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dunegan_n and_o killedy_n which_o fitz_n stephens_n have_v give_v his_o father_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o cork_n 359._o 4_o inst_z 359._o to_o be_v hold_v of_o the_o king_n by_o ten_o knight_n fee_n ggg_n lib._n ggg_n and_o he_o also_o grant_v to_o william_n marshal_n the_o marshalship_z of_o ireland_n in_o fee_n as_o also_o the_o cantre_v of_o kilkenny_n about_o this_o time_n jeofry_n morison_n or_o mac_n moris_n be_v troublesome_a in_o munster_n wherefore_o the_o lord_n deputy_n invade_v typerary_n 186._o hanmer_n 186._o and_o take_v thurles_n he_o also_o take_v castlemeyler_n and_o demolish_v it_o but_o the_o irish_a say_v he_o lose_v more_o man_n in_o this_o expedition_n than_o he_o bring_v back_o and_o now_o the_o king_n find_v many_o complaint_n of_o thief_n tory_n and_o robber_n which_o be_v become_v a_o nuisance_n in_o ireland_n send_v the_o follow_v write_v for_o their_o expulsion_n rex_fw-la meyler_n 250._o prin_fw-mi 250._o fill_n henr._n justice_n hiberniae_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o omnibus_fw-la aliis_fw-la baron_n &_o fidelibus_fw-la suis_fw-la hibern_n etc._n etc._n sciatis_fw-la quod_fw-la ad_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la &_o consilium_fw-la dilectorum_fw-la &_o fidelium_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la com._n w._n maresc_n &_o walteri_n de_fw-fr lacie_n &_o aliorum_fw-la baronum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la hibern_n qui_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la in_o angl._n &_o per_fw-la consilium_fw-la fidelium_fw-la nostror_fw-la angl._n volumus_fw-la &_o statuimus_fw-la quod_fw-la latrones_fw-la hibern_n expellantur_fw-la de_fw-la terra_fw-la nostra_fw-la hibern_n &_o quod_fw-la ipsi_fw-la &_o receptores_fw-la eorum_fw-la deducantur_fw-la secundum_fw-la legem_fw-la angl._n &_o ideo_fw-la vobis_fw-la mandamus_fw-la quod_fw-la ita_fw-la fieri_fw-la faciatis_fw-la &_o in_o huius_fw-la rei_fw-la testimonium_fw-la have_v literas_fw-la nostras_fw-la patent_n vobis_fw-la mittimus_fw-la testae_fw-la meipso_fw-la apud_fw-la southhampt_a 23_o die_v martii_fw-la but_o lacie_n be_v so_o elevate_v with_o the_o aforesaid_a victory_n how_o dear_a soever_o they_o be_v buy_v that_o he_o look_v on_o all_o below_o he_o with_o contempt_n and_o become_v so_o impatient_a of_o competition_n that_o he_o be_v outrageous_a against_o all_o his_o enemy_n and_o particular_o against_o john_n de_fw-fr courcy_n lord_n of_o raheny_n and_o kilbarrock_n natural_a son_n of_o the_o great_a john_n de_fw-fr courcy_n who_o the_o lacy_n base_o and_o barbarous_o cause_v to_o be_v murder_v whereupon_o great_a stir_v and_o dissatisfaction_n arise_v in_o ireland_n even_o among_o the_o british_a 6._o temple_n 6._o whereof_o the_o irish_a make_v their_o advantage_n 187._o hanmer_n 187._o and_o under_o pretence_n of_o be_v burden_v with_o tax_n there_o be_v a_o general_a defection_n throughout_o all_o the_o realm_n dublin_n be_v inhabit_v most_o by_o a_o colony_n of_o bristol_n man_n 1209._o 1209._o and_o it_o be_v customary_a with_o they_o for_o love_n of_o sport_n and_o air_n to_o walk_v abroad_o towards_o cullenwood_n every_o easter-monday_n but_o now_o be_v unarm_v they_o be_v surprise_v by_o the_o mountaineer_n of_o wicklow_n the_o birnes_n and_o tooles_n etc._n etc._n who_o murder_v three_o hundred_o of_o the_o citizen_n wherefore_o that_o day_n be_v ever_o since_o call_v black_a monday_n and_o for_o a_o long_a time_n after_o be_v solemn_o observe_v by_o the_o mayor_n sheriff_n and_o citizen_n of_o dublin_n in_o a_o brave_a and_o splendid_a manner_n and_o to_o supply_v this_o loss_n the_o city_n of_o bristol_n send_v a_o new_a colony_n to_o replenish_v dublin_n but_o the_o king_n as_o well_o to_o secure_v his_o government_n from_o the_o ambition_n of_o lacie_n whereof_o he_o grow_v exceed_v jealous_a as_o also_o to_o suppress_v the_o rebellion_n of_o the_o irish_a find_v it_o necessary_a to_o make_v a_o voyage_n to_o that_o country_n and_o therefore_o with_o a_o considerable_a army_n he_o sail_v thither_o and_o on_o the_o eight_o day_n of_o june_n land_v at_o waterford_n 1210._o 1210._o where_o o_o neal_n and_o above_o twenty_o other_o irish_a potentate_n come_v and_o make_v their_o humble_a submission_n and_o do_v homage_n and_o fealty_n unto_o he_o the_o lacy_n conscious_a of_o their_o demerit_n dare_v not_o abide_v the_o arrival_n of_o the_o king_n but_o secret_o flee_v into_o france_n where_o in_o disguise_n they_o serve_v the_o abbot_n of_o st._n taurin_n in_o the_o quality_n of_o gardener_n till_o their_o unskilfulness_n manifest_v they_o be_v not_o educate_v in_o that_o way_n which_o give_v the_o abbot_n some_o suspicion_n of_o they_o and_o that_o lead_v he_o into_o so_o strict_a a_o enquiry_n that_o to_o satisfy_v the_o abbot_n they_o be_v oblige_v to_o discover_v the_o truth_n 508._o speed_v 508._o the_o good_a man_n do_v so_o sympathize_v with_o their_o misfortune_n and_o pity_v their_o distress_n that_o he_o effectual_o intercede_v with_o the_o king_n for_o their_o pardon_n which_o at_o length_n he_o obtain_v walter_n pay_v for_o meath_z 2500_o and_o hugh_n for_o ulster_n 4000_o mark_n cattalus_n or_o rather_o carolus_n o_o conner_n alius_fw-la crovederg_n the_o valiant_a and_o active_a king_n of_o connaught_n be_v the_o only_a man_n of_o note_n that_o oppose_a king_n john_n but_o he_o be_v a_o unequal_a match_n for_o the_o king_n of_o england_n 152._o cambden_n 152._o and_o therefore_o be_v easy_o subdue_v and_o take_v prisoner_n wherefore_o the_o king_n have_v no_o more_o of_o military_a matter_n to_o execute_v in_o ireland_n serious_o set_v himself_o to_o mend_v the_o civil_a state_n of_o that_o unfortunate_a country_n and_o first_o he_o cause_v money_n to_o be_v coin_v ad_fw-la pondus_fw-la nummi_fw-la angