_n of_o the_o quarrel_n of_o gratianus_n lucius_n to_o he_o i_o return_v to_o the_o finish_v my_o account_n of_o lucius_n himself_o and_o this_o i_o shall_v dispatch_v by_o a_o little_o far_a addition_n first_o of_o those_o more_o special_a consideration_n that_o put_v he_o on_o write_v his_o cambrensis_fw-la eversus_fw-la and_o then_o of_o his_o performance_n therein_o those_o himself_n give_v at_o large_a but_o i_o shall_v contract_v '_o they_o 1._o he_o have_v often_o consider_v that_o although_o soon_o after_o the_o come_n out_o of_o cambrensis_fw-la in_o germany_n from_o the_o press_n two_o learned_a irish_a gentleman_n richard_z white_a a_o jesuit_n and_o philip_n o_o suillevan_n a_o soldier_n to_o undeceive_v the_o world_n and_o right_a their_o injure_a nation_n have_v most_o exact_o and_o convince_o write_v each_o of_o they_o at_o large_a against_o his_o imposture_n yet_o through_o ill_a fortune_n their_o several_a book_n on_o that_o subject_n be_v lose_v and_o no_o body_n since_o have_v put_v pen_n to_o paper_n to_o retrieve_v this_o loss_n 2._o by_o daily_a conversation_n among_o foreigner_n he_o have_v find_v that_o because_o in_o so_o many_o year_n since_o that_o francford_n edition_n of_o cambrensis_fw-la nothing_o appear_v against_o he_o in_o print_n his_o very_a vile_a relation_n of_o ireland_n be_v take_v for_o confess_o true_a 3._o have_v read_v a_o great_a number_n of_o book_n and_o he_o think_v all_o whatsoever_o write_v of_o that_o kingdom_n by_o english_a &_o other_o british_a author_n and_o observe_v how_o as_o many_o of_o they_o at_o least_o as_o come_v out_o since_o the_o change_n of_o religion_n be_v so_o unjust_a to_o the_o irish_a nation_n that_o among_o all_o there_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o any_o one_o individual_a who_o do_v not_o either_o report_n fiction_n or_o conceal_v truth_n or_o exaggerate_v the_o bad_a or_o extenuate_v the_o good_a thing_n of_o that_o people_n he_o consider_v at_o last_o that_o giraldus_n cambrensis_fw-la be_v their_o first_o pattern_n 4._o and_o which_o to_o he_o be_v more_o grievous_a yet_o he_o consider_v that_o ever_o since_o the_o aforesaid_a german_a edition_n there_o be_v not_o a_o book_n write_v nor_o a_o cosmographical_a or_o geographical_a table_n draw_v there_o be_v not_o i_o mean_v a_o map_n or_o a_o card_n as_o they_o be_v call_v describe_v the_o custom_n or_o manner_n of_o nation_n come_v forth_o in_o any_o part_n of_o europe_n which_o be_v not_o replenish_v with_o ugly_a base_a reflection_n on_o the_o irish_a in_o so_o much_o that_o in_o all_o country_n and_o language_n they_o be_v on_o all_o occasion_n become_v a_o fable_n to_o the_o vulgar_a and_o object_n of_o scorn_n to_o other_o these_o be_v the_o consideration_n that_o prevail_v with_o lucius_n to_o exert_v his_o zeal_n for_o truth_n and_o love_n to_o his_o country_n in_o take_v all_o the_o foresay_a book_n of_o cambrensis_fw-la to_o piece_n lay_v open_o the_o most_o material_a of_o his_o error_n and_o calumny_n for_o it_o have_v be_v endless_a to_o pursue_v he_o in_o the_o more_o immaterial_a convince_a he_o every_o where_o and_o therefore_o when_o he_o have_v finish_v his_o work_n publish_v it_o for_o the_o satisfaction_n of_o europe_n in_o latin_a under_o the_o title_n of_o cambrensis_fw-la eversus_fw-la which_o may_v be_v english_v the_o cambrian_a overthrow_v how_o just_o it_o deserve_v this_o name_n other_o may_v judge_n see_v the_o book_n be_v extant_a and_o have_v be_v since_o the_o year_n 1622._o when_v it_o be_v print_v for_o my_o own_o part_n i_o can_v do_v no_o less_o than_o acknowledge_v what_o i_o think_v of_o it_o myself_o which_o be_v that_o the_o author_n show_v himself_o very_o conversant_a in_o those_o letter_n we_o call_v polite_a that_o above_o all_o for_o knowledge_n in_o history_n both_o domestic_a &_o foreign_a sacred_a and_o profane_a he_o appear_v excellent_o well_o qualify_v to_o write_v on_o the_o subject_a he_o undertake_v that_o every_o where_o and_o whatever_o matter_n be_v treat_v he_o be_v very_o exact_a in_o quote_v his_o author_n and_o where_o the_o allegation_n must_v depend_v on_o irish_a book_n or_o writer_n he_o never_o omit_v to_o give_v they_o by_o name_n in_o the_o margin_n among_o which_o be_v the_o annal_n of_o inis_n fail_n the_o common_a annal_n the_o annal_n of_o anonymous_n the_o annal_n of_o tigernacus_n the_o continuer_n of_o tigernacus_n the_o book_n of_o reign_n o_o dwegan_n o_o donel_n colgan_n philip_n o_o suillevan_n peter_n lombard_n archb._n of_o ardmagh_n kete_v primate_n usher_n sir_n james_n ware_n that_o in_o a_o word_n his_o performance_n in_o this_o book_n against_o cambrensis_fw-la be_v accurate_a absolute_a full_a and_o therefore_o not_o unworthy_a the_o dedication_n they_o bear_v prefix_v to_o the_o sacred_a majesty_n of_o charles_n ii_o of_o great_a britain_n our_o gracious_a king_n i_o say_v against_o cambrensis_fw-la because_o i_o do_v abstract_n whole_o from_o his_o occasional_a or_o incidental_a reflection_n any_o where_o on_o the_o state_n of_o ireland_n since_o the_o year_n 1640._o to_o deliver_v my_o thought_n of_o they_o be_v no_o part_n of_o my_o business_n here_o what_o more_o concern_v lucius_n must_v be_v direct_o to_o the_o purpose_n of_o this_o place_n be_v to_o let_v you_o understand_v that_o although_o cambrensis_fw-la eversus_fw-la be_v not_o a_o history_n of_o ireland_n yet_o because_o it_o be_v in_o many_o place_n fraught_v with_o choice_a collection_n out_o of_o the_o irish_a antiquity_n and_o in_o the_o viii_o chapter_n occasional_o give_v together_o with_o a_o catalogue_n of_o all_o the_o monarch_n of_o ireland_n under_o the_o several_a conquest_n even_o from_o slanius_fw-la the_o first_o of_o they_o a_o brief_a account_n of_o their_o reign_n and_o year_n of_o the_o world_n or_o christ_n respective_o when_o each_o king_n begin_v &_o finish_v his_o reign_n therefore_o next_o to_o kete_v i_o have_v make_v the_o great_a use_n of_o he_o in_o the_o former_a part_n though_o not_o where_o before_o page_z 130._o for_o till_o i_o come_v so_o far_o i_o have_v he_o not_o and_o out_o of_o he_o particular_o it_o be_v that_o in_o some_o place_n i_o add_v to_o such_o or_o such_o monarch_n the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n or_o of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n incarnation_n now_o what_o computation_n be_v follow_v by_o he_o in_o give_v the_o former_a year_n i_o mean_v those_o of_o the_o world_n albeit_o he_o do_v not_o himself_o express_o inform_v we_o we_o may_v notwithstanding_o most_o certain_o know_v by_o his_o fix_v
beef_n and_o twelve_o hog_n add_v further_o yet_o as_o part_v of_o this_o heavy_a leinster_n fine_a say_v lucius_n 30_o either_o white_a or_o red_a cow_n with_o their_o calf_n of_o the_o same_o colour_n 30_o brass_n collar_n for_o those_o cow_n to_o keep_v they_o quiet_a in_o their_o stable_n and_o 30_o other_o brazen_a tie_n for_o their_o foot_n also_o to_o keep_v they_o gentle_a at_o their_o milk_n where_o nevertheless_o i_o must_v take_v notice_n that_o lucius_n in_o this_o account_n do_v much_o vary_v from_o kete_v and_o that_o whatever_o may_v be_v think_v of_o all_o other_o particular_n of_o it_o sure_o the_o number_n of_o 15000_o cauldron_n or_o copper_n as_o we_o call_v they_o now_o of_o that_o capacity_n seem_v to_o i_o somewhat_o incredible_a but_o leave_v this_o to_o the_o reader_n indifferency_n what_o be_v more_o proper_a here_o may_v be_v read_v in_o the_o same_o author_n lucius_n where_o he_o tell_v we_o next_o of_o this_o monarch_n port_n and_o magnificence_n in_o housekeep_n which_o though_o very_o great_a indeed_o be_v however_o i_o think_v credible_a enough_o he_o have_v eleven_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o waiter_n that_o serve_v he_o ordinary_o at_o table_n in_o his_o great_a hall_n at_o tarach_n and_o this_o hall_n be_v by_o himself_o build_v of_o purpose_n to_o answer_v in_o its_o capacity_n the_o entertainment_n and_o attendance_n of_o a_o great_a king_n it_o be_v 300_o foot_n long_o 30_o cubit_n high_a and_o 50_o cubit_n broad_a with_o fourteen_o door_n open_v into_o it_o and_o the_o daily_a service_n of_o plate_n the_o flagous_n and_o cup_n of_o gold_n silver_n and_o precious_a stone_n at_o his_o table_n there_o consist_v of_o a_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o piece_n in_o all_o what_o be_v beside_o deliver_v of_o this_o monarch_n be_v that_o which_o among_o the_o true_o wise_a must_v be_v more_o valuable_a than_o any_o worldly_a magnificence_n or_o secular_a glory_n whatsoever_o he_o be_v to_o all_o mankind_n very_o just_a and_o in_o his_o late_a day_n through_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n very_o pious_a also_o &_o religious_a towards_o he_o that_o so_o strange_o powerful_a on_o a_o sudden_a be_v his_o inward_a illumination_n that_o in_o plain_a term_n he_o now_o refuse_v his_o druid_n any_o more_o to_o worship_v their_o idol_n go_n that_o soon_o after_o he_o open_o profess_v he_o will_v no_o more_o worship_v any_o but_o the_o only_a true_a god_n of_o the_o universe_n the_o immortal_a and_o invisible_a king_n of_o age_n as_o the_o great_a apostle_n call_v he_o and_o final_o that_o those_o priest_n of_o the_o devil_n by_o their_o necromantical_a adjuration_n and_o ministry_n of_o damn_a spirit_n raise_v from_o hell_n god_n permit_v it_o wrought_v his_o destruction_n by_o choke_v he_o as_o i_o have_v say_v before_o for_o in_o such_o manner_n and_o for_o such_o a_o cause_n die_v this_o great_a and_o happy_a king_n of_o ireland_n an._n christi_fw-la 266._o but_o whether_o he_o may_v or_o may_v not_o therefore_o be_v rank_v among_o the_o true_a christian_a martyr_n i_o leave_v other_o to_o judge_v and_o the_o same_o question_n may_v peradventure_o be_v rational_o put_v though_o not_o i_o confess_v with_o the_o same_o advantage_n of_o the_o circumstance_n of_o violence_n from_o a_o external_a cause_n concern_v connor_n the_o first_o provincial_a king_n of_o ulster_n make_v by_o the_o monarch_n eochuidh_fw-mi feilioch_n himself_o the_o author_n of_o the_o pentarchy_n about_o 400_o year_n before_o the_o birth_n of_o christ_n this_o connor_n druyd_v or_o magician_n which_o you_o please_v to_o call_v he_o have_v it_o seem_v the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n as_o you_o see_v in_o the_o book_n of_o judge_n that_o baldam_n though_o otherwise_o a_o heathen_a wicked_a idolater_n have_v the_o like_a on_o a_o day_n speak_v his_o rapture_n to_o connor_n and_o among_o other_o thing_n deliver_v much_o of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n that_o be_v to_o come_v down_o from_o heaven_n to_o save_v mankind_n and_o be_v nevertheless_o to_o suffer_v the_o most_o cruel_a death_n of_o the_o cross_n from_o his_o own_o belove_a countryman_n the_o jew_n who_o he_o come_v to_o save_v before_o any_o other_o connor_n say_v kete_v on_o the_o hear_n of_o all_o become_v so_o affect_v first_o with_o the_o stupendous_a mercy_n of_o god_n to_o sinner_n and_o then_o present_o so_o transport_v against_o the_o ungrateful_a jew_n that_o be_v in_o a_o great_a wood_n at_o the_o time_n of_o this_o discourse_n he_o draw_v his_o sword_n fall_v a_o slash_a and_o cut_v the_o tree_n about_o he_o on_o every_o side_n with_o the_o great_a fury_n can_v be_v imagine_v he_o have_v before_o he_o still_o those_o cruel_a man_n that_o put_v our_o saviour_n to_o death_n and_o continue_v so_o long_o in_o this_o passionate_a action_n of_o transport_n till_o by_o over-heating_a himself_o and_o the_o open_n thereby_o of_o some_o old_a wound_n he_o have_v in_o his_o shall_v he_o die_v what_o the_o reader_n may_v answer_v to_o the_o foresay_a quere_z in_o relation_n to_o either_o of_o these_o two_o king_n i_o know_v not_o but_o think_v nevertheless_o what_o st._n john_n chrysostom_n will_v have_v answer_v it_o very_o consequent_o at_o least_o in_o reference_n to_o the_o former_a have_v the_o case_n be_v debate_v by_o he_o when_o he_o write_v his_o three_o book_n de_fw-fr providentia_fw-la dei_fw-la to_o stargirius_n a_o holy_a monk_n that_o notwithstanding_o his_o holiness_n be_v through_o the_o permission_n of_o god_n either_o possess_v or_o obsess_v or_o both_o by_o the_o power_n of_o the_o devil_n it_o be_v also_o in_o the_o time_n of_o ireland_n paganism_n that_o niall_a the_o great_a surname_v naoighiollach_n in_o latin_a novi-obses_a in_o english_a niall_n of_o the_o nine_o hostage_n because_o say_v colgan_n in_o his_o trias_n taumatorge_n from_o ulster_n connaght_n monster_n leinster_n the_o briton_n pict_n dal-rheudans_a and_o morini_n a_o people_n of_o france_n in_o all_o nine_o nation_n he_o have_v hostage_n do_v reign_v the_o cxx_o or_o cxix_o monarch_n of_o the_o irish_a of_o who_o great_a cruelty_n in_o his_o judgement_n give_v against_o eochuidh_n king_n of_o leinster_n because_o i_o have_v so_o particular_o speak_v before_o i_o will_v not_o conceal_v now_o what_o i_o have_v since_o observe_v in_o gratianus_n lucius_n of_o the_o extraordinary_a favour_n of_o god_n unto_o he_o for_o such_o we_o must_v undoubted_o acknowledge_v it_o to_o have_v be_v see_v it_o be_v no_o less_o than_o a_o heavenly_a illustration_n of_o his_o mind_n with_o the_o beam_n of_o christianity_n to_o that_o degree_n as_o turn_v he_o whole_o to_o a_o new_a man_n of_o perfect_a holiness_n nor_o yet_o less_o than_o that_o above_o a_o hundred_o year_n after_o his_o death_n his_o body_n on_o the_o open_n of_o his_o shrine_n or_o tomb_n which_o i_o take_v to_o have_v be_v on_o cruach_n phadruig_n in_o connaght_n whither_o the_o army_n bring_v his_o body_n from_o france_n be_v find_v entire_a without_o any_o corruption_n nay_o nor_o a_o jot_n less_o than_o that_o a_o christian_a bishop_n namely_o st._n cernachus_n infect_v with_o the_o leprosy_n be_v perfect_o cure_v by_o visit_v and_o lie_v down_o in_o that_o very_a shrine_n of_o this_o great_a niall_n naoighiallach_n so_o write_v gratianus_n lucius_n quote_v for_o his_o author_n colgan_n and_o so_o i_o have_v do_v with_o those_o few_o of_o the_o king_n of_o ireland_n in_o the_o time_n of_o paganism_n that_o beside_o many_o more_o of_o that_o very_a time_n and_o their_o catalogue_n have_v be_v for_o several_a great_a excellency_n other_o than_o those_o of_o warlike_a bravery_n or_o success_n renown_v in_o that_o nation_n 34._o but_o after_o christianity_n have_v be_v among_o the_o people_n of_o ireland_n universal_o preach_v and_o establish_v yea_o and_o all_o along_o from_o time_n to_o time_n in_o the_o succeed_a age_n not_o even_o those_o very_a age_n follow_v the_o horrible_a desolation_n by_o the_o danish_a war_n except_v they_o have_v questionless_a notwithstanding_o all_o their_o intestine_a feud_n many_o more_o both_o monarch_n provincial_a king_n and_o other_o lesser_a king_n too_o famous_a in_o their_o generation_n as_o well_o for_o other_o great_a virtue_n especial_o those_o peculiar_a to_o religion_n as_o for_o those_o of_o martial_a fortitude_n and_o valour_n yet_o because_o i_o perceive_v this_o little_a book_n to_o swell_v insensible_o beyond_o my_o design_n i_o pass_v over_o much_o of_o that_o which_o otherwise_o i_o will_v have_v willing_o mention_v in_o this_o place_n and_o therefore_o what_o i_o can_v brief_o on_o the_o present_a subject_n observe_v be_v first_o in_o general_n the_o wonderful_a devotion_n zeal_n religious_a liberality_n of_o the_o first_o christian_n monarch_n provincial_a king_n and_o other_o great_a lord_n of_o ireland_n who_o upon_o their_o first_o conversion_n not_o only_o part_v so_o ready_o with_o the_o whole_a ten_o of_o their_o estate_n real_a
that_o upon_o this_o success_n at_o least_o not_o long_o after_o it_o the_o pict_n look_v big_a grow_v unruly_a and_o even_o aspire_v to_o the_o command_n of_o that_o whole_a province_n of_o leinster_n but_o the_o monarch_n herimon_n make_v acquaint_v with_o it_o draw_v together_o a_o great_a power_n than_o they_o dare_v fight_v they_o be_v compel_v to_o accept_v of_o his_o term_n and_o hie_v they_o away_o out_o of_o hand_n with_o his_o direction_n and_o assistance_n for_o the_o northern_a part_n of_o great_a britain_n 6._o that_o nevertheless_o before_o their_o departure_n they_o obtain_v of_o herimon_n three_o irish_a lady_n by_o name_n beanbhreasi_n beanbhuais_n and_o beanbhuaisdhne_n who_o have_v be_v the_o widow_n of_o three_o of_o herimons_n commander_n and_o take_v these_o name_n from_o they_o kill_v in_o the_o late_a war_n with_o tuath-de-danann_a and_o these_o be_v all_o the_o woman_n they_o can_v obtain_v at_o least_o then_o though_o upon_o that_o very_a condition_n tell_v we_o by_o bede_n the_o first_o of_o they_o marry_v to_o cathluan_a the_o chief_a commander_n now_o of_o the_o pict_n for_o it_o seem_v his_o father_n gud_n be_v before_o this_o time_n depart_v the_o world_n the_o other_o two_o marry_v to_o two_o more_o of_o their_o noble_n nor_o can_v any_o of_o they_o obtain_v leave_n to_o stay_v in_o ireland_n but_o only_o six_o viz._n trosdan_n the_o foresay_a magician_n soilean_n vlpre_n neachtan_n nar_n aongus_n and_o leatan_n who_o have_v possession_n give_v they_o for_o ever_o by_o herimon_n in_o the_o country_n of_o breagh_n mhoigh_n now_o call_v by_o we_o east_n and_o west_n meath_z 6._o that_o the_o foresay_a cathluan_n be_v the_o first_o king_n of_o the_o pict_n in_o cruithin-tuath_a or_o tuath_v chruinigh_o for_o by_o both_o these_o compound_n name_v indifferent_o the_o irish_a book_n call_v that_o country_n in_o the_o north_n of_o britain_n which_o the_o pict_n erect_v to_o a_o kingdom_n and_o call_v it_o so_o proper_o enough_o as_o import_v in_o english_a the_o lordship_n lordship_n or_o dominion_n of_o the_o pict_n the_o simple_a word_n tuath_v signify_v in_o irish_a a_o lordship_n and_o cruinigh_o the_o pict_n themselves_o 7._o that_o after_o he_o in_o a_o succession_n reign_v in_o the_o same_o country_n at_o least_o in_o some_o part_n of_o it_o and_o of_o the_o same_o pictish_a nation_n threescore_o and_o ten_o king_n more_o to_o constantine_n the_o last_o of_o '_o they_o and_o these_o be_v the_o head_n of_o those_o particular_n that_o concern_v they_o in_o the_o psalter_n of_o cashel_n write_v by_o the_o holy_a cormock_n o_o cuilenain_n arch_n bishop_n and_o king_n of_o monster_n eight_o hundred_o year_n since_o and_o by_o consequence_n write_v either_o immediate_o before_o or_o immediate_o after_o i_o be_o sure_a much_o about_o the_o time_n of_o their_o last_o fatal_a overthrow_n by_o his_o country_n man_n the_o irish_a and_o their_o issue_n in_o scotland_n we_o need_v no_o long_o question_v either_o the_o time_n of_o that_o pictish_a nation_n be_v first_o appearance_n or_o the_o country_n they_o come_v from_o to_o the_o western_a part_n of_o europe_n as_o neither_o indeed_o whence_o they_o derive_v the_o custom_n of_o paint_v themselves_o they_o may_v have_v learn_v this_o from_o the_o agathyrsi_n in_o thracia_n if_o themselves_o have_v it_o not_o before_o yea_o they_o may_v be_v the_o first_o that_o use_v it_o in_o great_a britain_n and_o the_o briton_n may_v have_v only_o have_v it_o from_o they_o for_o any_o thing_n say_v to_o the_o contrary_n and_o they_o come_v as_o early_o to_o ireland_n and_o scotland_n both_o as_o the_o reign_n of_o herinton_n the_o first_o milesian_n monarch_n of_o ireland_n after_o he_o have_v kill_v his_o elder_a brother_n heber_n to_o who_o he_o be_v but_o join_v in_o sovereignty_n while_o heber_n live_v nay_o we_o need_v not_o question_v how_o long_o this_o pictish_a kingdom_n last_v for_o see_v it_o begin_v at_o least_o as_o early_o as_o herimon_n death_n i_o mean_v by_o this_o account_n in_o the_o psalter_n of_o cashel_n and_o that_o by_o primate_n usher_v account_n it_o continue_v to_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 840._o then_o we_o must_v conclude_v that_o according_a to_o gratianus_n lucius_n computation_n of_o the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n and_o year_n also_o of_o all_o the_o several_a irish_a monarch_n reign_v the_o pictish_a kingdom_n last_v 2623_o year_n in_o all_o for_o this_o author_n fix_v the_o death_n of_o herimon_n in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n 3516._o and_o the_o birth_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o year_n 5199._o as_o eusebius_n caesariensis_n one_o of_o the_o father_n of_o the_o first_o general_n council_n of_o nice_a do_v long_o before_o he_o what_o more_o i_o have_v to_o say_v in_o reference_n to_o the_o pict_n their_o kingdom_n or_o king_n be_v that_o as_o i_o be_v write_v this_o reflection_n mr._n langhorn_n introduction_n to_o the_o history_n of_o england_n be_v bring_v i_o by_o chance_n and_o look_v it_o over_o i_o observe_v that_o although_o the_o ingenious_a author_n give_v no_o more_o light_n therein_o concern_v the_o country_n whence_o those_o pict_n come_v first_o to_o ireland_n and_o thence_o to_o scotland_n nor_o of_o their_o leader_n name_n nor_o of_o the_o time_n of_o their_o arrival_n among_o we_o than_o other_o late_a writer_n especial_o campion_n and_o hanmer_n do_v before_o he_o who_o call_v that_o leader_n king_n roderick_n and_o say_v this_o roderick_n come_v to_o ireland_n from_o scandia_n alias_o scandinavia_n which_o go_v under_o the_o name_n of_o scythia_n germanica_n or_o the_o german_a scythia_n yet_o he_o give_v therein_o page_n 197_o a_o catalogue_n of_o the_o british_a king_n and_o year_n of_o their_o several_a reign_n partly_o out_o of_o john_n fordon'_v m._n s._n scoto-chronicon_a and_o partly_o out_o of_o hector_n boethius_n who_o add_v to_o the_o 76_o king_n in_o fordon_n five_o more_o so_o that_o both_o number_n put_v together_o make_v just_o the_o very_a same_o number_n of_o pictish_a king_n which_o the_o psalter_n of_o cashel_n have_v though_o i_o must_v confess_v there_o be_v no_o other_o agreement_n in_o any_o point_n between_o that_o psalter_n &_o these_o author_n either_o as_o to_o the_o name_n of_o those_o king_n or_o year_n of_o their_o reign_n or_o total_a sum_n of_o these_o year_n neither_o be_v there_o in_o that_o whole_a catalogue_n any_o roderick_n either_o as_o first_o or_o last_o or_o any_o at_o all_o of_o they_o nor_o any_o thing_n near_o his_o name_n the_o very_a same_o you_o may_v assure_v yourself_o of_o cathluan_a who_o nevertheless_o you_o have_v see_v before_o out_o of_o the_o psalter_n of_o cashel_n to_o have_v be_v the_o first_o pictish_n king_n as_o for_o the_o total_a sum_n of_o the_o year_n of_o their_o reign_n which_o by_o cast_v it_o up_o out_o of_o the_o several_a reign_v every_o body_n may_v see_v be_v 1165._o it_o plain_o come_v short_a by_o 1452_o year_n of_o the_o former_a account_n derivable_a from_o the_o psalter_n of_o cashel_n and_o usher_n &_o lucius_n beside_o it_o necessary_o must_v suppose_v the_o pictish_a kingdom_n begin_v in_o scotland_n even_o four_o hundred_o year_n full_a before_o any_o pict_n land_v in_o scotland_n or_o come_v from_o scandinavia_n to_o scotland_n or_o ireland_n which_o do_v not_o stand_v with_o the_o time_n of_o their_o come_n set_v down_o by_o our_o new_a historian_n and_o last_o of_o all_o by_o langhorn_n himself_o as_o for_o the_o name_n express_v in_o that_o catalogue_n all_o i_o can_v say_v be_v that_o if_o we_o give_v credit_n to_o nennius_n a_o british_a author_n that_o live_v as_o himself_o write_v a_o christi_fw-la 830._o under_o anaraugh_n king_n of_o anglesey_n and_o guinech_n if_o beside_o we_o suppose_v his_o book_n right_o translate_v into_o irish_a in_o o_o duvegans_fw-la miscellany_n and_o if_o withal_o we_o believe_v that_o gratianus_n lucius_n quote_v both_o will_v not_o impose_v upon_o we_o nor_o i_o on_o you_o or_o myself_o what_o follow_v must_v be_v that_o we_o give_v no_o kind_n of_o credit_n to_o the_o foresay_a catalogue_n draw_v out_o of_o fordon_n and_o boethius_n not_o even_o i_o mean_v as_o to_o those_o name_n of_o the_o pictish_a king_n contain_v therein_o for_o the_o same_o gratianus_n lucius_n after_o let_v we_o know_v in_o his_o cambr._n evers_n page_n 93._o that_o himself_n have_v a_o copy_n of_o those_o miscellany_n and_o among_o they_o the_o catalogue_n of_o all_o the_o pictish_a king_n write_v by_o the_o say_v nennius_n then_o present_o though_o upon_o another_o occasion_n name_n five_o and_o forty_o of_o they_o and_o i_o be_o sure_a that_o of_o this_o very_a number_n though_o only_o a_o part_n of_o nennius_n catalogue_n there_o be_v at_o least_o six_o and_o twenty_o name_n that_o have_v no_o affinity_n with_o no_o resemblance_n at_o all_o nor_o imitation_n of_o any_o in_o the_o whole_a bed
of_o boethius_n and_o fordon_n as_o i_o find_v this_o give_v by_o langhorn_n so_o much_o of_o the_o pict_n and_o therefore_o now_o to_o my_o eight_o note_n which_o as_o it_o refer_v to_o several_a place_n of_o this_o book_n particular_o to_o page_n 5._o and_o all_o other_o page_n indeed_o where_o i_o suppose_v the_o milesian_n either_o to_o have_v possess_v themselves_o of_o ireland_n as_o early_o as_o the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n 2736._o or_o not_o to_o have_v continue_v long_o a_o free_a people_n under_o their_o own_o law_n and_o king_n then_o about_o 2500_o year_n so_o it_o be_v mere_o occasion_v by_o what_o i_o say_v but_o now_o in_o my_o seven_o note_n concern_v the_o extent_n of_o time_n which_o the_o pictish_a king_n must_v have_v last_v according_a to_o the_o chronology_n of_o lucius_n and_o usher_n in_o short_a i_o must_v on_o this_o occasion_n tell_v you_o here_o that_o as_o to_o the_o milesian_n kingdom_n be_v answerable_a extent_n of_o time_n kete_v and_o lucius_n agree_v save_o only_o that_o kete_v as_o himself_o profess_v in_o his_o preface_n follow_v that_o computation_n of_o the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n which_o allow_v only_o 4052_o year_n from_o the_o creation_n to_o the_o incarnation_n and_o consequent_o in_o this_o come_v short_a 1138_o year_n of_o the_o computation_n of_o eusebius_n will_v needs_o reform_v the_o irish_a regnal_n for_o so_o they_o call_v the_o book_n of_o their_o reign_n by_o shorten_v the_o reign_n of_o several_a of_o their_o monarch_n by_o so_o many_o year_n in_o all_o as_o amount_v to_o above_o four_o hundred_o that_o be_v 491_o year_n and_o this_o of_o purpose_n to_o make_v the_o whole_a extent_n of_o time_n and_o the_o several_a period_n from_o the_o first_o plantation_n of_o ireland_n by_o partholan_n to_o the_o reign_n of_o ruaruidh_n o_o conchabhar_n the_o last_o irish_a monarch_n of_o the_o milesian_n race_n agree_v the_o better_a with_o his_o own_o foresay_a computation_n of_o the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n and_o lucius_n on_o the_o other_o side_n as_o he_o follow_v eusebius_n computation_n of_o the_o same_o year_n of_o the_o world_n which_o be_v that_o common_o follow_v by_o both_o greek_n and_o latin_n say_v sixtus_n senensis_n genealogia_fw-la senensis_n biblioth_n s._n l._n 2._o page_n 46._o verb._n adae_fw-la genealogia_fw-la so_o he_o hold_v stiff_o and_o thorough_o to_o the_o irish_a regnal_n as_o to_o the_o year_n of_o each_o milesian_n monarch_n reign_n and_o therefore_o the_o difference_n betwixt_o these_o two_o writer_n in_o relation_n to_o ireland_n or_o to_o any_o period_n or_o extent_n of_o the_o period_n of_o time_n since_o its_o first_o plantation_n be_v only_o that_o of_o near_o five_o hundred_o year_n during_o the_o milesian_n monarchy_n in_o all_o other_o point_n concern_v this_o matter_n they_o both_o agree_v as_o for_o example_n that_o ireland_n be_v first_o plant_v by_o partholan_n about_o three_o hundred_o year_n after_o the_o deluge_n that_o his_o posterity_n continue_v there_o three_o hundred_o year_n and_o the_o next_o invader_n clanna_n neimheadh_n 217_o more_o and_o after_o they_o the_o nation_n call_v fir-bholg_a thirty_o six_o and_o after_o these_o another_o nation_n by_o name_n tuath-de-danann_a for_o 197_o year_n and_o then_o immediate_o the_o milesian_n come_v in_o continue_v since_o to_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 1172._o so_o that_o kete_v and_o lucius_n be_v thorough_o agree_v in_o all_o these_o point_n their_o difference_n about_o the_o whole_a extent_n of_o their_o several_a period_n mention_v before_o can_v be_v no_o other_o than_o that_o of_o keting_n voluntary_a cut_v off_o from_o the_o milesian_n reign_v about_o five_o hundred_o year_n or_o rather_o indeed_o especial_o if_o we_o consider_v how_o kete_v himself_o confess_v he_o do_v so_o and_o for_o what_o end_n he_o do_v it_o even_o contrary_a to_o the_o irish_a regnall_n we_o may_v conclude_v there_o be_v no_o difference_n at_o all_o as_o to_o the_o undoubted_a extent_n of_o all_o those_o several_a period_n of_o time_n though_o kete_v place_n the_o milesian_n epocha_n in_o his_o year_n of_o the_o world_n 2736._o and_o lucius_n the_o very_a same_o epocha_n in_o his_o year_n of_o the_o world_n 3500._o for_o albeit_o this_o diversity_n of_o place_v it_o argue_v 1172._o year_n difference_n between_o they_o in_o state_v the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n and_o that_o kete_v choose_v rather_o to_o follow_v the_o far_o more_o likely_a computation_n of_o augustinus_n torniellius_n in_o his_o annal_n sacri_fw-la &_o profani_fw-la 4052._o profani_fw-la torniel_n sext._n m._n aetat_fw-la ad_fw-la a_o 4052._o ab_fw-la orb_n condito_fw-la ad_fw-la eundem_fw-la christi_fw-la passione_n redemptum_fw-la come_v out_o a_o little_a before_o keting_n time_n though_o he_o make_v no_o mention_n of_o they_o or_o he_o than_o be_v lead_v by_o that_o of_o eusebius_n who_o be_v himself_o most_o probable_o mislead_v by_o the_o grand_a error_n of_o the_o septuagint_n version_n genealogia_fw-la version_n see_v sixtus_n senen_n biblioth_n s_o â—_o 2._o page_n 45._o but_o more_o at_o large_a l._n 5._o page_n 440._o where_o he_o show_v that_o the_o computation_n of_o eusebius_n as_o to_o the_o year_n only_o from_o the_o creation_n to_o the_o birth_n of_o abraham_n exceed_v the_o hebrew_n true_a computation_n in_o one_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o thirty_o six_o year_n nay_o in_o the_o former_a place_n he_o show_v that_o whereas_o from_o the_o creaation_n to_o the_o flood_n moses_n count_v only_o 1656_o year_n the_o septuagint_n interpr_fw-la exceed_v he_o in_o 786_o year_n so_o that_o by_o their_o supputation_n to_o the_o flood_n only_o the_o number_n of_o year_n be_v 2242._o from_o which_o diversity_n the_o great_a contention_n arise_v betwixt_o the_o hebrew_n and_o the_o greek_n in_o compute_v the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n so_o say_v he_o l._n 2._o pag._n 45._o verb._n adae_fw-la genealogia_fw-la yet_o no_o difference_n at_o all_o as_o to_o state_v strict_o the_o extent_n of_o time_n or_o number_n of_o year_n which_o the_o milesian_n or_o other_o former_a conquest_n or_o plantation_n of_o ireland_n have_v continue_v can_v be_v deduce_v thence_o only_o it_o argue_v that_o either_o the_o one_o or_o other_o be_v mistake_v in_o the_o number_n of_o the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n or_o in_o fix_v '_o they_o which_o be_v enough_o to_o be_v say_v on_o this_o subject_a occasional_o and_o therefore_o i_o will_v only_o add_v here_o what_o as_o occasional_o come_v now_o to_o mind_n that_o whether_o in_o my_o title-page_n by_o the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n 2736_o you_o understand_v the_o year_n account_v such_o according_a to_o the_o computation_n of_o torniellius_n and_o kete_v or_o the_o other_o account_v such_o by_o eusebius_n and_o lucius_n i_o be_o neither_o way_n myself_o nor_o any_o thing_n in_o this_o book_n concern_v though_o otherwise_o i_o will_v as_o to_o this_o point_n much_o rather_o hold_v with_o those_o than_o these_o retain_v nevertheless_o all_o due_a veneration_n to_o the_o name_n of_o eusebius_n as_o who_o have_v be_v not_o only_o one_o of_o the_o three_o hundred_o and_o eighteen_o nicene_n father_n and_o bishop_n of_o caesarea_n in_o palestin_n but_o worthy_a as_o constantine_n the_o great_a say_v of_o he_o to_o be_v bishop_n of_o the_o whole_a earth_n the_o nine_o and_o last_o additional_a note_n have_v no_o reference_n that_o i_o can_v remember_v to_o any_o thing_n say_v before_o in_o any_o of_o my_o page_n however_o i_o give_v it_o because_o i_o see_v gratianus_n lucius_n think_v it_o not_o unconduce_v to_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o ancient_a irish_a for_o it_o be_v in_o short_a that_o the_o warlike_a nation_n of_o the_o heruli_n who_o inhabit_v some_o northern_a island_n and_o other_o tract_n near_o germany_n a_o nation_n too_o well_o sometime_o know_v to_o the_o roman_a province_n harass_v by_o they_o do_v glory_n in_o their_o two_o king_n dathen_a and_o aordon_n as_o descend_v from_o the_o irish_a and_o that_o suria_n bear_v of_o a_o irish_a lady_n descend_v from_o the_o king_n of_o ireland_n have_v the_o supreain_a power_n of_o biscay_n a_o 870_o as_o absolute_a princess_n thereof_o which_o she_o transmit_v to_o a_o long_a succession_n of_o descendant_n from_o she_o whereof_o you_o may_v see_v gratianus_n lucius_n page_n 299._o where_o he_o quote_v wolfgangus_n lassin_n de_fw-fr migrat_fw-la gent._n l._n 13._o and_o so_o reader_n you_o have_v at_o last_o a_o end_n of_o all_o my_o additional_a note_n and_o consequent_o of_o all_o whatever_o i_o think_v necessary_a to_o say_v according_a to_o the_o design_n and_o method_n of_o this_o little_a tract_n of_o the_o ancient_a irish_a as_o they_o be_v a_o free_a nation_n about_o 2500_o year_n under_o their_o own_o law_n and_o government_n for_o indeed_o my_o design_n hitherto_o as_o you_o may_v easy_o perceive_v be_v either_o only_a or_o at_o least_o chief_o to_o represent_v they_o as_o they_o appear_v
in_o the_o world_n before_o the_o loss_n of_o their_o freedom_n or_o their_o subjection_n to_o a_o foreign_a power_n nor_o have_v i_o any_o far_a if_o it_o be_v a_o far_o end_n in_o the_o matter_n then_o that_o of_o your_o understanding_n thorough_o at_o least_o sufficient_o who_o or_o what_o kind_n of_o people_n be_v the_o former_a of_o those_o two_o nation_n who_o posterity_n i_o have_v before_o i._o e._n in_o the_o very_a beginning_n of_o the_o first_o section_n page_n 5._o observe_v like_o the_o twin_n of_o rebecca_n contend_v these_o last_o five_o hundred_o year_n in_o the_o bowel_n of_o ireland_n but_o who_o the_o late_a nation_n be_v and_o how_o and_o by_o what_o degree_n and_o mean_n they_o not_o only_o for_o many_o age_n get_v the_o better_a of_o the_o former_a but_o subdue_v they_o utter_o at_o last_o in_o the_o memory_n of_o our_o father_n and_o what_o beside_o happen_v in_o our_o own_o day_n to_o the_o issue_n as_o well_o of_o these_o conqueror_n as_o of_o those_o conquer_v by_o they_o in_o that_o country_n will_v be_v the_o subject_n of_o the_o second_o part._n finis_fw-la addition_n 1._o after_o the_o four_o observation_n on_o the_o catalogue_n of_o king_n add_v what_o follow_v here_o viz._n that_o although_o it_o be_v no_o part_n of_o my_o business_n in_o this_o place_n to_o speak_v in_o particular_a of_o any_o of_o those_o king_n other_o than_o what_o i_o have_v already_o of_o a_o few_o of_o they_o and_o that_o only_a for_o thy_o better_a understanding_n the_o say_a catalogue_n yet_o because_o i_o consider_v that_o peradventure_o the_o relation_n of_o siorna_n saoghallach's_a see_v the_o catalogue_n numb_a 27._o long_a extent_n of_o life_n and_o beign_n be_v the_o only_a extraordinary_a of_o all_o whatsoever_o deliver_v anywhere_o in_o the_o whole_a irish_a history_n concern_v any_o of_o so_o great_a a_o number_n of_o monarch_n or_o king_n and_o sovereign_a prince_n of_o ireland_n some_o reader_n will_v boggle_v at_o or_o scruple_n the_o truth_n thereof_o by_o object_v how_o it_o seem_v at_o least_o improbable_a that_o he_o shall_v be_v a_o hundred_o year_n old_a when_o he_o come_v to_o be_v monarch_n or_o shall_v reign_v a_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o year_n after_o or_o shall_v be_v in_o all_o two_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o year_n of_o age_n when_o he_o be_v kill_v by_o roitheachtsigh_n alias_o roithsigh_n mhac_fw-la roain_a therefore_o to_o show_v that_o this_o relation_n of_o he_o be_v not_o improbable_a i_o give_v here_o those_o argument_n that_o convince_v myself_o and_o to_o say_v nothing_o of_o his_o surname_n saoghalach_n which_o attribute_v to_o he_o alone_o among_o all_o other_o irish_a king_n whereof_o notwithstanding_o some_o have_v reign_v 60._o other_o 70_o year_n must_v import_v he_o to_o have_v be_v of_o extraordinary_a long_a life_n and_o even_o a_o man_n of_o age_n what_o convince_v i_o be_v 1._o that_o not_o only_o the_o irish_a book_n of_o reign_n beside_o many_o other_o ancient_a monument_n and_o historian_n of_o that_o nation_n who_o speak_v of_o this_o subject_a and_o after_o they_o gratianus_n lucius_n in_o our_o own_o time_n have_v deliver_v it_o so_o but_o kete_v himself_o though_o he_o be_v the_o chief_a of_o all_o the_o historian_n of_o late_a day_n that_o to_o reduce_v the_o irish_a chronology_n to_o a_o agreement_n with_o his_o own_o computation_n of_o the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n will_v consequent_o needs_o reduce_v those_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o year_n of_o siorna_n reign_n to_o 21._o confess_v they_o do_v so_o 2._o that_o very_o good_a historian_n both_o ancient_a and_o modern_a of_o other_o country_n tell_v we_o how_o in_o late_a time_n than_o siorna_n saoghallach_n reign_n there_o have_v be_v many_o that_o live_v as_o long_o and_o some_o long_o than_o he_o and_o yet_o i_o will_v lay_v no_o stress_n on_o xenophon_n writing_n that_o a_o certain_a maritime_a king_n live_v 800._o and_o his_o son_n 600_o year_n nor_o on_o ravisius_n give_v the_o very_a same_o or_o at_o least_o the_o like_a relation_n of_o one_o impetris_fw-la king_n of_o the_o plutinian_a islander_n and_o his_o son_n nor_o on_o pliny_n record_v the_o five_o hundred_o year_n life_n of_o dondonius_n a_o sclavonian_a nor_o on_o homer_n or_o his_o follower_n speak_v nestor_n age_n to_o have_v be_v 300_o year_n neither_o on_o hellanicus_n a_o most_o ancient_a writer_n say_v that_o in_o the_o province_n of_o aetholia_n some_o live_v 200._o other_o 300_o year_n nor_o on_o onesicritus_n neither_o though_o attest_v the_o same_o age_n of_o two_o and_o three_o hundred_o year_n even_o as_o very_o ordinary_a in_o the_o island_n of_o pandora_n all_o these_o i_o pass_v over_o because_o i_o be_o not_o certain_a of_o the_o age_n of_o the_o world_n they_o live_v in_o that_o be_v whether_o it_o be_v not_o of_o early_a date_n than_o siorna_n saoghalach_n reign_n who_o be_v kill_v an._n m._n 4â—_n 69._o according_a to_o lucius_n my_o instance_n be_v in_o servatius_n bishop_n of_o tongre_n and_o joannes_n de_fw-fr temporibus_fw-la and_o xequipir_n a_o ethiopian_a and_o the_o nameless_a indian_a live_v in_o the_o same_o time_n and_o kingdom_n of_o bengala_n with_o xequipir_n the_o first_o of_o these_o four_o die_v in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 403._o after_o he_o have_v live_v 300_o year_n as_o sigebert_n in_o his_o chronicle_n and_o other_o write_v the_o second_o take_v his_o denomination_n or_o surname_n de_fw-fr temporibus_fw-la from_o those_o 336_o year_n he_o have_v live_v under_o many_o emperor_n whereof_o one_o be_v charles_n the_o great_a of_o who_o lifeguard_n he_o have_v sometime_o be_v and_o another_o be_v conrade_n iii_o in_o who_o reign_n he_o die_v in_o france_n an._n d._n 1139._o as_o not_o only_a petrus_n messiah_n in_o the_o say_v conrad_n life_n but_o the_o author_n of_o fasciculus_fw-la temporum_fw-la and_o many_o more_o writer_n affirm_v the_o three_o i_o mean_v xequipir_n be_v yet_o alive_a so_o near_o our_o own_o time_n as_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 1536._o after_o have_v live_v till_o then_o 300_o year_n for_o so_o hernandus_fw-la lopez_n à _fw-fr castagneda_n â—_o 8_o chronici_fw-la have_v write_v of_o he_o the_o last_o or_o the_o nameless_a indian_a have_v in_o the_o foresay_a year_n of_o christ_n 1536_o come_v to_o the_o year_n of_o his_o own_o age_n 335._o say_v joannes_n petrus_n maffeiusâ—_n â—_z xi_o histor_n indic_n and_o before_o he_o the_o above_o lopez_n both_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o tell_v we_o many_o more_o particular_n of_o xequipir_n and_o lopez_n some_o of_o this_o anonymous_n indian_n but_o neither_o be_v able_a to_o recount_v or_o give_v we_o any_o light_n to_o see_v how_o many_o year_n more_o either_o of_o they_o live_v nor_o when_o they_o die_v of_o all_o which_o you_o may_v read_v more_o at_o large_a in_o augustinus_n torniellius_n annales_n sacri_fw-la etc._n etc._n add_v a_o m._n 1556._o n._n 4._o &_o 5._o and_o so_o i_o have_v give_v the_o two_o argument_n which_o convince_v myself_o that_o from_o the_o relation_n of_o siorna_n saoghalach_n life_n of_o 250_o year_n etc._n etc._n nothing_o can_v be_v derive_v to_o make_v any_o reader_n at_o all_o scruple_n the_o truth_n of_o the_o irish_a history_n of_o that_o kingdom_n monarch_n or_o king_n nor_o by_o consequence_n any_o thing_n against_o the_o catalogue_n of_o they_o which_o you_o have_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o book_n or_o the_o long_a extent_n of_o time_n which_o in_o all_o they_o reign_v according_a to_o the_o title_n of_o that_o catalogue_n 2._o after_o the_o last_o inference_n from_o the_o same_o catalogue_n add_v this_o here_o as_o a_o other_o viz._n that_o notwithstanding_o any_o thing_n say_v hitherto_o as_o it_o be_v confess_v that_o the_o former_a sixteen_o of_o those_o 23_o of_o the_o english_a or_o four_o and_o last_o conquest_n of_o ireland_n never_o assume_v the_o style_n or_o title_n of_o king_n of_o ireland_n for_o henry_n viii_o be_v the_o first_o of_o this_o conquest_n that_o assume_v it_o although_o nevertheless_o all_o the_o same_o former_a sixteen_o king_n of_o england_n be_v sovereign_a lord_n of_o ireland_n too_o at_o least_o by_o title_n every_o one_o in_o his_o turn_n since_o the_o 17_o year_n of_o henry_n the_o ii_n reign_n over_o england_n so_o it_o must_v be_v confess_v that_o proper_o speak_v none_o of_o those_o irish_a king_n who_o rule_v in_o association_n with_o any_o other_o can_v be_v call_v monarch_n while_o their_o association_n last_v and_o we_o see_v by_o this_o catalogue_n that_o such_o be_v in_o all_o at_o least_o for_o some_o time_n 29_o among_o those_o of_o the_o former_a three_o conquest_n whereof_o one_o and_o twenty_o be_v milesian_n which_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o cambrensis_fw-la where_o he_o tell_v we_o of_o 181_o monarch_n of_o the_o milesian_n must_v be_v correct_v as_o to_o that_o appellation_n or_o title_n of_o monarch_n attribute_v so_o indistinct_o by_o he_o to_o they_o all_o and_o so_o must_v i_o wheresoever_o in_o this_o former_a part_n of_o my_o prospect_n i_o have_v in_o this_o particular_a follow_v he_o the_o irish_a historian_n in_o their_o own_o language_n speak_v more_o proper_o give_v they_o all_o the_o title_n of_o king_n of_o ireland_n error_n in_o the_o matter_n where_o and_o where_o they_o be_v correct_v the_o first_o in_o page_n 4._o and_o 16._o concern_v eoghun_n mor_n and_o aonghus_n ollbhuodhach_n but_o correct_v p._n 89._o and_o 435._o the_o second_o p._n 67._o about_o dearmach_n correct_v p._n 181._o three_o in_o p._n 18._o concern_v muâ—rieadhach's_n six_o son_n etc._n etc._n and_o correct_v p._n 93._o four_o p._n 19_o about_o the_o nine_o hostage_n correct_v p._n 359._o error_n in_o word_n and_o letter_n to_o be_v correct_v by_o this_o follow_a table_n wherein_o the_o first_o number_n signify_v the_o page_n the_o second_o the_o line_n a_o add_v do_v deal_n and_o r_o read_v first_o in_o the_o dedicatory_a 2._o 7._o d._n as_o second_o in_o the_o preface_n 7._o 18._o d._n his_o 35._o 16._o r._n 1662._o p._n 39_o 31._o r._n 1604._o three_o in_o the_o former_a part_n 35._o 5._o d._n the_o monarch_n 71._o r._n tighernmhais_n 99_o 16._o d._n to_o 107._o 29._o d._n of_o 137._o 6._o r._n theâ—_n and_o again_o 8._o r._n the._n 180._o 14._o for_o diarmuid_n r._n dombnall_n 221._o 7._o taumaturga_n 272._o 5._o for_o he_o r._n bâ—_n and_o 24._o r._n or_o any_o 317._o 13._o d._n to_o 319._o â—_o a._n as_o 351._o 14._o r._n monmouth_n 354._o 13._o r._n understand_v 382._o 21._o r._n aetius_n 385._o 26._o r._n other_o 387._o 8._o r._n 51._o 389._o 19_o r._n language_n and_o 29._o r._n niull_n 395._o 7._o d._n be_v and_o for_o kill_v r._n die_v 413._o 9_o r._n trout_n 414._o 1._o r._n leap_v and_o 8._o for_o though_o r._n the._n 434._o â—_o 26._o r._n 219._o 459._o 2._o r._n notkerus_n 461._o 26._o r._n to_o and_o in_o the_o note_n â—_o penuâ—t_fw-la r._n book_n last_o observe_v that_o the_o orthography_n of_o all_o the_o proper_a irish_a name_n and_o surname_n of_o the_o king_n throughout_o this_o whole_a book_n must_v be_v correct_v by_o that_o in_o the_o catalogue_n where_o any_o variation_n appear_v
a_o prospect_n of_o the_o state_n of_o ireland_n from_z the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n 1756._o to_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 1652._o write_a by_o p._n w._n print_a for_o johanna_n broom_n at_o the_o gun_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n 1682._o to_o the_o king_n sir_n i_o appear_v before_o your_o majesty_n with_o the_o ill_a grace_n of_o a_o man_n who_o come_v for_o a_o pardon_n and_o confess_v he_o do_v the_o fauâ—t_n in_o hope_n of_o it_o for_o it_o be_v undeniable_o a_o guilty_a presumption_n in_o i_o to_o make_v bold_a with_o your_o royal_a name_n and_o that_o to_o a_o slight_a argument_n or_o at_o least_o make_v so_o by_o ill_a handle_n such_o as_o will_v give_v people_n too_o much_o reason_n to_o say_v your_o name_n be_v the_o only_a thing_n which_o show_v handsome_a in_o the_o whole_a prospect_n neither_o have_v i_o any_o but_o the_o sorry_a excuse_n of_o defenceless_a guilt_n i_o be_v draw_v in_o though_o not_o by_o other_o by_o counsellor_n as_o dangerous_a and_o deceitful_a as_o my_o own_o thought_n i_o consider_v that_o this_o in_o the_o original_a design_n be_v part_n of_o a_o book_n which_o have_v the_o honour_n to_o be_v make_v you_o and_o think_v my_o alter_v the_o method_n do_v not_o alter_v your_o majesty_n property_n neither_o can_v i_o conceive_v when_o your_o name_n appear_v on_o the_o one_o half_a any_o but_o you_o can_v show_v well_o on_o the_o other_o i_o consider_v that_o it_o be_v a_o account_n of_o part_n of_o your_o people_n and_o contain_v a_o account_n of_o part_n of_o your_o pedigree_n to_o the_o king_n and_o to_o the_o head_n of_o the_o family_n justice_n i_o think_v appropriate_v both_o for_o it_o be_v the_o glory_n of_o the_o irish_a nation_n to_o have_v contribute_v to_o your_o sacred_a blood_n as_o well_o as_o the_o rest_n under_o your_o happy_a government_n and_o when_o they_o shed_v their_o own_o in_o your_o defence_n to_o know_v they_o spend_v a_o inconsiderable_a part_n for_o preservation_n of_o the_o most_o noble_a and_o most_o precious_a a_o sweet_a and_o sometime_o a_o strong_a tie_n than_o the_o duty_n of_o subject_n as_o reciprocal_o nature_n with_o its_o secret_a allurement_n of_o propension_n towards_o a_o country_n from_o whence_o we_o be_v derive_v and_o where_o our_o ancestor_n have_v live_v great_a and_o glorious_a join_v with_o the_o common_a care_n of_o a_o king_n and_o father_n of_o all_o his_o people_n to_o move_v your_o majesty_n to_o cherish_v they_o with_o the_o rest_n thus_o much_o i_o beg_v leave_n to_o say_v by_o the_o by_o in_o behalf_n of_o my_o native_a country_n because_o every_o writer_n have_v not_o be_v either_o so_o curious_a to_o observe_v or_o so_o kind_a to_o publish_v it_o but_o leave_v that_o matter_n these_o reason_n persuade_v i_o i_o may_v find_v at_o least_o companion_n in_o my_o fault_n and_o where_o your_o sacred_a name_n have_v be_v make_v bold_a with_o as_o improper_o yet_o what_o wrought_v most_o be_v a_o strong_a temptation_n and_o which_o i_o can_v the_o less_o resist_v because_o it_o come_v in_o the_o disguise_n of_o gratitude_n to_o appear_v as_o little_a unworthy_a as_o i_o can_v of_o many_o and_o signal_n effect_n of_o your_o goodness_n every_o body_n know_v i_o be_o deep_o in_o your_o debt_n and_o i_o think_v it_o but_o just_a every_o body_n shall_v know_v i_o own_o it_o with_o the_o â—ense_n which_o become_v i_o though_o i_o have_v not_o hitherto_o say_v so_o much_o as_o bare_a i_o thank_v you_o no_o not_o to_o your_o majesty_n yourself_o sometime_o the_o thought_n of_o death_n which_o it_o concern_v a_o man_n of_o my_o age_n to_o entertain_v will_v be_v too_o terrible_a to_o i_o if_o it_o shall_v carry_v i_o away_o with_o the_o imputation_n of_o a_o insensible_a or_o ungrateful_a man_n as_o i_o have_v always_o think_v the_o best_a return_v a_o subject_a can_v make_v to_o the_o favour_n of_o his_o prince_n be_v by_o his_o service_n to_o deserve_v they_o i_o have_v indeed_o the_o comfort_n that_o i_o can_v reproach_v myself_o with_o not_o have_v do_v my_o best_a but_o alas_o i_o must_v say_v to_o you_o as_o to_o god_n after_o all_o i_o have_v to_o my_o great_a grief_n be_v but_o a_o unprofitable_a servant_n that_o thought_n be_v a_o misery_n which_o i_o be_o ill_a able_a to_o support_v shall_v ungrateful_a be_v add_v to_o useless_a it_o will_v certain_o and_o soon_o sink_v my_o gray_a hair_n to_o the_o grave_a fear_v of_o this_o as_o fear_v sometime_o produce_v boldness_n have_v cast_v i_o into_o that_o of_o which_o i_o be_o now_o guilty_a and_o in_o which_o my_o ill_a fate_n still_o pursue_v i_o for_o i_o be_o useless_a now_o too_o have_v with_o much_o pain_n get_v a_o present_a to_o make_v you_o for_o which_o neither_o your_o majesty_n nor_o any_o body_n else_o perhaps_o will_v be_v the_o better_a and_o i_o know_v not_o whether_o worth_n more_o than_o just_o so_o much_o paper_n but_o yet_o it_o be_v all_o i_o can_v do_v for_o we_o of_o the_o scribble_a trade_n be_v like_o merchant_n who_o trade_n upon_o credit_n and_o pay_v altogether_o in_o bill_n beside_o that_o in_o truth_n there_o live_v not_o perhaps_o the_o man_n who_o stock_n or_o luck_n in_o manage_v it_o be_v great_a enough_o to_o answer_v the_o mighty_a sum_n i_o owe_v you._n these_o be_v the_o thought_n which_o slatter_v my_o presumption_n with_o hope_n of_o pardon_n to_o which_o all_o even_a your_o mercy_n will_v yet_o be_v needful_a for_o i_o be_o a_o unrepent_a sinner_n and_o who_o far_o from_o sorrow_n glory_n in_o the_o fault_n which_o give_v i_o a_o occasion_n to_o tell_v all_o the_o world_n i_o have_v live_v and_o mean_a to_o die_v your_o majesty_n be_v most_o loyal_a most_o obedient_a and_o most_o humble_a subject_n peter_n walsh_n the_o preface_n reader_n you_o may_v well_o imagine_v by_o the_o title_n and_o method_n of_o this_o treatise_n the_o author_n be_v very_o far_o from_o intend_v it_o shall_v pass_v for_o a_o history_n of_o ireland_n and_o for_o the_o bulk_n i_o can_v assure_v you_o that_o although_o consider_v the_o extent_n of_o time_n and_o variety_n of_o matter_n treat_v of_o therein_o it_o be_v but_o little_a yet_o according_a to_o his_o first_o design_n it_o shall_v have_v be_v far_o less_o at_o least_o by_o five_o part_n of_o six_o the_o truth_n be_v i_o never_o have_v a_o thought_n of_o write_v a_o word_n on_o this_o subject_a before_o the_o earl_n of_o castlehaven_n desire_v nor_o only_o desire_v but_o importune_v i_o a_o twelve_o month_n past_a when_o his_o lordship_n memoir_n have_v be_v a_o work_n off_o the_o press_n that_o i_o will_v draw_v a_o appendix_n to_o be_v publish_v with_o they_o which_o may_v in_o short_a represent_v the_o original_a cause_n of_o the_o rebellion_n break_v out_o in_o ireland_n on_o the_o 23d_o of_o october_n 1641._o and_o consequent_o somewhat_o of_o the_o state_n of_o that_o kingdom_n and_o fatal_a feud_n betwixt_o the_o two_o nation_n there_o since_o henry_n ii_n time_n what_o little_a inclination_n i_o have_v to_o the_o subject_a it_o will_v be_v to_o no_o purpose_n i_o shall_v tell_v be_v you_o see_v i_o be_v at_o last_o persuade_v though_o nevertheless_o i_o must_v acknowledge_v it_o be_v only_o the_o power_n this_o nobleman_n have_v and_o can_v just_o challenge_v over_o i_o 87._o i_o see_v castlehaven_n memoir_n pag._n 87._o wrought_v my_o acquiescence_n to_o his_o desire_n but_o lay_v aside_o that_o matter_n what_o i_o will_v next_o inform_v you_o of_o be_v these_o particular_n 1._o that_o although_o eight_o or_o nine_o sheet_n in_o the_o whole_a be_v the_o most_o i_o have_v first_o design_v to_o write_v because_o a_o large_a tract_n can_v not_o so_o well_o suit_n the_o title_n of_o a_o appendix_n to_o his_o lordship_n memoir_n yet_o when_o i_o be_v once_o enter_v on_o the_o subject_a so_o great_a a_o variety_n of_o matter_n offer_v themselves_o to_o consideration_n as_o take_v up_o more_o time_n and_o paper_n than_o i_o first_o intend_v 2._o that_o in_o the_o mean_a while_o some_o copy_n of_o the_o say_v memoir_n chance_v by_o some_o unexpected_a accident_n to_o be_v give_v out_o by_o the_o bookseller_n my_o lord_n consider_v he_o can_v not_o otherwise_o prevent_v a_o sinister_a interpretation_n of_o his_o meaning_n by_o they_o in_o the_o main_a as_o they_o be_v see_v thus_o imperfect_a find_v himself_o necessitate_v not_o only_o not_o to_o stay_v my_o leisure_n but_o instead_o of_o such_o a_o appendix_n as_o he_o expect_v from_o i_o to_o change_v his_o former_a preface_n and_o write_v and_o print_v another_o with_o a_o appendix_n also_o of_o his_o own_o though_o upon_o another_o subject_n and_o with_o such_o both_o amendment_n and_o accomplishment_n as_o he_o think_v necessary_a to_o order_v the_o free_a expose_v of_o his_o book_n to_o
improve_n by_o a_o fervent_a zeal_n for_o truth_n and_o generous_a love_n to_o his_o country_n make_v father_n kete_v undergo_v the_o laborious_a task_n of_o write_v the_o history_n of_o ireland_n at_o large_a from_o the_o very_a first_o plantation_n of_o it_o after_o the_o deluge_n to_o hen._n ii_n time_n and_o 17_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n be_v the_o year_n of_o christ_n 1152._o and_o this_o history_n beside_o which_o there_o be_v no_o other_o full_a complete_a or_o methodical_a one_o extant_a of_o all_o the_o age_n invasion_n conquest_n change_n monarch_n war_n and_o other_o considerable_a matter_n of_o that_o true_o ancient_a kingdom_n be_v live_v to_o finish_v in_o his_o old_a age_n that_o be_v a_o little_a after_o charles_n i._o of_o glorious_a memory_n have_v be_v proclaim_v king_n nor_o do_v he_o only_o finish_v it_o but_o prefix_v unto_o it_o a_o very_a judicious_a large_a and_o learned_a preface_n to_o the_o reader_n it_o be_v in_o this_o preface_n he_o declare_v those_o two_o special_a motive_n of_o his_o writing_n which_o you_o have_v see_v already_o where_o also_o he_o declare_v who_o those_o author_n be_v that_o give_v he_o the_o occasion_n and_o refute_v they_o one_o after_o another_o at_o large_a namely_o strabo_n solinus_n pomponius_n mela_n s._n hierom_n against_o jovinian_a cambrensis_fw-la stanihurst_n campion_n hanmer_n cambden_n hector_n boethius_n john_n barclay_n morison_n davies_n buchanan_n all_o these_o in_o particular_a as_o to_o some_o passage_n of_o they_o he_o dispute_v against_o in_o the_o same_o preface_n with_o the_o clear_a evidence_n of_o authority_n matter_n of_o fact_n and_o reason_n ground_v on_o both_o as_o likewise_o he_o do_v in_o the_o body_n of_o his_o work_n against_o other_o passage_n not_o only_o of_o some_o of_o these_o same_o author_n especial_o cambrensis_fw-la hector_n boethius_n and_o buchanan_n but_o nicholas_n sanders_n too_o in_o his_o first_o book_n de_fw-fr schismate_fw-la anglicano_n beside_o in_o the_o same_o preface_n he_o discourse_v five_o or_o six_o other_o particular_n which_o i_o think_v worth_a the_o while_n not_o to_o pass_v over_o whole_o in_o silence_n the_o first_o be_v that_o although_o in_o his_o history_n he_o have_v not_o seldom_o make_v use_n of_o some_o collection_n out_o of_o foreign_a writer_n yet_o the_o main_a body_n of_o it_o all_o along_o be_v compose_v out_o of_o the_o most_o undoubted_o ancient_a and_o authentic_a monument_n of_o ireland_n viz._n psaltuir_n ardemach_n psaltuir_n chaâ—sil_n psaltuir_n na_fw-fr rann_n write_v by_o aonghuis_n ceile_v de_n and_o then_o leabhar_n na_fw-fr huacongmhala_n leabhar_n chluaino_n huighnioch_n leabhar_n fiontain_v in_o leix_n leabhar_n ghlinne_n da-loch_n leabhar_n bâ—idhe_n mholing_n leabhar_n dubh_n mholaige_n leabhar_n na_o gceart_n write_v by_o s._n benignus_n and_o ubhdir_n chiarrain_n write_v at_o cluain-mhac-noise_n in_o all_o thirteen_o book_n for_o you_o be_v to_o understand_v here_o not_o only_o that_o leabhar_n signify_v a_o book_n and_o psaltuir_n we_o call_v it_o psaltor_n a_o book_n in_o verse_n but_o as_o he_o say_v that_o from_o the_o beginning_n it_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o the_o irish_a to_o have_v their_o chief_a antiquity_n do_v into_o the_o choice_a severe_a strict_a meeter_n without_o any_o redundance_n or_o want_v as_o to_o sense_n and_o point_n of_o truth_n and_o this_o as_o well_o for_o the_o more_o safe_a preserve_n of_o they_o from_o corruption_n as_o the_o more_o easy_a get_v they_o by_o heart_n and_o consequent_o you_o see_v the_o true_a reason_n why_o their_o chief_a record_n of_o tarach_n cashel_n ardmagh_n etc._n etc._n be_v call_v psalter_n but_o if_o you_o will_v further_o know_v the_o head_n of_o these_o thirteen_o book_n he_o answer_v in_o the_o same_o place_n they_o be_v these_o 1._o the_o several_a invasion_n and_o conquest_n of_o ireland_n 2._o the_o division_n of_o its_o province_n and_o lesser_a country_n 3._o the_o reign_v of_o their_o king_n 4._o their_o annal_n 5._o their_o computation_n and_o concordance_n of_o time_n 6._o the_o genealogy_n of_o their_o male_a gentry_n 7._o the_o pedigree_n of_o their_o female_n 8._o their_o vocabulary_a where_o also_o be_v a_o large_a account_n of_o the_o great_a school_n in_o the_o plain_a of_o sennaar_n and_o three_o first_o teacher_n of_o it_o soon_o after_o the_o confusion_n of_o tongue_n at_o nimrod_n tower_n 9_o the_o vision_n of_o columb-cille_a with_o sundry_a other_o antiquity_n of_o ireland_n the_o second_o particular_a give_v in_o effect_n four_o reason_n or_o at_o least_o one_o compose_v of_o so_o many_o head_n to_o persuade_v the_o credibility_n and_o truth_n of_o these_o irish_a book_n it_o tell_v we_o of_o above_o two_o hundred_o chief_a chronologer_n together_o from_o very_o early_a time_n conttinue_v a_o succession_n in_o the_o same_o family_n and_o all_o age_n in_o that_o nation_n while_o their_o kingdom_n stand_v who_o peculiar_a and_o only_a office_n it_o be_v to_o record_v faithful_o all_o memorable_a concern_v it_o tell_v we_o how_o these_o antiquary_n have_v sufficient_a estate_n in_o land_n entail_v on_o themselves_o and_o issue_n for_o ever_o on_o that_o condition_n it_o tell_v we_o of_o the_o public_a school_n they_o have_v purposely_o and_o continual_o keep_v for_o the_o education_n of_o their_o youth_n in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o their_o antiquity_n and_o how_o these_o school_n be_v keep_v in_o the_o country_n of_o breifthne_n as_o they_o call_v in_o irish_a that_o which_o now_o we_o call_v the_o county_n of_o letrim_n it_o tell_v we_o of_o a_o triennial_n search_v into_o and_o revision_n of_o all_o their_o record_n by_o a_o select_a committee_n in_o the_o public_a assembly_n of_o all_o the_o estate_n of_o that_o kingdom_n and_o last_o it_o tell_v we_o of_o the_o deposition_n of_o fair_a copy_n of_o the_o same_o record_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o bishop_n from_o time_n to_o time_n ever_o since_o the_o nation_n believe_v in_o christ_n 1200_o year_n since_o whereof_o you_o may_v see_v more_o at_o large_a in_o my_o 46._o page_n follow_v in_o this_o former_a part._n a_o three_o particular_a answer_v the_o objection_n of_o some_o discordance_n among_o the_o irish_a book_n concern_v the_o number_n of_o year_n from_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n to_o the_o birth_n of_o our_o saviour_n it_o desire_v the_o objector_n to_o consider_v the_o far_o great_a discordance_n they_o discordance_n because_o i_o be_v not_o sure_a that_o my_o copy_n of_o kete_v be_v right_o in_o every_o of_o the_o particular_n or_o discordance_n note_v here_o i_o consult_v of_o purpose_n the_o most_o learned_a sixtus_n senensis_n l._n 5._o bibl._n s._n pag._n 440._o imp._n colon._n a_o 1626._o whither_o i_o remit_v you_o to_o see_v many_o more_o discordance_n that_o be_v six_o and_o twenty_o in_o all_o in_o stead_n of_o these_o 15_o here_o give_v by_o kete_v though_o most_o of_o these_o be_v among_o '_o they_o betwixt_o as_o well_o the_o hebrew_n as_o the_o greek_a and_o latin_a chronologer_n each_o apart_o on_o the_o same_o subject_a how_o for_o example_n 1._o among_o the_o hebrew_n paul_n sedecholim_n count_v 3518._o year_n the_o talmudist_n 3784._o the_o new_a rabbin_n 3760._o rabbi_n naasson_n 3740._o rabbi_n moses_n germidisi_n 4058._o josephus_n 4192._o among_o the_o greek_a author_n metrodorus_n 5000._o eusebius_n 5199._o theophilus_n 5476._o and_o among_o the_o latin_n s._n hierom_n 3941._o s._n augustin_n 5351._o isidorus_n 5270._o orolius_n 5190._o beda_n 3952._o alphonsus_n 5984._o now_o say_v kete_v if_o so_o great_a a_o discordance_n on_o this_o very_a subject_n impair_v not_o in_o other_o matter_n the_o credit_n of_o either_o greek_a hebrew_n or_o latin_a author_n why_o shall_v it_o the_o irish_a where_o also_o he_o acquaint_v his_o reader_n that_o because_o himself_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o such_o irish_a antiquary_n or_o book_n as_o count_v for_o this_o period_n from_o the_o creation_n to_o the_o incarnation_n 4052._o 1611._o 4052._o this_o be_v the_o computation_n follow_v by_o augustinus_n tornlellius_n in_o his_o annal_n sacri_fw-la ab_fw-la orb_n condito_fw-la ad_fw-la christum_fw-la passum_fw-la sext._n m._n aetat_fw-la ad_fw-la a_o 4052._o whether_o kete_v have_v he_o for_o his_o master_n though_o i_o know_v not_o yet_o i_o know_v he_o may_v because_o torniellius_n come_v out_o in_o print_n at_o francford_n a_o 1611._o come_v near_a the_o truth_n he_o follow_v they_o in_o his_o history_n or_o computation_n of_o time_n therein_o either_o precedent_n or_o subsequent_a to_o the_o birth_n of_o christ_n and_o far_o in_o the_o some_o place_n he_o acquaint_v we_o with_o his_o purpose_n to_o give_v at_o the_o end_n of_o his_o history_n a_o appendix_n or_o a_o table_n of_o synchronism_n show_v what_o monarchy_n monarch_n great_a king_n of_o the_o world_n in_o other_o part_n and_o since_o christianity_n what_o pope_n and_o general_a council_n be_v contemporary_a with_o the_o various_a revolution_n and_o king_n of_o ireland_n whether_o
reign_n of_o niall_a the_o great_a surname_v also_o naoighiallach_n likewise_o to_o say_v nothing_o how_o this_o very_a niall_n not_o only_o go_v himself_o in_o person_n with_o a_o powerful_a army_n thither_o partly_o to_o confirm_v and_o partly_o to_o enlarge_v those_o â—â—antations_n make_v there_o by_o his_o predecessor_n but_o be_v himself_o the_o first_o of_o mortal_n that_o by_o his_o own_o authority_n and_o at_o the_o instance_n of_o those_o plantation_n give_v the_o name_n of_o scotia_n minor_n or_o scotland_n the_o lesser_a to_o that_o northern_a part_n of_o great_a britain_n ordain_v all_o his_o subject_n to_o call_v it_o so_o beside_o to_o pass_v by_o as_o well_o the_o invasion_n as_o the_o extraordinary_a great_a and_o famous_a plantation_n make_v therein_o by_o the_o six_o son_n of_o that_o ulster_n king_n muiredbach_n who_o cambrensis_fw-la call_v in_o latin_a muredus_n either_o in_o the_o time_n of_o lapghaire_n the_o ii_n be_v monarch_n of_o ireland_n when_o st._n patrick_n conquer_v that_o kingdom_n to_o christian_a religion_n or_o at_o least_o somewhat_o late_a to_o pass_v i_o say_v all_o these_o matter_n in_o silence_n though_o otherwise_o both_o great_a in_o themselves_o and_o no_o less_o attest_v by_o sufficient_a authority_n that_o i_o think_v be_v very_o great_a and_o very_o true_a which_o cambden_n 128._o cambden_n title_n scot_n page_n 26._o and_o before_o page_n 128._o in_o his_o britannia_n write_v that_o the_o scot_n come_v from_o ireland_n after_o a_o long_a war_n at_o last_o in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 740._o and_o in_o one_o great_a battle_n destroy_v the_o pict_n so_o as_o there_o be_v scarce_o one_o of_o they_o leave_v alive_a whereby_o that_o whole_a nation_n and_o very_a name_n of_o the_o pict_n be_v utter_o extinguish_v 6._o that_o beside_o the_o irish_a chronicle_n without_o contradiction_n from_o any_o tell_v we_o how_o the_o foresay_a niall_n the_o great_a surname_v naoighellach_n from_o the_o nine_o hostage_n take_v by_o he_o five_o from_o the_o five_o province_n of_o ireland_n and_o four_o from_o the_o pict_n and_o other_o inhabitant_n of_o scotland_n or_o albuin_n not_o only_o make_v the_o other_o part_n of_o great_a britain_n even_o so_o far_o as_o the_o south_n of_o it_o tributary_n but_o with_o a_o mighty_a force_n of_o irish_a scot_n pict_n and_o briton_n in_o one_o army_n pass_v the_o sea_n to_o france_n land_v in_o armorica_n and_o march_v so_o far_o as_o the_o river_n loire_n where_o be_v encamp_v hewas_fw-mi treacherous_o kill_v by_o eochae_n king_n of_o leinster_n who_o he_o have_v former_o so_o punish_v and_o plague_v that_o he_o force_v he_o to_o fly_v even_o out_o of_o all_o ireland_n and_o who_o therefore_o study_v still_o revenge_n follow_v he_o unknown_a to_o france_n and_o find_v there_o a_o opportunity_n take_v it_o for_o stand_v one_o day_n by_o chance_n on_o the_o bank_n of_o the_o foresay_a river_n and_o see_v niall_a at_o the_o same_o time_n on_o the_o other_o bank_n not_o far_o off_o he_o bend_v his_o bow_n present_o and_o with_o all_o his_o might_n let_v fly_n at_o he_o shoot_v he_o dead_a in_o the_o place_n by_o pierce_v his_o head_n through_o both_o scull_n and_o brain_n 7._o that_o moreover_o fergus_n the_o great_a king_n of_o all_o ireland_n as_o buchanan_n call_v he_o enter_v scotland_n with_o a_o puiffant_n army_n give_v battle_n to_o coilus_n king_n of_o the_o briton_n who_o invade_v both_o the_o pict_n and_o irish_a plantation_n together_o fight_v he_o kill_v he_o overthrow_v his_o whole_a army_n be_v thereupon_o himself_o both_o declare_v and_o receive_v the_o first_o king_n of_o the_o scottish_a nation_n inhabit_v the_o north_n of_o great_a britain_n and_o after_o this_o be_v go_v for_o ireland_n as_o he_o be_v return_v back_o again_o to_o scotland_n be_v drown_v hard_o by_o the_o rock_n which_o from_o his_o fate_n before_o it_o have_v ever_o since_o be_v call_v by_o the_o irish_a carig-fherus_a now_o knockfergus_a by_o the_o english_a and_o that_o all_o this_o 1._o rerum_fw-la scoticar_n l._n 1._o happen_v say_v buchanan_n about_o the_o time_n that_o alexander_n the_o great_a enter_v babylon_n for_o albeit_o the_o irish_a book_n agree_v not_o with_o buchanan_n relation_n of_o this_o fergusius_n the_o great_a not_o either_o i_o say_v as_o to_o his_o quality_n of_o be_v king_n of_o ireland_n or_o as_o to_o this_o time_n of_o his_o adventure_n in_o scotland_n or_o elsewhere_o mention_v he_o only_o as_o a_o brother_n to_o mairchertach_v mor_fw-mi mhac_fw-la ercha_fw-la monarch_n of_o ireland_n and_o then_o fix_v both_o his_o life_n and_o death_n immediate_o after_o saint_n patrick_n death_n that_o be_v about_o 530_o year_n after_o the_o incarnation_n of_o our_o lord_n yet_o since_o they_o agree_v with_o buchanan_n in_o all_o other_o material_a point_n relate_v by_o he_o of_o this_o famous_a fergus_n especial_o that_o of_o his_o enter_v scotland_n with_o a_o great_a army_n be_v the_o first_o king_n of_o scot_n in_o britain_n i_o think_v the_o allegation_n of_o what_o they_o so_o agree_v upon_o be_v mighty_o to_o purpose_n 8._o that_o therefore_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o be_v understand_v whatever_a cambden_n admiration_n be_v how_o the_o milesian_n irish_a race_n be_v those_o 115._o in_o his_o britannia_n tit._n pict_n p._n 115._o dare_a man_n that_o have_v the_o assistance_n of_o the_o pict_n their_o tributary_n and_o some_o few_o briton_n withdraw_v to_o they_o for_o protection_n from_o the_o roman_a yoke_n draw_v forth_o at_o one_o time_n thirty_o thousand_o arm_a man_n against_o agricola_n and_o give_v severus_n the_o emperor_n so_o much_o trouble_v that_o of_o roman_n and_o associate_n he_o lose_v in_o one_o expedition_n against_o they_o fifty_o thousand_o man_n and_o be_v yet_o the_o man_n against_o dio._n dio._n who_o incursion_n into_o the_o roman_a province_n here_o first_o the_o fence_n be_v build_v by_o adrian_n from_o edinborough_n frith_n to_o cluyd_v fourscore_o mile_n spartianus_n spartianus_n in_o length_n the_o foundation_n of_o it_o be_v lay_v deep_a within_o the_o ground_n of_o huge_a pile_n or_o stake_n fasten_v together_o like_o a_o strong_a hedge_n or_o mound_n then_o the_o work_n of_o turf_n and_o earth_n by_o severus_n across_o the_o island_n from_o one_o sea_n to_o another_o then_o under_o honorius_n the_o wall_n of_o stone_n run_v the_o same_o extent_n eight_o foot_n broad_a and_o twelve_o foot_n high_a and_o last_o of_o all_o the_o tower_n and_o bulwark_n all_o along_o the_o southern_a coast_n of_o britain_n at_o convenient_a distance_n raise_v against_o their_o land_n on_o that_o side_n out_o of_o their_o plunder_v fleet_n 6._o that_o a_o further_a argument_n yet_o and_o such_o as_o of_o all_o hand_n must_v be_v confess_v to_o show_v abundant_o their_o martial_a spirit_n and_o fortitude_n in_o those_o day_n of_o old_a be_v their_o brave_a defence_n of_o their_o own_o country_n at_o home_n against_o the_o manifold_a powerful_a and_o almost_o continual_a invasion_n of_o it_o from_o abroad_o by_o the_o heathen_a dane_n norvegian_o and_o easterling_n at_o least_o 200_o year_n for_o i_o pass_v whole_o over_o those_o little_a short_a and_o inconsiderable_a invasion_n of_o they_o either_o by_o egfrid_n the_o saxon_a king_n of_o northumberland_n in_o the_o year_n 640._o according_a to_o cambden_n ireland_n cambden_n britannia_fw-la tit._n ireland_n or_o rather_o indeed_o by_o his_o general_n berthus_fw-la in_o the_o year_n 684._o as_o beda_n 26._o beda_n l._n 4._o c._n 26._o have_v it_o or_o by_o some_o other_o british_a commander_n join_v with_o the_o pict_n at_o two_o or_o three_o several_a time_n in_o the_o seven_o century_n after_o christ_n of_o none_o of_o these_o do_v i_o take_v notice_n because_o they_o signify_v not_o much_o save_v only_o the_o prey_v and_o burn_v at_o two_o several_a time_n and_o place_n a_o part_n of_o the_o country_n by_o the_o seaside_n and_o three_o inconsiderable_a fight_v as_o they_o be_v relate_v in_o the_o irish_a book_n the_o first_o under_o the_o sovereignty_n of_o blathmhac_n and_o diarmuid_fw-la ruannigh_fw-mi two_o brother_n rule_v peaceable_o together_o as_o king_n of_o ireland_n wherein_o the_o saxon_a king_n and_o thirty_o of_o his_o noble_n be_v kill_v say_v the_o irish_a chronicle_n without_o mention_v other_o loss_n or_o any_o at_o all_o of_o the_o other_o side_n the_o second_o under_o the_o sovereignty_n of_o fionachta_n fliadhach_n whereof_o all_o the_o account_n they_o give_v be_v that_o comghusgach_v king_n of_o the_o pict_n and_o a_o great_a many_o of_o the_o irish_a be_v slay_v in_o it_o the_o three_o after_o a_o few_o year_n more_o under_o the_o monarchy_n of_o loionsiogch_n mhac_fw-la aonghussa_n fight_v against_o the_o man_n of_o ulster_n by_o the_o briton_n but_o to_o their_o own_o loss_n and_o this_o be_v all_o the_o irish_a chronicle_n in_o doctor_n kete_v have_v of_o these_o matter_n so_o that_o neither_o the_o loss_n nor_o victory_n
so_o small_a a_o tract_n of_o time_n and_o circumstance_n of_o ireland_n i_o think_v he_o will_v not_o judge_v amiss_o that_o take_v it_o for_o one_o of_o the_o very_a last_o warning_n from_o heaven_n to_o this_o nation_n that_o the_o anger_n of_o god_n be_v now_o on_o the_o point_n of_o overcome_v all_o his_o patience_n and_o his_o rage_n and_o fury_n at_o hand_n since_o nothing_o else_o will_v do_v wheat_n do_v and_o indeed_o it_o ought_v the_o rather_o to_o be_v take_v so_o because_o that_o much_o contrary_n to_o keting_n relation_n so_o good_a a_o author_n as_o tigernacus_n many_o hundred_o year_n before_o his_o time_n have_v tell_v we_o that_o the_o shower_n of_o blood_n fall_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o this_o niall_n and_o that_o the_o three_o shower_n fall_v at_o his_o birth_n be_v one_o of_o honey_n one_o of_o silver_n and_o one_o of_o wheat_n certain_o the_o sequel_n do_v soon_o evince_v it_o to_o have_v be_v so_o 26._o for_o not_o long_o after_o that_o prodigious_a thunder_n and_o lightning_n which_o happen_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o aodh_n ordnigh_n the_o patience_n of_o god_n be_v weary_v and_o his_o justice_n enrage_v by_o the_o unreclaimable_a contumacy_n of_o that_o people_n he_o call_v out_o of_o their_o northern_a enclosure_n his_o exterminate_a angel_n the_o heathen_a dane_n norvegian_o and_o other_o easternling_n and_o in_o the_o same_o reign_n of_o aodh_n ordnigh_n pour_v they_o in_o on_o ireland_n to_o execute_v on_o the_o christian_a irish_a those_o very_o heavy_a of_o judgement_n that_o either_o such_o former_a warning_n will_v have_v prevent_v or_o such_o late_a prodigy_n have_v predict_v or_o that_o any_o people_n in_o the_o world_n for_o so_o many_o year_n after_o do_v suffer_v except_o only_o those_o if_o any_o such_o have_v be_v who_o god_n design_v to_o extinguish_v total_o root_n and_o branch_n or_o the_o incredulous_a jew_n that_o must_v be_v still_o preserve_v though_o still_o disperse_v among_o all_o nation_n to_o be_v a_o live_a monument_n of_o god_n vengeance_n on_o the_o unpardonable_a sin_n of_o their_o ancestor_n but_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o irish_a how_o heinous_a soever_o be_v not_o of_o that_o kind_n nor_o be_v it_o the_o design_n of_o god_n to_o extinguish_v or_o extirpate_v they_o yet_o and_o yet_o this_o first_o war_n of_o the_o dane_n upon_o they_o beside_o its_o have_v full_o pay_v all_o their_o old_a score_n to_o god_n that_o be_v abundant_o punish_v they_o for_o above_o 40_o year_n at_o least_o in_o the_o very_a same_o method_n they_o have_v offend_v he_o and_o therefore_o cover_v all_o their_o province_n with_o blood_n and_o ash_n and_o horror_n of_o death_n without_o any_o discrimination_n of_o people_n or_o profession_n or_o party_n it_o reduce_v they_o at_o last_o to_o a_o bondage_n and_o slavery_n far_o surpass_v the_o egyptian_a circassian_n or_o any_o other_o i_o have_v read_v of_o any_o where_n on_o earth_n for_o to_o pass_v over_o the_o life_n worse_o than_o death_n that_o those_o of_o their_o churchman_n that_o escape_v the_o sword_n be_v force_v unto_o and_o in_o particular_a how_o foranan_n with_o a_o few_o more_o of_o the_o clergy_n of_o ardmagh_n account_n ardmagh_n gracianus_fw-la lucius_n p._n 328._o relate_v this_o matter_n otherwise_o he_o say_v that_o turgesius_n have_v take_v the_o city_n of_o ardmagh_n in_o the_o year_n 843._o or_o 848._o make_v foranan_n and_o all_o the_o clergy_n and_o religious_a man_n and_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o student_n too_o of_o that_o university_n prisoner_n and_o ship_v they_o all_o for_o limmeric_n which_o his_o people_n hold_v in_o their_o possession_n at_o that_o time_n what_o become_v of_o they_o there_o or_o any_o where_o else_o after_o that_o time_n we_o have_v no_o account_n have_v flee_v so_o far_o as_o cashel_n first_o and_o together_o with_o the_o archbishop_n of_o that_o see_v and_o his_o clergy_n too_o thence_o again_o to_o the_o horrible_a habitation_n of_o bogs_n wood_n rock_n and_o subterranean_a cave_n about_o or_o not_o far_o off_o jomlaigh_v jobhair_n must_v have_v be_v content_a to_o hide_v themselves_o there_o and_o even_o to_o luâ—k_v for_o several_a year_n like_o wild_a beast_n but_o i_o say_v to_o pass_v over_o this_o condition_n of_o their_o churchman_n only_o wherever_o any_o of_o they_o do_v escape_v the_o sword_n who_o can_v but_o be_v astonish_v at_o the_o particular_n of_o their_o bondage_n in_o general_n these_o particular_n i_o have_v omit_v before_o and_o therefore_o give_v they_o now_o for_o better_a satisfaction_n to_o the_o reader_n 1._o every_o canthr_v or_o division_n of_o ground_n contain_v one_o of_o our_o barony_n have_v a_o danish_a king_n every_o tuath_n or_o seignory_n a_o chieftain_n every_o church_n a_o lay-danish_a heathen_a abbot_n every_o town_n a_o sergeant_n every_o house_n a_o soldier_n cess_v the_o irish_a call_v he_o a_o sairioch_n or_o buanna_n all_o of_o they_o danes_n and_o each_o command_v absolute_o within_o his_o own_o precinct_n only_o subordinate_a respective_o to_o the_o high_a till_o they_o come_v to_o the_o supreme_a who_o be_v turgesius_n himself_o 2._o the_o very_a buanna_n do_v so_o command_v the_o house_n wherein_o he_o be_v cess_v that_o not_o so_o much_o as_o a_o egg_n or_o cup_n of_o milk_n can_v be_v dispose_v of_o till_o he_o have_v be_v serve_v though_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n a_o suck_v babe_n do_v perish_v for_o want_v of_o it_o and_o if_o his_o host_n have_v but_o one_o cow_n in_o the_o world_n he_o must_v have_v kill_v she_o upon_o demand_n to_o give_v he_o flesh_n or_o fail_v therein_o or_o in_o any_o other_o thing_n demand_v of_o he_o he_o be_v present_o take_v and_o lead_v away_o prisoner_n to_o the_o next_o danish_n rath_n where_o he_o be_v sure_a to_o be_v detain_v in_o fetter_n till_o he_o have_v full_o satisfy_v all_o the_o buanna_n '_o s_z demand_n either_o of_o victual_n money_n or_o any_o thing_n else_o whatever_a 3._o every_o housekeeper_n must_v have_v yearly_o pay_v into_o the_o treasury_n a_o ounce_n of_o gold_n the_o irish_a call_v it_o vinghe_a oir_n and_o fail_v have_v his_o nose_n cut_v off_o which_o make_v they_o call_v this_o kind_n of_o tax_n nose-rent_a 4._o neither_o lord_n nor_o lady_n much_o less_o a_o inferior_a person_n suffer_v to_o wear_v new_a clothes_n but_o only_o the_o cast-cloath_n of_o the_o dane_n 5._o none_o to_o keep_v school_n or_o be_v teach_v any_o kind_n of_o learning_n not_o even_o in_o their_o own_o house_n 6._o none_o to_o enter_v any_o monastery_n church_n or_o chapel_n for_o they_o be_v all_o possess_v by_o the_o dane_n 7._o none_o to_o have_v either_o clergyman_n or_o any_o other_o learned_a man_n philosopher_n poet_n lawyer_n or_o other_o artist_n who_o they_o call_v sruithe_a 8._o none_o suffer_v to_o have_v any_o kind_n of_o book_n but_o all_o book_n the_o dane_n can_v light_v upon_o either_o burn_v or_o take_v away_o by_o they_o 9_o neither_o lord_n nor_o prince_n nor_o even_a king_n daughter_n permit_v to_o embroider_v in_o gold_n or_o silver_n or_o so_o much_o as_o work_v in_o any_o kind_n of_o silk_n 10._o nor_o even_o king_n son_n to_o learn_v or_o use_v any_o feat_n of_o activity_n 11._o none_o of_o what_o quality_n soever_o permit_v to_o give_v or_o take_v any_o kind_n of_o entertainment_n not_o even_o from_o or_o with_o his_o private_a familiar_n but_o all_o of_o they_o must_v e'â—_n have_v content_v themselves_o with_o the_o leave_n of_o the_o dane_n i_o say_v nothing_o of_o that_o other_o barbarous_a imposition_n force_v on_o every_o bride_n at_o her_o first_o marriage_n to_o lie_v the_o first_o night_n with_o the_o danish_a captain_n of_o the_o precinct_n before_o she_o have_v bed_v her_o husband_n if_o the_o captain_n desire_v it_o but_o if_o he_o do_v not_o or_o dislike_v she_o in_o either_o case_n to_o pay_v he_o a_o certain_a tax_n in_o money_n how_o much_o this_o money_n be_v i_o can_v say_v though_o i_o have_v know_v a_o custom_n derive_v thence_o to_o have_v be_v continue_v in_o my_o own_o time_n by_o a_o christian_a landlord_n of_o english_a extraction_n one_o mr._n scurlog_n who_o be_v common_o call_v scurlog_n the_o poet_n a_o gentleman_n of_o two_o or_o three_o hundred_o a_o year_n in_o the_o county_n of_o wexford_n to_o who_o every_o maid_n live_v upon_o his_o land_n when_o she_o be_v marry_v be_v bind_v to_o pay_v and_o according_o do_v pay_v half_o a_o crown_n english_a money_n if_o he_o do_v not_o remit_v it_o however_o i_o pass_v over_o that_o heathen_a danish_a original_a of_o this_o un-christian_n custom_n because_o i_o find_v nothing_o of_o it_o in_o doctor_n kete_v those_o other_o manifold_a particular_n of_o the_o irish_a bondage_n undoubted_o true_a beside_o all_o their_o riches_n lose_v and_o all_o their_o best_a blood_n spill_v and_o all_o their_o province_n and_o country_n lay_v
year_n of_o christ_n 743._o not_o as_o cambrensis_fw-la have_v it_o biâ—nnio_fw-la ante_fw-la 10._o topog._n do_v 2._o c._n 10._o adventum_fw-la anglorum_fw-la two_o year_n only_o but_o 424_o year_n before_o the_o first_o land_n of_o fitz_n stephens_n in_o ireland_n so_o far_o be_v cambrensis_fw-la out_o in_o his_o relation_n of_o the_o very_a time_n of_o this_o matter_n it_o happen_v that_o a_o prodigious_a whale_n with_o three_o golden_a tooth_n stiand_v at_o carlingford_n within_o his_o jurisdiction_n each_o tooth_n weigh_v fifty_o ounce_n of_o gold_n he_o give_v one_o of_o they_o to_o the_o chief_a workman-builder_n of_o the_o foresay_a bridge_n the_o other_o two_o he_o dedicate_v to_o the_o make_n of_o shrine_n in_o the_o monastery_n of_o beannchuir_n for_o those_o holy_a relic_n there_o on_o which_o the_o country_n people_n do_v use_v to_o take_v their_o most_o solemn_a oath_n for_o end_v all_o controversy_n arisen_a felim_n mhac_fw-la criomthain_n alias_o in_o latin_a feidlimidius_n that_o most_o famous_a king_n though_o not_o of_o ireland_n wherein_o also_o cambrensis_fw-la as_o in_o most_o his_o other_o relation_n concern_v ireland_n have_v most_o gross_o err_v but_o of_o monster_n have_v prosperous_o reign_v 27_o year_n and_o within_o that_o time_n what_o by_o harrass_v what_o by_o fight_v leath-cuinn_a humble_v they_o mighty_o at_o last_o resign_v his_o crown_n retire_v from_o all_o secular_a employment_n all_o earthly_a joy_n pleasure_n vanity_n withdraw_v to_o a_o wilderness_n turn_v a_o poor_a hermit_n there_o continue_v so_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o life_n devote_v himself_o whole_o to_o god_n till_o death_n call_v he_o away_o under_o the_o monarchy_n of_o niall_n caille_n in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 845._o for_o than_o it_o be_v that_o he_o depart_v hence_o with_o the_o opinion_n both_o of_o a_o great_a saint_n and_o of_o as_o excellent_a a_o writer_n too_o as_o that_o age_n may_v have_v ses_fw-fr lucius_n the_o irish_a book_n call_v a_o leabhar_n irsi_n or_o as_o kete_v expound_v it_o the_o book_n of_o their_o annal_n have_v in_o short_a this_o elegy_n of_o he_o optimus_fw-la sâ—piens_fw-la &_o anachoreta_fw-la scotorum_fw-la quievit_fw-la contemporary_a to_o he_o be_v fionachta-luibhne_a king_n of_o connaght_n who_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n exchange_v his_o royal_a robe_n for_o a_o hermit_n coat_n and_o all_o the_o attendance_n wealth_n delight_n pomp_n gaiety_n of_o a_o palace_n for_o the_o laonliness_n poverty_n silence_n obscurity_n of_o a_o uncouth_a naked_a solitude_n to_o prepare_v himself_o for_o the_o last_o day_n of_o his_o life_n which_o he_o end_v there_o anno_fw-la 846._o next_o to_o this_o fionachta_n in_o order_n of_o time_n the_o king_n of_o leinster_n dunling_n mhac_fw-la muireadhach_n retire_v both_o from_o his_o kingdom_n and_o all_o worldly_a thing_n else_o into_o the_o monastery_n of_o kildare_n profess_v monk_n and_o continue_v there_o in_o the_o exercise_n first_o of_o a_o underling_n then_o of_o a_o abbot_n till_o in_o the_o year_n 867._o he_o finish_v happy_o his_o course_n and_o after_o he_o domhnal_n son_n to_o the_o monarch_n of_o ireland_n aodh_n fionnliach_n devote_a himself_o to_o the_o service_n of_o god_n in_o the_o habit_n and_o profession_n of_o a_o most_o godly_a mortify_a ecclesiastic_a in_o which_o condition_n he_o receive_v without_o any_o fear_n at_o all_o the_o king_n of_o terror_n death_n in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o saviour_n 911._o he_o although_o at_o a_o great_a distance_n of_o time_n follow_v ruaruidh_n o_o conchabhair_n king_n of_o connaght_n i_o mean_v the_o father_n of_o toirghialiach_n mor_fw-fr o_fw-fr conchabhair_n monarch_n of_o ireland_n who_o in_o the_o 20_o year_n after_o that_o o_o flaithâ—â—iortach_n have_v put_v out_o his_o eye_n enter_v the_o order_n of_o canon-regulars_n and_o among_o they_o render_v his_o soul_n to_o his_o redeemer_n an._n 1118._o and_o so_o do_v the_o king_n of_o the_o dublinian_n danes_n and_o leinster_n irish_a domhnal_n o_o brien_n son_n to_o muirchiortach_n o_o brien_n king_n of_o ireland_n renounce_v his_o kingdom_n profess_v clerk_n at_o lismore_n and_o according_o there_o continue_v a_o life_n of_o penance_n to_o his_o death_n which_o happen_v anno_fw-la dom._n 1135._o last_o the_o religious_a devotion_n of_o cathal_n cruddhearg_n king_n of_o connaght_n lucius_n call_v he_o in_o latin_a cathaldus_fw-la à _fw-la rubro_fw-la carpo_fw-la be_v very_o much_o celebrate_v among_o his_o countryman_n in_o all_o their_o history_n he_o after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o wife_n give_v up_o his_o kingdom_n profess_v cistercian_n monk_n in_o the_o monastery_n build_v by_o himself_o at_o a_o place_n in_o connaght_o call_v the_o hill_n of_o victory_n and_o in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 1224._o breathe_v out_o his_o last_o in_o the_o same_o religious_a cloister_n the_o great_a liberality_n of_o this_o provincial_a king_n to_o the_o church_n and_o particular_o the_o large_a extent_n of_o land_n bestow_v for_o ever_o by_o he_o upon_o that_o cistercian_n abbey_n de_fw-fr colle_n victoriae_n when_o he_o build_v it_o may_v perhaps_o be_v elsewhere_o in_o this_o treatise_n reflect_v on_o at_o present_a and_o because_o i_o have_v now_o do_v with_o all_o the_o most_o singular_a pattern_n of_o piety_n record_v among_o the_o provincial_a king_n of_o that_o nation_n i_o proceed_v to_o those_o of_o the_o most_o celebrate_a memory_n in_o that_o respect_n among_o their_o lesser_a king_n such_o be_v damhin_n mhac_fw-la dambinghoirt_n king_n of_o orghillae_n depart_v this_o life_n anno_fw-la dom._n 560._o and_o ferrhadhach_n mhac_fw-la duacha_n part_v in_o the_o year_n 582._o who_o soul_n be_v say_v by_o the_o irish_a writer_n to_o have_v be_v show_v to_o columb-cille_a ascend_v to_o heaven_n absque_fw-la poenis_fw-la purgatoriis_fw-la such_o be_v brian_n boraimh_n ancestor_n in_o the_o seven_o degree_n of_o ascent_n by_o name_n toirrghiallach_n by_o title_n or_o dignity_n king_n of_o dal-gheass_a or_o rather_o indeed_o say_n kete_v of_o north-mounster_n who_o in_o the_o year_n 690._o or_o thereabouts_o after_o he_o have_v bestow_v all_o the_o island_n in_o his_o kingdom_n on_o poor_a stranger_n to_o be_v inhabit_v and_o cultivate_v by_o they_o put_v on_o a_o monk_n cowl_n at_o lismore_n and_o for_o his_o daily_a employment_n either_o polish_a stone_n for_o the_o build_n of_o church_n there_o or_o mend_v highway_n so_o that_o he_o be_v never_o idle_a but_o discharge_v continual_o with_o his_o own_o hand_n the_o part_n sometime_o of_o a_o stone-cutter_n at_o other_o time_n that_o of_o a_o poor_a ordinary_a mason_n or_o mean_a day-labourer_n such_o maol-bressal_a mhac_fw-la cearnaigh_n king_n of_o mogh_fw-mi dornuigh_fw-mi who_o after_o quit_v the_o world_n profess_v monk_n and_o live_v in_o that_o profession_n many_o year_n like_o a_o saint_n be_v kill_v at_o last_o by_o the_o dane_n anno_fw-la 847._o such_o maolduin_n king_n of_o oiligh_n son_n to_o aodgh_v ordnigh_o the_o monarch_n that_o forsake_v all_o whatever_o be_v desirable_a on_o earth_n take_v the_o same_o course_n of_o a_o profess_a religious_a life_n in_o a_o monastery_n for_o many_o year_n never_o look_v back_o never_o take_v his_o hand_n off_o the_o plough_n till_o death_n seize_v he_o in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 865._o such_o also_o be_v maolbride_n king_n of_o cineal-gonail_a and_o domhnal_n king_n of_o cineal-laoghaire_a who_o trample_v underfoot_o all_o worldly_a temptation_n assume_v the_o monastic_a habit_n retire_v into_o cloistered_a cell_n and_o for_o the_o remainder_n of_o their_o life_n which_o be_v of_o many_o year_n continue_v their_o station_n there_o practise_v only_o the_o method_n of_o die_v to_o themselves_o and_o live_v to_o christ_n till_o the_o bless_a hour_n come_v when_o he_o call_v they_o to_o himself_o the_o former_a anno_fw-la 897._o the_o late_a anno_fw-la 882._o and_o after_o they_o donochadh_n the_o son_n of_o ceallach_n and_o son-in-law_n to_o donochadh_n mhac_fw-la floinn_n the_o monarch_n king_n of_o ossory_n be_v next_o record_v as_o a_o man_n of_o exceed_a piety_n and_o godliness_n though_o never_o so_o profess_v monk_n nor_o at_o all_o retire_v in_o outward_a appearance_n from_o the_o duty_n of_o his_o secular_a employment_n his_o care_n of_o the_o poor_a be_v such_o that_o in_o his_o time_n every_o house_n in_o ossory_n have_v three_o several_a bag_n for_o daily_a collection_n of_o victual_n to_o feed_v they_o one_o that_o receive_v the_o ten_o part_n of_o every_o person_n meal_n none_o at_o all_o of_o the_o family_n no_o not_o even_o of_o the_o servant_n except_v another_o design_v for_o the_o portion_n of_o saint_n michael_n the_o archangel_n as_o they_o call_v it_o and_o a_o three_o be_v under_o the_o peculiar_a charge_n of_o the_o good_a wife_n to_o see_v all_o the_o scrap_n gather_v into_o it_o beside_o he_o be_v himself_o exceed_v bountiful_a to_o they_o and_o then_o his_o devotion_n at_o church_n frequentation_n of_o the_o sacrament_n watch_v over_o his_o own_o sense_n delight_n in_o all_o
kingdom_n be_v destroy_v but_o for_o the_o enormity_n of_o their_o sin_n whereof_o whoever_o please_v may_v see_v proof_n at_o large_a in_o fitz-herberts_n policy_n and_o religion_n part_v 1._o chap._n 21._o 22._o 23_o etc._n etc._n yea_o jesus_n the_o son_n of_o syrach_n for_o he_o may_v be_v more_o easy_o consult_v in_o every_o bible_n at_o hand_n may_v give_v to_o a_o sober_a man_n assurance_n enough_o where_o he_o say_v first_o cap._n 10._o 8._o that_o the_o kingdom_n be_v translate_v from_o nation_n to_o nation_n because_o of_o unjust_a deal_n injury_n calumny_n and_o various_a deceit_n second_o c._n 40._o 10._o that_o death_n and_o bloodshed_n strife_n and_o the_o sword_n oppression_n famine_n contrition_n and_o scourge_n be_v all_o of_o they_o create_v for_o the_o wicked_a and_o for_o they_o the_o deluge_n be_v make_v nay_o if_o we_o consult_v the_o book_n of_o king_n read_v the_o prophet_n run_v over_o the_o book_n of_o josuah_n judge_n deuteronomy_n chronicle_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n examine_v all_o the_o history_n of_o christendom_n we_o shall_v not_o find_v any_o whole_a kingdom_n or_o nation_n destroy_v but_o for_o grievous_a and_o horrible_a sin_n either_o of_o the_o ruler_n or_o people_n or_o priest_n or_o all_o together_o yea_o we_o shall_v common_o find_v the_o very_a quality_n and_o species_n of_o those_o transgression_n mention_v that_o bring_v the_o vengeance_n on_o they_o however_o and_o notwithstanding_o that_o further_a yet_o we_o know_v that_o bloodshed_n be_v one_o of_o those_o four_o sin_n that_o cry_v to_o heaven_n 11._o gen._n x._o 11._o for_o vengeance_n the_o voice_n of_o thy_o brother_n blood_n cry_v to_o i_o from_o the_o earth_n say_v god_n himself_o to_o cain_n and_o that_o the_o very_o second_o of_o the_o 6._o gen._n ix_o 6._o law_n he_o give_v to_o no_n be_v that_o whosoever_o do_v shed_v the_o blood_n of_o man_n his_o also_o shall_v be_v shed_v after_o all_o i_o dare_v not_o affirm_v positive_o that_o either_o those_o very_a feud_n of_o the_o irish_a how_o unparalleled_a soever_o in_o blood_n or_o those_o other_o transgression_n in_o specie_fw-la be_v they_o what_o you_o please_v be_v the_o sin_n that_o move_v god_n to_o pronounce_v this_o final_a doom_n against_o they_o but_o only_o in_o general_n that_o their_o great_a sin_n compel_v he_o to_o it_o and_o how_o shall_v i_o indeed_o for_o who_o be_v the_o counsellor_n 39_o esay_n xl._n 13._o rom._n xi_o 39_o of_o god_n or_o who_o know_v any_o thing_n of_o the_o secret_n of_o his_o providence_n except_o only_o those_o to_o who_o himself_o be_v please_v to_o reveal_v they_o nevertheless_o i_o dare_v acquaint_v the_o reader_n that_o although_o i_o give_v but_o little_a credit_n general_o and_o sometime_o none_o at_o all_o to_o the_o relation_n of_o cambrensis_fw-la where_o he_o seem_v rather_o to_o vent_v his_o passion_n and_o write_v a_o satyr_n against_o that_o people_n than_o regard_v either_o modesty_n or_o truth_n yet_o i_o will_v not_o call_v in_o question_n what_o he_o relate_v l._n 2._o the_o expug_n hib._n c._n 33._o of_o the_o prophetical_a prediction_n make_v so_o many_o age_n before_o by_o the_o four_o prophetical_a saint_n of_o that_o nation_n moling_n brachan_n patrick_n and_o columb-cille_a and_o write_v by_o themselves_o say_v he_o in_o their_o own_o irish_a book_n extant_a yet_o in_o ireland_n concern_v the_o final_a fate_n of_o their_o countryman_n the_o old_a milesian_n race_n viz._n that_o the_o people_n of_o great_a britain_n shall_v not_o only_o invade_v they_o but_o for_o many_o age_n continue_v a_o sharp_a cruel_a and_o yet_o doubtful_a war_n upon_o they_o at_o home_n in_o ireland_n sometime_o the_o one_o and_o sometime_o the_o other_o side_n prevail_v that_o although_o those_o invader_n shall_v be_v often_o disturb_v worsted_n weaken_a especial_o and_o according_a to_o the_o prophecy_n of_o brachan_n by_o a_o certain_a king_n that_o shall_v come_v from_o the_o desert_n mountain_n of_o patrick_n and_o on_o a_o sunday-night_n seize_v a_o castle_n in_o the_o woody_n part_n of_o ibh_n faohlain_n and_o beside_o force_v they_o almost_o all_o away_o out_o of_o ireland_n yet_o they_o shall_v continual_o maintain_v the_o eastern_a sea-coast_n in_o their_o possession_n that_o in_o fine_a it_o will_v be_v no_o soon_o than_o a_o little_a before_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n and_o then_o it_o will_v be_v when_o they_o shall_v be_v thorough_o and_o universal_o victorious_a over_o all_o ireland_n erect_v castle_n every_o where_o among_o the_o irish_a and_o reduce_v the_o whole_a island_n from_o sea_n to_o sea_n under_o the_o english_a yoke_n and_o very_o those_o prophetical_a prediction_n five_o hundred_o year_n since_o deliver_v we_o by_o cambrensis_fw-la as_o he_o receive_v they_o from_o the_o irish_a themselves_o be_v the_o more_o observable_a that_o by_o consult_v the_o history_n of_o after-age_n from_o henry_n ii_o of_o england_n to_o the_o last_o of_o queen_n elizabeth_n and_o first_o of_o king_n james_n we_o may_v see_v they_o to_o a_o tittle_n accomplish_v unless_o peradventure_o some_o will_v unreasonable_o boggle_v at_o the_o circumstance_n of_o time_n express_v in_o these_o word_n paulò_fw-la ante_fw-la diem_fw-la judicii_fw-la a_o little_a before_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n which_o yet_o no_o man_n have_v reason_n to_o do_v because_o we_o know_v not_o how_o near_o this_o great_a day_n which_o shall_v end_v the_o world_n may_v be_v to_o we_o at_o this_o very_a present_a as_o for_o that_o king_n foretell_v as_o come_v from_o the_o desâ—rt_a mountain_n of_o patric_n there_o may_v be_v occasion_n and_o place_n enough_o to_o speak_v of_o he_o again_o that_o be_v hereafter_o in_o the_o second_o part_n of_o this_o treatise_n but_o whether_o from_o this_o irish_a prophecy_n either_o have_v as_o for_o the_o substance_n not_o the_o exact_a word_n of_o it_o from_o cambrensis_fw-la for_o he_o pretend_v not_o to_o give_v to_o we_o the_o exact_a word_n or_o have_v perhaps_o at_o least_o for_o some_o part_n of_o it_o from_o the_o irish_a themselves_o resort_v to_o rome_n in_o those_o day_n the_o famous_a italian_a prophet_n of_o calabria_n joachimus_n abbot_n of_o flore_n do_v foretell_v in_o his_o time_n the_o utter_a destruction_n and_o eternal_a desolation_n that_o temporis_fw-la joachimus_n ab._n post_n tract_n super_fw-la cap._n x._o isaiae_n part_n 1._o de_fw-fr oneribus_fw-la sexti_fw-la temporis_fw-la be_v to_o come_v upon_o the_o irish_a nation_n i_o can_v say_v this_o i_o know_v 1._o that_o in_o all_o his_o prediction_n all_o along_o in_o his_o several_a commentary_n on_o jeremy_n esay_n the_o apocalypse_v etc._n etc._n he_o pretend_v to_o divine_a revelation_n 2._o that_o he_o live_v several_a year_n after_o the_o write_n of_o cambrensis_fw-la on_o ireland_n have_v be_v public_a for_o cambrensis_fw-la dedicate_v one_o part_n of_o they_o to_o henry_n ii_o himself_n who_o die_v in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 1189._o and_o the_o rest_n to_o his_o son_n richard_n when_o yet_o but_o earl_n of_o poicton_n and_o joachim_n be_v in_o sicily_n with_o richard_n now_o king_n of_o england_n and_o philip_n primo_fw-la polydore_fw-la virgil._n in_o ricardo_n primo_fw-la king_n of_o france_n both_o wintr_v there_o with_o their_o fleet_n an._n 1190._o in_o their_o way_n to_o the_o invasion_n of_o the_o holy_a land_n nay_o i_o have_v myself_o read_v his_o submission_n of_o his_o work_n to_o the_o see_v apostolic_a date_v by_o himself_o ten_o year_n after_o which_o be_v the_o year_n 1200._o of_o our_o saviour_n incarnation_n 3._o that_o be_v ask_v what_o the_o success_n of_o this_o great_a expedition_n to_o the_o holy_a land_n against_o saladine_n shall_v be_v his_o answer_n be_v it_o shall_v prove_v unsuccessful_a and_o that_o the_o time_n of_o recover_v jerusalem_n be_v not_o yet_o come_v 4._o that_o this_o prediction_n of_o his_o be_v punctual_o true_a as_o appear_v ere_o long_o 5._o that_o his_o prophecy_n of_o the_o old_a irish_a nation_n be_v in_o these_o genuine_a word_n you_o read_v in_o the_o margin_n supra_fw-la margin_n exit_fw-la rigoribus_fw-la horribilis_fw-la hyemis_fw-la &_o glacialis_fw-la flatibus_fw-la aquilonis_fw-la parit_fw-la hibernia_n incolas_fw-la furibundos_fw-la sed_fw-la si_fw-la sequentium_fw-la temporum_fw-la terrores_fw-la praenoscerent_fw-la &_o internos_fw-la impetus_fw-la cogitarene_a a_o fancy_n spiritus_fw-la domini_fw-la ferreum_fw-la pectus_fw-la averterent_fw-la &_o se_fw-la à _fw-la sempiternis_fw-la opprobriis_fw-la liberarent_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la inuicem_fw-la vertitur_fw-la furor_fw-la aspideus_fw-la &_o involvit_fw-la tam_fw-la clerum_fw-la quam_fw-la populum_fw-la par_fw-fr insultus_fw-la non_fw-la video_fw-la quod_fw-la superna_fw-la clementia_n ulterius_fw-la differat_fw-la quin_fw-la in_o â—os_v exactissimum_fw-la judicium_fw-la acuat_fw-la &_o in_o stuporem_fw-la perpetuae_fw-la desolationis_fw-la impellat_fw-la omnes_fw-la istos_fw-la populos_fw-la cathedra_fw-la dubliniensis_n astringit_fw-la sed_fw-la darensium_n enormis_fw-la iniquit_fw-la as_o totum_fw-la defaedat_fw-la ordinem_fw-la charitatis_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la
in_o among_o so_o many_o other_o most_o too_o bare_a name_n of_o other_o pretend_a british_a king_n neither_o have_v he_o any_o more_o of_o the_o very_a second_o coilus_n than_o that_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o king_n marius_n and_o the_o father_n of_o king_n lucius_n the_o first_o christian_n king_n of_o great_a britain_n and_o that_o have_v in_o his_o youth_n be_v breed_v at_o rome_n he_o continue_v after_o even_o all_o along_o his_o reign_n both_o devote_a to_o the_o roman_a state_n and_o in_o peace_n with_o all_o his_o neighbour_n and_o therefore_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o story_n in_o buchanan_n either_o of_o this_o or_o any_o other_o coilus_n must_v be_v a_o late_a additional_a invention_n and_o in_o reference_n to_o the_o real_a true_a record_n of_o antiquity_n as_o ill_o contrive_v as_o may_v be_v though_o answerable_o enough_o to_o the_o foundation_n lay_v for_o such_o a_o superstructure_n of_o the_o new_a history_n of_o brute_n and_o his_o descendant_n but_o since_o we_o be_v occasional_o return_v again_o to_o this_o fame_a work_n of_o galfridus_n monumetensis_n whereof_o you_o have_v elsewhere_o so_o late_o have_v from_o my_o own_o read_n it_o over_o a_o pretty_a just_a summary_n give_v i_o leave_v here_o to_o let_v you_o see_v out_o of_o other_o as_o just_a a_o censure_n of_o it_o give_v i_o leave_v to_o tell_v you_o that_o alanus_n copus_n have_v compare_v it_o with_o ovid_n metamorphosis_n and_o lucian_n tale_n that_o william_n neubrigensis_n have_v spend_v even_o three_o whole_a leave_n in_o prooem_n hist_o to_o demonstrate_v by_o instance_n of_o particular_n how_o it_o be_v whole_o compose_v of_o the_o most_o improbable_a incredible_a and_o ungrounded_a lie_n that_o ever_o be_v invent_v that_o cambden_n also_o in_o his_o britannia_n relate_v to_o other_o who_o stick_v not_o to_o say_v it_o be_v all_o patch_a up_o of_o untuneable_a discord_n and_o jar_a absurdity_n yea_o compose_v of_o such_o milesian_n fable_n such_o intolerable_a mere_a invention_n of_o the_o author_n own_o brain_n that_o the_o roman_a church_n at_o last_o think_v fit_a to_o enroll_v it_o in_o the_o index_n of_o prohibit_v book_n yea_o that_o cambrensis_fw-la himself_o though_o a_o britton_n by_o birth_n and_o blood_n and_o as_o desirous_a of_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o countryman_n as_o any_o can_v be_v give_v it_o nevertheless_o the_o character_n of_o a_o fabulous_a history_n as_o you_o may_v see_v in_o his_o description_n of_o wales_n cap._n 7._o nay_o that_o in_o his_o itinerary_n of_o wales_n l._n 1._o c._n 5._o he_o tell_v we_o that_o and_o the_o occasion_n and_o manner_n how_o the_o devil_n be_v see_v leap_v and_o skip_v and_o dance_v on_o it_o however_o and_o though_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o as_o well_o these_o censure_n as_o the_o summary_n aforesaid_a be_v sufficient_a even_o each_o of_o they_o apart_o to_o ruin_v the_o story_n of_o coilus_n and_o fergus_n in_o buchanan_n which_o derive_v original_o from_o galfridus_n and_o ultimate_o rely_v on_o his_o invention_n i_o shall_v nevertheless_o give_v now_o another_o argument_n show_v more_o peculiarly_a how_o little_a faith_n ought_v to_o be_v give_v he_o in_o his_o catalogue_n of_o british_a king_n and_o consequent_o none_o at_o all_o to_o his_o name_n of_o coilus_n among_o they_o in_o his_o seven_o book_n chap._n v._o where_o he_o so_o confident_o relate_v the_o mighty_a battle_n fight_v and_o overthrow_v give_v by_o king_n arthur_n in_o france_n to_o those_o four_o hundred_o thousand_o roman_n and_o their_o auxiliary_n mention_v before_o part_n european_n part_v asian_o and_o the_o rest_n african_n under_o many_o king_n come_v to_o assist_v the_o roman_a emperor_n against_o arthur_n he_o have_v also_o the_o brazen_a brow_n to_o invent_v not_o only_o those_o three_o name_n of_o the_o emperor_n himself_o and_o his_o two_o lieutenant_n general_n which_o we_o have_v see_v before_o but_o many_o more_o of_o the_o auxiliary_a king_n viz._n epistrephus_n king_n of_o greece_n mustemphar_n king_n of_o parthia_n aliafatina_n king_n of_o spain_n hirtacus_n king_n of_o africa_n boetus_fw-la king_n of_o the_o mede_n sextorius_fw-la king_n of_o libya_n teucer_n king_n of_o phrygia_n xerxes_n king_n of_o the_o iturean_o pandrasus_n king_n of_o egypt_n misipsa_n king_n of_o babylon_n politetes_n duke_n of_o bythinia_n teucer_n duke_n of_o phrygia_n evander_n of_o syria_n ethion_n of_o boetia_n sure_o it_o shall_v be_v beotia_n hippolytus_n of_o crect_n etc._n etc._n whereas_o indeed_o there_o be_v no_o such_o name_n or_o man_n and_o most_o of_o these_o country_n name_v by_o he_o in_o the_o last_o place_n be_v but_o province_n then_o under_o the_o roman_a or_o constantinopolitan_a empire_n and_o no_o king_n nor_o duke_n but_o only_a precedent_n rule_v they_o under_o the_o emperor_n wherefore_o if_o he_o can_v so_o bold_o invent_v such_o a_o list_n of_o king_n abroad_o in_o the_o world_n for_o the_o six_o age_n of_o christianity_n wherein_o he_o can_v be_v so_o easy_o disprove_v by_o a_o thousand_o argument_n we_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o think_v that_o for_o home_n and_o those_o early_a age_n of_o the_o world_n wherein_o he_o can_v not_o be_v disprove_v by_o any_o record_n he_o do_v otherwise_o than_o mere_o forge_v his_o catalogue_n of_o british_a king_n and_o these_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o move_v i_o to_o this_o reflection_n upon_o that_o story_n of_o coilus_n and_o fergus_n in_o buchanan_n as_o relate_v out_o of_o he_o in_o my_o foresay_a 19_o page_n and_o the_o same_o reason_n or_o at_o least_o a_o sufficient_a part_n of_o they_o make_v i_o likewise_o not_o insist_v now_o upon_o the_o name_n of_o notium_n which_o you_o have_v see_v before_o page_n 13._o give_v to_o breoghuin_n tower_n in_o gallicia_n it_o be_v i_o doubt_v not_o borrow_v by_o kete_v from_o hector_n boethius_n who_o say_v in_o express_a term_n that_o place_n be_v call_v first_o brigantia_n but_o after_o notium_n and_o last_o of_o all_o compostella_n i_o know_v there_o be_v a_o promontory_n in_o dâ—smond_n the_o south_n of_o monster_n which_o be_v by_o cambden_n in_o his_o map_n of_o ireland_n call_v notium_n but_o whether_o from_o any_o of_o that_o name_n in_o north_n spain_n or_o elsewhere_o i_o know_v not_o 54._o but_o what_o be_v more_o material_a to_o be_v note_v occasioval_o in_o this_o place_n be_v buchanan_n account_n of_o fergus_n and_o the_o rather_o because_o he_o seem_v to_o give_v it_o from_o the_o scottish_a historian_n in_o general_n he_o say_v that_o this_o very_a fergus_n pretend_v by_o he_o to_o have_v be_v the_o over-throw_a of_o coilus_n and_o by_o hector_n boethius_n to_o have_v also_o be_v the_o son_n of_o ferchardus_fw-la king_n of_o ireland_n be_v the_o founder_n of_o the_o scottish_a kingdom_n in_o albania_n and_o first_o of_o all_o the_o king_n of_o the_o scot_n inhabit_v great_a britain_n that_o he_o come_v to_o albania_n or_o scotland_n about_o the_o time_n of_o alexander_n the_o great_a be_v take_n babylon_n almost_o 331._o year_n before_o the_o birth_n of_o christ_n and_o that_o within_o twenty_o four_o year_n more_o have_v reign_v in_o all_o so_o long_o in_o his_o return_n from_o ireland_n whither_o he_o have_v go_v back_o from_o scotland_n to_o quiet_a some_o disturbance_n there_o he_o perish_v at_o sea_n in_o a_o tempest_n near_o that_o rock_n in_o the_o north_n of_o ireland_n which_o from_o his_o wrack_n hard_o by_o be_v ever_o since_o call_v in_o latin_a rupes_fw-la fergusii_n in_o irish_a carrig-fhearuis_a by_o we_o knock-fergus_n so_o say_v buchanan_n and_o so_o say_v before_o he_o hector_n boethius_n and_o some_o other_o of_o his_o countryman_n historian_n both_o he_o and_o they_o either_o seem_v to_o know_v nothing_o at_o all_o of_o those_o annal_n and_o book_n whence_o only_o the_o real_a true_a history_n of_o their_o antiquity_n can_v be_v know_v or_o else_o witting_o and_o willing_o to_o have_v take_v up_o a_o fabulous_a story_n of_o purpose_n to_o establish_v a_o glorious_a succession_n of_o a_o hundred_o and_o seven_o king_n of_o the_o same_o nation_n reign_v one_o after_o another_o from_o that_o fergus_n i._o to_o james_n vi_o even_o for_o above_o 1900_o year_n whatever_o the_o cause_n may_v be_v the_o one_o or_o the_o other_o or_o perhaps_o which_o be_v likely_a enough_o both_o together_o it_o be_v plain_a out_o of_o the_o ancient_a annal_n and_o other_o history_n of_o ireland_n which_o be_v indeed_o the_o only_a fountain_n of_o all_o such_o true_o real_a scottish_a antiquity_n as_o concern_v at_o least_o the_o irish_a invader_n and_o time_n of_o their_o invasion_n of_o any_o part_n of_o great_a britain_n that_o buchanan_n and_o those_o follow_v by_o he_o have_v create_v the_o say_a fergus_n i._o king_n of_o the_o scot_n in_o albania_n even_o 819_o year_n before_o he_o land_v from_o ireland_n in_o britain_n for_o those_o irish_a monument_n fix_v on_o the_o year_n of_o
few_o that_o in_o the_o most_o famous_a place_n call_v degsestan_n i._n e._n the_o stone_n of_o degsa_n almost_o his_o whole_a army_n be_v slay_v that_o nevertheless_o in_o the_o same_o fight_n theobaldus_fw-la brother_n to_o this_o ethelfride_n with_o all_o the_o force_v head_v by_o he_o be_v in_o like_a manner_n kill_v and_o that_o from_o that_o time_n forward_o to_o this_o very_a day_n say_v bede_n mean_v the_o day_n when_o he_o write_v this_o none_o of_o all_o the_o scottish_a king_n have_v be_v so_o dare_v as_o to_o give_v battle_n to_o the_o english_a nation_n which_o be_v the_o word_n of_o bede_n true_o render_v in_o english_a and_o the_o year_n of_o his_o age_n be_v 59_o when_o he_o end_v all_o his_o work_n and_o consequent_o this_o history_n as_o himself_o say_v and_o see_v also_o that_o he_o be_v bear_v anno_fw-la dom._n 677._o it_o follow_v that_o so_o long_o at_o least_o as_o 136_o year_n after_o degsestan_a fight_n the_o scot_n engage_v not_o against_o the_o english_a but_o whether_o after_o this_o term_n expire_v they_o attack_v they_o again_o before_o they_o have_v ruin_v the_o pictish_a kingdom_n and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n seize_v so_o great_a a_o part_n of_o the_o northumbrian_n i_o know_v not_o 54._o what_o you_o may_v have_v peruse_v already_o page_n 129_o as_o derive_v either_o from_o cambrensis_fw-la or_o cambden_n or_o both_o viz._n of_o the_o original_a eruption_n of_o the_o great_a ulster_n lake_n call_v in_o irish_a loch_n erne_n and_o cause_n thereof_o be_v abundant_o refute_v by_o gratianus_n lucius_n in_o his_o book_n entitle_v cambrensis_fw-la eversus_fw-la page_n 132_o and_o 133._o which_o have_v not_o see_v before_o my_o own_o foresay_a 127_o page_n have_v be_v wrought_v off_o the_o press_n make_v i_o give_v now_o this_o other_o which_o as_o it_o be_v much_o full_a so_o i_o doubt_v not_o a_o much_o better_a and_o true_a account_n in_o every_o respect_n of_o that_o matter_n the_o relation_n of_o cambrensis_fw-la topograp_n hib._n d._n 2_o c._n 9_o may_v be_v render_v thus_o in_o english_a there_o be_v in_o ulster_n a_o lake_n of_o vast_a extension_n thirty_o mile_n long_o and_o fifteen_o broad_a unto_o which_o as_o they_o say_v a_o wonderful_a chance_n give_v beginning_n in_o that_o country_n which_o be_v now_o the_o lake_n there_o be_v in_o very_o ancient_a time_n a_o most_o vicious_a nation_n but_o chief_o and_o incorrigible_o above_o all_o other_o people_n of_o ireland_n give_v over_o to_o that_o sin_n we_o call_v bestiality_n and_o there_o be_v among_o they_o a_o prophetical_a say_n that_o so_o soon_o as_o a_o certain_a well_o of_o that_o country_n be_v at_o any_o time_n leave_v uncover_v for_o out_o of_o reverence_n to_o it_o proceed_v from_o barbarous_a superstition_n it_o have_v both_o a_o cover_n and_o signature_n or_o lock_n it_o shall_v present_o overflow_v so_o prodigious_o as_o to_o drown_v the_o whole_a country_n thereabouts_o which_o according_o happen_v on_o this_o occasion_n one_o of_o the_o country_n woman_n have_v open_v it_o to_o bring_v water_n home_o it_o chance_v that_o before_o she_o have_v thorough_o do_v she_o hear_v her_o child_n a_o little_a distance_n off_o cry_v and_o go_v in_o haste_n to_o still_v he_o she_o forget_v to_o cover_v the_o well_o whereupon_o it_o overflow_v on_o a_o sudden_a so_o strange_o that_o not_o only_o the_o woman_n herself_o and_o her_o child_n with_o she_o but_o all_o the_o people_n universal_o and_o all_o the_o very_a cattle_n too_o of_o the_o whole_a country_n for_o very_a many_o mile_n be_v as_o by_o a_o particular_a and_o provincial_a deluge_n cover_v overwhelm_v perish_v utter_o in_o the_o water_n as_o if_o the_o author_n of_o nature_n have_v judge_v that_o land_n unworthy_a of_o inhabitant_n which_o have_v be_v conscious_a of_o such_o enormous_a turpitude_n against_o nature_n and_o indeed_o that_o such_o have_v be_v the_o original_n of_o this_o lake_n it_o be_v no_o improbable_a argument_n that_o the_o fisherman_n upon_o it_o do_v manifest_o in_o fair_a serene_a weather_n see_v under_o they_o in_o the_o water_n church_n turret_n which_o according_a to_o the_o fashion_n of_o those_o in_o that_o land_n be_v not_o only_o narrow_a and_o high_a but_o round_o withal_o and_o that_o they_o often_o show_v they_o to_o passenger_n waste_v over_o this_o lake_n who_o be_v strange_o astonish_v at_o the_o sight_n and_o cause_n you_o be_v also_o to_o note_n that_o the_o river_n which_o abundant_o flow_v out_o of_o the_o same_o lake_n be_v one_o of_o the_o nine_o principal_a river_n of_o ireland_n namely_o the_o ban_n do_v even_o from_o the_o beginning_n that_o be_v ever_o since_o the_o time_n of_o bartholanus_n though_o in_o a_o much_o small_a stream_n flow_v from_o the_o foresay_a well_o all_o along_o that_o country_n other_o water_n fall_v into_o it_o still_o as_o it_o go_v far_o off_o hitherto_o gerald_n of_o wales_n but_o to_o this_o relation_n of_o he_o it_o will_v not_o be_v amiss_o to_o add_v what_o cambden_n say_v apply_v it_o and_o interpret_n and_o make_v this_o nameless_a pool_n to_o be_v the_o famous_a loch_n erne_n of_o so_o many_o mile_n in_o length_n and_o breadth_n and_o the_o people_n destroy_v to_o have_v be_v some_o hebridians_n get_v thither_o beyond_o cavan_n say_v he_o 106._o cambden_n ireland_n in_o holland_n translation_n of_o it_o page_z 106._o west_n &_o north_n fermanach_n present_v itself_o where_o sometime_o the_o erdini_n dwell_v a_o country_n full_a of_o wood_n and_o very_o boggish_a in_o the_o midst_n whereof_o be_v that_o famous_a and_o great_a mere_a of_o all_o ireland_n loch_n erne_n stretch_v out_o forty_o mile_n border_v about_o with_o shady_a wood_n and_o pass_v full_a of_o inhabit_a island_n whereof_o some_o contain_v a_o hundred_o two_o hundred_o three_o hundred_o acre_n of_o ground_n have_v beside_o such_o store_n of_o pike_n truot_n and_o salmon_n that_o the_o fisherman_n complain_v often_o of_o too_o great_a plenty_n of_o fish_n and_o of_o the_o break_n of_o their_o net_n than_o they_o do_v for_o want_v of_o draught_n this_o lake_n spread_v not_o from_o east_n to_o west_n as_o it_o be_v describe_v in_o the_o common_a map_n but_o as_o i_o have_v hear_v those_o say_v who_o have_v take_v a_o long_a and_o good_a survey_n thereof_o first_o at_o bel_n tarbet_n which_o be_v a_o little_a town_n far_a north_n of_o any_o in_o this_o county_n of_o cavan_n it_o stretch_v from_o south_n to_o north_n fourteen_o mile_n in_o length_n and_o four_o in_o breadth_n anon_o it_o draw_v in_o narrow_a to_o the_o bigness_n of_o a_o good_a river_n for_o six_o mile_n in_o the_o channel_n whereof_o stand_v iniskellin_n the_o principal_a call_v in_o this_o tract_n which_o in_o the_o year_n 1593._o be_v defend_v by_o the_o rebel_n and_o by_o dowdal_a a_o most_o valiant_a captain_n win_v then_o come_v westward_o it_o enlarge_v itself_o most_o of_o all_o twenty_o mile_n long_o and_o ten_o broad_a as_o far_o as_o to_o belek_n near_o unto_o which_o be_v a_o great_a downfall_n of_o water_n and_o as_o they_o term_v it_o that_o most_o renown_a salmon_n leapue_v á_z common_a speech_n among_o the_o inhabitant_n thereby_o be_v that_o this_o lake_n be_v once_o firm_a ground_n pass_v well_o husband_v with_o tillage_n and_o replenish_v with_o inhabitant_n but_o sudden_o for_o their_o abominable_a buggery_n commit_v with_o beast_n overflow_v with_o water_n and_o turn_v to_o a_o lake_n though_o almighty_a god_n say_v giraldus_n creator_n of_o nature_n judge_v this_o land_n privy_a to_o so_o filthy_a act_n against_o nature_n unworthy_a to_o hold_v not_o only_o the_o first_o inhabitant_n but_o any_o other_o for_o the_o time_n to_o come_v howbeit_o this_o wickedness_n the_o irish_a annal_n lay_v upon_o certain_a islander_n out_o of_o the_o hebrides_n who_o be_v flee_v out_o of_o their_o own_o country_n lurk_v there_o so_o he_o against_o these_o relation_n the_o one_o of_o giraldus_n cambrensis_fw-la and_o the_o other_o of_o cambden_n though_o the_o late_a as_o to_o the_o original_n of_o this_o lake_n be_v whole_o ground_v on_o the_o former_a gratianus_n lucius_n oppose_v many_o reason_n 1._o that_o all_o the_o irish_a annal_n and_o history_n who_o treat_v of_o loch_n ern_n attribute_v the_o original_n of_o it_o not_o to_o the_o overflow_a of_o any_o well_o or_o river_n but_o to_o a_o mere_a eruption_n of_o water_n out_o of_o the_o very_a entrail_n of_o the_o earth_n without_o any_o kind_n of_o mention_n of_o bestiality_n or_o other_o sin_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n which_o may_v at_o all_o any_o way_n deserve_v it_o 2._o that_o this_o eruption_n happen_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o fiacha_n lauranne_n king_n lauranne_n but_o kete_v say_v it_o happen_v under_o the_o reign_n of_o tighermhais_n alias_o tightermhuir_n forty_o six_o year_n before_o fiacha_n labhraina_n come_v to_o be_v king_n king_n of_o ireland_n
put_v out_o then_o and_o under_o great_a penalty_n not_o kindle_v again_o but_o from_o or_o out_o of_o this_o holy_a fire_n of_o tlaghtghae_n and_o every_o house_n in_o the_o kingdom_n as_o receive_v from_o this_o new_a consecrate_a fire_n and_o because_o the_o ground_n of_o tleaghthae_n have_v be_v former_o the_o monster_n king_n dominion_n to_o pay_v he_o yearly_a three_o penny_n for_o ever_o at_o visneach_v house_n or_o that_o which_o he_o have_v build_v hard_o by_o and_o west_n of_o it_o on_o the_o ground_n take_v from_o the_o connaght_n king_n he_o ordain_v that_o each_o may_v day_n for_o ever_o a_o general_a meeting_n of_o all_o the_o nobility_n shall_v be_v hold_v which_o meeting_n they_o call_v in_o their_o language_n morhail_v visneach_v and_o it_o may_v be_v english_v the_o magnificence_n of_o visneach_n that_o two_o great_a fire_n shall_v be_v make_v at_o this_o meeting_n and_o betwixt_o they_o both_o all_o beast_n sacrifice_v to_o their_o great_a god_n beile_n which_o kete_v conceive_v to_o have_v be_v the_o same_o with_o belus_n for_o expiate_v their_o sin_n appease_v his_o wrath_n and_o obtain_v from_o he_o favour_n for_o the_o follow_a year_n that_o the_o same_o day_n and_o hour_n in_o every_o district_n or_o territory_n of_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n two_o such_o other_o fire_n shall_v be_v make_v for_o the_o like_a purpose_n that_o be_v for_o all_o the_o respective_a inhabitant_n to_o resort_v unto_o they_o with_o their_o heathen_a priest_n and_o sacrifice_n in_o fine_a that_o every_o chieftain_n and_o person_n of_o quality_n come_v to_o the_o say_v great_a meeting_n at_o visneach_n shall_v present_v the_o connaght_n king_n with_o a_o horse_n and_o complete_a harness_n for_o a_o horseman_n as_o a_o chiefry_n reserve_v to_o he_o for_o that_o ground_n where_o kete_v add_v that_o from_o these_o yearly_a paganical_a fire_n at_o visneach_n and_o elsewhere_o make_v in_o those_o day_n of_o idolatry_n to_o honour_n beall_n it_o be_v that_o ever_o since_o even_o along_o to_o this_o very_a day_n the_o irish_a call_v the_o first_o of_o may_n lae_n beall-tine_n which_o import_v in_o english_a beali_n fire_n day_n for_o in_o their_o tongue_n lae_n be_v day_n and_o tine_n be_v fire_n at_o or_o near_o the_o palace_n of_o tailltionn_n he_o by_o a_o new_a ordinance_n of_o his_o own_o command_v the_o ancient_a fair_a call_v aonach_n tailltinn_n whereof_o we_o have_v speak_v before_o to_o be_v keep_v yearly_o on_o lammas_n day_n with_o much_o more_o solemnity_n and_o a_o far_o great_a conflux_n of_o people_n than_o ever_o and_o there_o it_o be_v that_o wedding-matche_n be_v usual_o treat_v agree_v upon_o conclude_v betwixt_o the_o parent_n of_o young_a folk_n and_o by_o this_o monarch_n new_a law_n every_o couple_n marry_v there_o pay_v six_o shilling_n eight_o penny_n which_o the_o irish_a then_o do_v call_v vinghe_a airgiod_n a_o ounce_n of_o silver_n to_o the_o king_n of_o ulster_n as_o a_o acknowledgement_n of_o his_o have_v former_o be_v lord_n of_o that_o portion_n but_o for_o tarach_n alias_o teambhuir_n where_o he_o have_v build_v his_o four_o royal_a palace_n i_o find_v nothing_o ordain_v by_o he_o concern_v any_o solemnity_n or_o assembly_n there_o and_o the_o reason_n i_o suppose_v may_v be_v that_o even_o the_o very_o great_a and_o most_o solemn_a assembly_n of_o all_o the_o estate_n in_o parliament_n either_o to_o make_v new_a law_n and_o repeal_v the_o old_a or_o to_o exercise_v any_o other_o act_n of_o supreme_a jurisdiction_n have_v be_v already_o both_o by_o law_n and_o custom_n fix_v in_o that_o place_n ever_o since_o ollamh_o fodhlas_n reign_n that_o be_v full_a 1200._o year_n want_v only_o seventeen_o before_o tuathal_n teachtmhor_n come_v to_o be_v king_n no_o more_o do_v i_o find_v any_o duty_n or_o chiefry_n payable_a to_o the_o k._n of_o leinster_n whereof_o i_o conceive_v also_o the_o reason_n may_v have_v be_v that_o indeed_o as_o kete_v elsewhere_o and_o upon_o a_o other_o occasion_n than_o this_o here_o observe_v cairbre_v niafearr_o the_o very_a first_o king_n of_o leinster_n have_v full_o two_o hundred_o and_o six_o year_n before_o tuathal_n teachtmor_n time_n pass_v away_o both_o his_o own_o right_n and_o that_o of_o his_o successor_n after_o he_o in_o the_o foresay_a portion_n of_o land_n wherein_o tarach_n be_v build_v and_o for_o ever_o make_v it_o over_o by_o way_n of_o sale_n and_o bargain_n to_o connor_n the_o first_o king_n of_o ulster_n and_o his_o successor_n after_o he_o in_o lieu_n of_o his_o belove_a daughter_n by_o name_n feilim_n nua_n chrothach_n or_o felicia_n the_o beautiful_a who_o cairbre_n have_v buy_v so_o dear_a to_o be_v his_o wife_n so_o dear_a i_o say_v because_o that_o four_o portion_n from_o visneach_n to_o the_o eastern_a sea_n be_v in_o his_o time_n and_o until_o this_o bargain_n make_v part_n of_o leinster_n contain_v three_o cantred_n of_o land_n of_o the_o very_o best_a in_o ireland_n even_o all_o the_o land_n which_o now_o go_v under_o the_o name_n of_o the_o county_n of_o meath_z i_o mean_v east-meath_a along_o to_o droghedagh_n beside_o fingale_n and_o all_o the_o other_o land_n too_o on_o that_o side_n of_o the_o river_n liffy_n to_o dublin_n but_o if_o you_o desire_v to_o know_v what_o or_o how_o much_o land_n a_o cantre_v mean_n be_v i_o have_v tell_v but_o now_o of_o three_o cantred_n in_o this_o four_o portion_n cambrensis_fw-la in_o his_o hiber_n expug_n l._n 2._o c._n 18._o answer_n that_o as_o well_o in_o the_o irish_a as_o british_a tongue_n by_o a_o cantre_v be_v mean_v that_o proportion_n or_o quantity_n of_o land_n which_o usual_o contain_v a_o hundred_o village_n and_o whether_o kete_v disagree_v in_o this_o signification_n of_o that_o word_n i_o know_v not_o certain_o because_o i_o know_v not_o how_o much_o land_n cambrensis_fw-la will_v assign_v to_o a_o village_n or_o villa_n his_o latin_a term_n of_o this_o i_o be_o certain_a that_o kete_v assign_v according_a to_o the_o irish_a account_n but_o thirty_o feed_v town_n or_o bailite_n ciath_v as_o he_o call_v '_o â—m_n to_o a_o cantre_v every_o one_o of_o they_o contain_v twelve_o plowland_n and_o every_o plowland_n a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o acre_n of_o irish_a measure_n which_o be_v common_o three_o or_o four_o time_n great_a than_o the_o english_a and_o this_o be_v both_o reflection_n and_o digression_n enough_o occasion_v by_o the_o mention_n make_v of_o tuathal_n teachtmhor_n the_o irish_a monarch_n in_o my_o foresay_a 217._o page_n 59_o my_o next_o reflection_n be_v to_o correct_v a_o error_n which_o i_o observe_v in_o my_o 229._o page_n for_o there_o and_o whether_o through_o my_o own_o mistake_n or_o the_o printer_n i_o know_v not_o it_o be_v say_v that_o connor_n the_o first_o provincial_a king_n of_o ulster_n be_v make_v so_o by_o eochuidh_fw-mi feileach_n the_o monarch_n and_o author_n of_o the_o pentarchy_n about_o 400_o year_n before_o the_o birth_n of_o christ_n whereas_o indeed_o it_o can_v not_o be_v so_o much_o by_o at_o least_o two_o hundred_o and_o eighteen_o year_n because_o this_o monarch_n eochadh_n feileach_n who_o make_v that_o connor_n king_n of_o ulster_n can_v not_o make_v he_o king_n before_o himself_o be_v monarch_n and_o this_o he_o be_v not_o before_o the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n 5057._o in_o which_o he_o kill_v his_o predecessor_n and_o possess_v his_o throne_n now_o according_a to_o the_o chronology_n of_o lucius_n that_o year_n of_o the_o world_n be_v just_a one_o hundred_o forty_o two_o year_n before_o the_o birth_n of_o our_o lord_n because_o say_v he_o this_o birth_n happen_v in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n 5199._o after_o the_o deluge_n 2957._o and_o in_o the_o 8_o year_n as_o some_o say_v or_o as_o other_o in_o the_o 12_o year_n of_o the_o monarch_n of_o ireland_n criomthain_n niadnair_v reign_v now_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o from_o the_o year_n 5057_o to_o the_o year_n 5099._o not_o more_o efflux_v but_o 142_o year_n 60._o the_o review_n of_o my_o 229._o page_n and_o what_o be_v give_v there_o of_o that_o happy_a king_n of_o monster_n feilim_n mhac_fw-la criomthain_n bring_v to_o my_o thought_n here_o a_o passage_n in_o kete_v that_o be_v very_o lingular_a both_o for_o the_o author_n and_o matter_n of_o it_o the_o author_n be_v holy_a bennin_n as_o the_o irish_a call_v he_o in_o their_o language_n who_o the_o latin_n call_v st._n benignus_n even_o that_o very_o belove_a disciple_n of_o st._n patrick_n their_o great_a apostle_n who_o be_v consecrate_v and_o install_v by_o he_o in_o his_o own_o day_n and_o in_o his_o own_o stead_n archbishop_n of_o ardmagh_n and_o the_o matter_n be_v the_o magnificent_a and_o costly_a progress_n of_o the_o king_n of_o cashel_n in_o former_a time_n about_o leath_n cuinn_n and_o leath_n mogh_fw-mi throughout_o all_o ireland_n and_o say_v kete_v it_o be_v in_o the_o irish_a book_n
call_v leabhar_n na_o geart_n i._n e._n the_o book_n of_o right_n or_o due_n a_o book_n beginning_n with_o these_o word_n dligh_n gach_v riogh_o o_o riogh_o cassil_n and_o a_o book_n write_v whole_o by_o s._n benignus_n himself_n 1200_o year_n since_o that_o the_o particular_n of_o that_o stately_a progress_n be_v set_v down_o as_o here_o they_o follow_v bestow_v by_o he_o that_o be_v by_o the_o king_n of_o cashel_n when_o he_o go_v that_o progress_n on_o the_o king_n of_o cruachain_n a_o hundred_o sword_n a_o hundred_o cup_n of_o plate_n a_o hundred_o horse_n and_o a_o hundred_o mantle_n receive_v from_o this_o cruachain_n or_o connaght_n king_n half_a a_o year_n entertainment_n and_o the_o rise_n out_o as_o they_o call_v it_o of_o all_o the_o country_n wait_v on_o he_o to_o tirconail_n bestow_v by_o he_o on_o the_o king_n of_o cineal_a gonuill_n twenty_o ring_n twenty_o pair_n of_o table_n which_o they_o call_v fithchioll_n and_o twenty_o horse_n receive_v a_o month_n entertainment_n and_o the_o rise_n out_o of_o that_o country_n along_o with_o he_o to_o tir-oghain_a bestow_v by_o he_o on_o the_o king_n of_o oileach_n fifty_o silver_n cup_n and_o fifty_o sword_n receive_v a_o month_n entertainment_n and_o the_o wait_a of_o the_o country_n on_o he_o to_o tullenoge_fw-mi bestow_v by_o he_o on_o the_o lord_n or_o chieftain_n of_o tullenoge_fw-mi thirty_o silver_n bowl_n and_o thirty_o sword_n or_o lance_n receive_v twelve_o day_n entertainment_n and_o wait_v on_o as_o elsewhere_o to_o oirgialluibh_n bestow_v by_o he_o on_o this_o king_n i_o mean_v of_o oirghialluibh_n eight_o shirt_n of_o mail_n sixty_o coat_n and_o sixty_o horse_n receive_v a_o month_n entertainment_n at_o eambaine_n with_o the_o rise_n out_o into_o ulster_n against_o clanna_n ruidhruidh_n bestow_v by_o he_o on_o the_o king_n of_o tarach_n 30_o shirt_n of_o mail_n thirty_o ring_n a_o hundred_o horse_n and_o thirty_o harper_n receive_v there_o a_o month_n entertainment_n and_o the_o four_o chief_a family_n accompany_v he_o thence_o to_o dublin_n bestow_v by_o he_o on_o the_o king_n of_o dublin_n ten_o woman_n ten_o ship_n and_o ten_o horse_n receive_v a_o month_n entertainment_n and_o this_o king_n company_n into_o leinster_n bestow_v by_o he_o on_o the_o leinster_n king_n thirty_o cow_n thirty_o ship_n thirty_o horse_n and_o thirty_o young_a maid_n which_o they_o term_v cumbhall_o receive_v two_o month_n entertainment_n i._n e._n one_o month_n from_o upper_a leinster_n and_o another_o from_o the_o low_a which_o they_o call_v jachter_n laighion_n final_o to_o the_o tanist_n of_o the_o same_o low-leinster_n thirty_o horse_n thirty_o shirt_n of_o mail_n and_o 30_o sword_n and_o this_o be_v the_o costly_a splendour_n of_o that_o general_a progress_n of_o the_o monster_n king_n over_o ireland_n in_o former_a age_n when_o they_o think_v fit_a to_o make_v or_o undertake_v it_o which_o feidlimidius_n alias_o felim_n mhac_fw-la criomthain_n king_n of_o that_o province_n do_v in_o his_o reign_n and_o this_o no_o long_o since_o then_o the_o 845_o year_n of_o christ_n for_o he_o enter_v upon_o that_o kingdom_n an._n dom._n 818._o and_o retire_v from_o it_o to_o lead_v a_o eremitical_a life_n in_o the_o 27_o yearafter_o what_o the_o original_a or_o rise_v of_o it_o be_v or_o what_o right_a a_o provincial_a king_n of_o monster_n can_v pretend_v to_o such_o a_o progress_n i_o do_v not_o find_v nor_o do_v i_o know_v what_o move_v kete_v to_o desire_v the_o reader_n not_o to_o account_v he_o the_o author_n of_o the_o relation_n or_o why_o so_o contrary_a to_o his_o custom_n elsewhere_o general_o throughout_o his_o whole_a chronicle_n he_o quote_v here_o the_o author_n it_o have_v be_v indeed_o very_o well_o and_o much_o to_o be_v wish_v that_o he_o have_v do_v so_o all_o along_o for_o his_o other_o relation_n but_o here_o perhaps_o he_o thought_n fit_a to_o do_v it_o of_o purpose_n to_o decline_v the_o invidious_a censure_n of_o those_o of_o other_o province_n for_o magnify_v so_o much_o his_o own_o province_n of_o monster_n without_o so_o good_a a_o warrant_n as_o benuin_n book_n whatever_o his_o motive_n be_v the_o relation_n itself_o put_v i_o upon_o some_o occasional_a observation_n here_o which_o shall_v be_v in_o all_o three_o first_o observation_n that_o dublin_n must_v have_v be_v a_o considerable_a place_n in_o the_o day_n of_o benuinn_n see_v it_o have_v then_o or_o at_o least_o before_o his_o time_n a_o king_n and_o be_v a_o kingdom_n of_o itself_o different_a from_o that_o of_o leinster_n and_o therefore_o that_o however_o or_o whenever_o it_o be_v first_o after_o that_o time_n destroy_v yet_o sure_o none_o of_o those_o three_o norvegian_a brethren_n amelacus_n sitaracus_n &_o juor_n be_v the_o first_o founder_n but_o only_o the_o repairer_n and_o fortifyer_n of_o it_o a_o little_a before_o the_o second_o danish_a war._n in_o which_o persuasion_n i_o be_o fix_v by_o consider_v that_o in_o the_o chorographical_a table_n of_o ptolemy_n who_o flourish_v under_o the_o emperor_n t._n aurelius_n hadrianus_n antoninus_n pius_n in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 153._o the_o people_n eblani_n and_o the_o city_n eblana_n be_v place_v where_o dublin_n have_v always_o be_v and_o therefore_o eblana_n in_o ptolemy_n be_v the_o very_a selfsame_a town_n we_o now_o call_v dublin_n the_o latin_a writer_n dublinium_n and_o dublinia_n the_o welsh_a briton_n dinas_n dulin_n the_o english_a saxon_n in_o time_n past_a duplin_n and_o all_o from_o one_o of_o the_o two_o original_a irish_a name_n of_o it_o the_o first_o of_o they_o be_v dubh-linn_a which_o import_v a_o black_a depth_n of_o water_n that_o be_v there_o and_o the_o second_o not_o only_o be_v but_o be_v still_o among_o all_o sort_n of_o irish_a not_o as_o cambden_n have_v it_o bala-cleigh_n but_o bala-ath-cliath_a import_v not_o the_o town_n upon_o hurdle_n but_o the_o town_n of_o the_o ford_n of_o hurdle_n which_o nevertheless_o be_v consistent_a enough_o with_o the_o tradition_n that_o when_o dublin_n be_v first_o build_v the_o foundation_n be_v lay_v upon_o hurdle_n by_o reason_n the_o place_n have_v be_v deep_o moorish_a i_o can_v here_o add_v out_o of_o cambden_n not_o only_o that_o saxon_a grammaticus_n write_v how_o it_o be_v pitiful_o rend_v and_o dismember_v in_o the_o danish_a war_n but_o also_o that_o in_o the_o life_n of_o griffith_n ap_fw-mi synan_n prince_n of_o wales_n it_o be_v read_v that_o harald_n of_o norway_n when_o he_o have_v subdue_v the_o great_a part_n of_o ireland_n build_v develin_n i_o can_v likewise_o add_v my_o own_o animadversion_n on_o both_o the_o one_o &_o other_o passage_n viz._n that_o the_o irish_a chronicle_n make_v no_o mention_n of_o any_o harald_n either_o conquer_a any_o part_n of_o ireland_n or_o building_n or_o so_o much_o as_o repair_v dublin_n that_o neither_o do_v the_o author_n of_o polichronicon_n agree_v in_o the_o one_o or_o other_o point_n derive_v from_o that_o life_n nay_o that_o according_a to_o he_o sitaracus_n or_o sitric_n be_v the_o noruegian_a builder_n of_o dublin_n and_o yet_o i_o can_v further_o add_v that_o what_o cambden_n have_v next_o out_o of_o the_o foresay_a life_n may_v be_v very_o true_a for_o after_o tell_v we_o his_o own_o opinion_n of_o the_o above_o harald_n to_o be_v that_o he_o be_v harald_n surname_v harfager_n i._n e._n of_o the_o fair_a lock_n or_o tress_n who_o be_v the_o first_o king_n of_o norway_n he_o add_v that_o his_o lineal_a descent_n go_v thus_o in_o that_o life_n harald_n beget_v a_o son_n name_v auloe_v alius_fw-la abloicus_fw-la aulafus_fw-la and_o olaws_n auloe_v beget_v another_o auloe_v this_o have_v a_o son_n by_o name_n sitric_n king_n of_o dublin_n sitric_n beget_v auloe_v who_o daughter_n racuella_n be_v mother_n to_o griffith_n ap_fw-mi synan_n bear_v at_o dublin_n while_o tirlough_n reign_v in_o ireland_n and_o all_o these_o matter_n and_o much_o more_o relate_v to_o they_o i_o can_v dilate_v upon_o be_v they_o to_o my_o purpose_n here_o but_o they_o be_v not_o because_o my_o purpose_n here_o be_v only_o to_o trace_v up_o the_o antiquity_n of_o dublin_n as_o far_o as_o i_o can_v and_o this_o i_o have_v do_v before_o out_o of_o ptolemy_n by_o show_v that_o city_n to_o have_v be_v famous_a in_o his_o time_n which_o be_v above_o 1510_o year_n since_o but_o how_o long_o before_o be_v a_o thing_n whole_o bury_v in_o oblivion_n for_o want_n of_o record_n and_o therefore_o i_o pass_v to_o my_o second_o observation_n which_o be_v to_o give_v the_o original_n of_o those_o clanna_n ruidhruidgh_o against_o who_o the_o king_n of_o oirghillaedh_n alias_o vriel_n with_o his_o people_n be_v bind_v to_o wait_v on_o the_o monster_n king_n in_o their_o progress_n and_o this_o i_o do_v because_o their_o name_n be_v very_o frequent_a both_o in_o the_o irish_a history_n and_o in_o all_o the_o province_n of_o ireland_n among_o the_o
a_o roman_a council_n much_o less_o will_v their_o fierceness_n and_o resolution_n in_o that_o matter_n have_v be_v so_o unalterable_a as_o to_o occasion_v the_o slaughter_n of_o eleven_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o of_o their_o brethren_n monk_n of_o the_o very_a same_o bangor_n abbey_n at_o one_o time_n and_o place_n whereof_o you_o may_v see_v the_o particular_n in_o venerable_a bede_n l._n 2._o eccl._n histor_n c._n 2._o and_o in_o whelock_n note_n upon_o this_o chapter_n so_o that_o yepez_n in_o make_v beannchuir_n a_o benedictin_a abbey_n know_v not_o what_o he_o say_v or_o at_o lest_o what_o can_v be_v object_v against_o he_o 65._o why_o the_o staff_n of_o jesus_n mention_v in_o my_o 273._o page_n be_v so_o call_v you_o may_v read_v in_o jocelinus_fw-la a_o english_a monk_n that_o five_o hundred_o year_n since_o at_o the_o instance_n of_o two_o irish_a bishop_n and_o sir_n john_n curcy_n who_o he_o call_v prince_n of_o ulster_n because_o as_o i_o suppose_v he_o be_v the_o first_o conqueror_n of_o it_o under_o the_o english_a crown_n digest_v the_o life_n of_o st._n patrick_n out_o of_o many_o former_a life_n write_v of_o he_o by_o several_a author_n but_o write_v by_o they_o in_o such_o manner_n and_o stile_n as_o do_v not_o invite_v reader_n it_o be_v therefore_o this_o jocelinus_fw-la that_o in_o his_o life_n of_o st._n patrick_n cap._n 24._o give_v a_o pretty_a large_a account_n of_o that_o staff_n of_o jesus_n which_o be_v in_o substance_n that_o when_o st._n patrick_n after_o a_o long_a abode_n of_o many_o year_n with_o st._n german_n bishop_n of_o altissiodorum_n in_o france_n have_v with_o his_o leave_n at_o last_o depart_v towards_o rome_n in_o his_o journey_n thither_o he_o either_o by_o divine_a instinct_n or_o angelical_a instruction_n divert_v to_o a_o certain_a island_n in_o the_o tirrhene_a sea_n of_o purpose_n to_o visit_v a_o certain_a holy_a anchoret_n of_o great_a same_o live_n there_o who_o name_n be_v justus_n 2._o that_o upon_o his_o arrival_n after_o holy_a salute_n and_o spiritual_a conference_n justus_n give_v he_o a_o staff_n say_v he_o have_v receive_v it_o from_o the_o very_a hand_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n himself_o but_o to_o be_v give_v he_o 3._o that_o after_o this_o st._n patrick_n discourse_v with_o other_o man_n who_o live_v in_o the_o same_o island_n at_o some_o little_a distance_n from_o the_o cell_n of_o justus_n whereof_o some_o appear_v brisk_a and_o young_a other_o old_a even_o to_o decrepit_a age_n and_o understand_v that_o those_o extreme_a old_a man_n he_o see_v be_v the_o very_a genuine_a son_n of_o those_o other_o that_o appear_v young_a and_o inquire_v how_o that_o can_v be_v one_o of_o the_o same_o young_a man_n both_o to_o remove_v his_o admiration_n which_o be_v great_a and_o to_o satisfy_v his_o demand_n give_v he_o this_o answer_n we_o say_v he_o from_o our_o childhood_n through_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n have_v be_v always_o give_v to_o work_n of_o mercy_n and_o our_o door_n be_v open_a to_o every_o traveller_n that_o for_o christ_n sake_n desire_v either_o victual_n or_o lodging_n on_o a_o certain_a night_n we_o receive_v a_o stranger_n with_o a_o staff_n in_o his_o hand_n and_o according_a to_o our_o best_a ability_n treat_v he_o with_o all_o necessary_n and_o kindness_n next_o morning_n upon_o his_o departure_n he_o bless_v we_o nor_o only_o bless_v we_o but_o moreover_o speak_v these_o word_n unto_o we_o viz._n i_o be_o jesus_n christ_n who_o in_o person_n you_o have_v this_o night_n receive_v into_o your_o house_n who_o so_o often_o before_o have_v receive_v i_o in_o my_o servant_n and_o then_o he_o deliver_v the_o staff_n he_o have_v in_o his_o hand_n to_o the_o man_n of_o god_n our_o spiritual_a father_n command_v he_o to_o keep_v it_o for_o a_o certain_a pilgrim_n by_o name_n patrick_n who_o after_o many_o day_n shall_v arrive_v here_o and_o upon_o he_o to_o bestow_v it_o which_o command_v give_v he_o present_o ascend_v into_o heaven_n and_o we_o have_v ever_o since_o remain_v in_o the_o same_o state_n of_o youthful_a countenance_n briskness_n and_o vigour_n of_o body_n we_o be_v in_o at_o that_o time_n but_o our_o son_n that_o be_v but_o little_a child_n then_o be_v now_o according_a to_o their_o age_n come_v to_o be_v decrepit_a as_o you_o see_v they_o 4._o that_o when_o st._n patrick_n have_v hear_v all_o he_o give_v god_n thanks_o and_o after_o a_o few_o day_n long_o conversation_n with_o justus_n proceed_v on_o his_o journey_n carry_v in_o his_o hand_n that_o holy_a staff_n appoint_v by_o god_n himself_o to_o be_v a_o instrument_n for_o his_o servant_n patrick_n to_o work_v therewith_o prodigious_a thing_n in_o ireland_n as_o the_o rod_n of_o moses_n have_v former_o be_v for_o effect_v the_o fame_a wonder_n in_o egypt_n the_o great_a difference_n betwixt_o they_o be_v that_o this_o of_o jesus_n bring_v health_n and_o life_n to_o the_o irish_a nation_n but_o that_o of_o moses_n death_n upon_o the_o egyptian_a so_o in_o effect_n jocelinus_fw-la most_o concern_v the_o original_n of_o that_o staff_n unto_o which_o he_o add_v cap._n 170._o concern_v also_o the_o powerful_a virtue_n of_o it_o that_o by_o lift_v it_o up_o on_o high_a and_o threaten_v with_o it_o st._n patrick_n after_o a_o long_a fast_o of_o forty_o day_n and_o forty_o night_n join_v with_o continual_a fervent_a prayer_n force_v together_o out_o of_o all_o part_n of_o ireland_n all_o venomous_a animal_n whatsoever_o to_o the_o mountain_n call_v in_o irish_a cruachain_n ailge_n in_o the_o west_n of_o conaght_n and_o from_o thence_o precipitate_v they_o into_o the_o western_a ocean_n lie_v under_o this_o mountain_n and_o this_o with_o such_o a_o bless_a riddance_n to_o the_o whole_a island_n as_o to_o have_v leave_v or_o have_v render_v it_o ever_o since_o incapable_a of_o harbour_v any_o creature_n alive_a that_o be_v poisonous_a though_o bring_v into_o it_o from_o other_o country_n how_o kete_v understand_v this_o late_a point_n we_o have_v see_v before_o and_o for_o gerald_n of_o wales_n though_o he_o acknowledge_v both_o the_o virtue_n and_o name_n of_o that_o staff_n call_v it_o virtuosissimum_fw-la baculum_fw-la jesus_n the_o most_o powerful_a staff_n of_o jesus_n yet_o he_o say_v withal_o that_o the_o origin_n of_o it_o be_v as_o uncertain_a as_o the_o virtue_n be_v most_o certain_a add_v immediate_o in_o the_o same_o place_n that_o in_o his_o own_o time_n and_o by_o his_o own_o country_n man_n the_o british_a conqueror_n that_o noble_a treasure_n for_o so_o he_o call_v it_o be_v translate_v from_o ardmagh_n to_o dublin_n what_o become_v of_o it_o since_o i_o can_v tell_v but_o this_o i_o find_v in_o st._n bernard_n life_n of_o malachias_n that_o this_o staff_n of_o jesus_n and_o the_o text_n of_o the_o gospel_n that_o be_v st._n patrick_n own_o book_n or_o that_o use_v by_o himself_o be_v the_o two_o most_o precious_a jewel_n not_o only_o of_o the_o church_n of_o ardmagh_n but_o of_o any_o in_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n of_o ireland_n that_o they_o be_v hold_v by_o all_o the_o irish_a in_o the_o great_a veneration_n above_o all_o other_o holy_a relic_n whatsoever_o but_o more_o especial_o the_o staff_n as_o be_v that_o which_o our_o saviour_n christ_n himself_o have_v both_o carry_v in_o his_o own_o divine_a hand_n frame_v by_o his_o own_o peculiar_a workmanship_n and_o recommend_v in_o such_o a_o special_a manner_n to_o be_v give_v to_o his_o apostolical_a servant_n patrick_n i_o find_v moreover_o in_o david_n rooth_n the_o late_a roman_n catholic_n bishop_n of_o ossory_n elucidation_n upon_o jocelin_n whatever_o may_v be_v object_v by_o critic_n against_o this_o history_n of_o the_o staff_n of_o jesus_n answer_v for_o if_o their_o exception_n be_v against_o our_o saviour_n appear_v on_o earth_n after_o his_o ascension_n to_o heaven_n from_o mount_n olivet_n he_o remit_v then_o to_o st._n ambrose_n where_o he_o tell_v in_o his_o oration_n against_o auxentius_n how_o very_o long_o after_o that_o time_n our_o lord_n appear_v to_o s._n peter_n at_o a_o gate_n in_o rome_n enter_v that_o city_n and_o if_o it_o be_v against_o any_o such_o wonder-working_a power_n in_o the_o staff_n itself_o though_o by_o divine_a ordinance_n or_o consecration_n of_o it_o for_o such_o use_n he_o desire_v they_o to_o consider_v not_o only_o the_o rod_n of_o moses_n in_o egypt_n and_o brazen_a serpent_n in_o the_o desert_n nor_o only_o the_o brazen_a statue_n of_o our_o saviour_n erect_v at_o caesarea_n 21._o eusebius_n l._n 7._o hist_o c._n 18._o and_o sozomen_n l._n 5._o c._n 21._o philippi_n otherwise_o call_v paneas_n by_o the_o woman_n in_o the_o gospel_n cure_v by_o our_o saviour_n of_o a_o issue_n of_o blood_n but_o also_o the_o tear_a cloak_n and_o poor_a staff_n of_o the_o egyptian_a anchoret_n senuphius_n wherewith_o theodosius_n the_o great_a arm_a himself_o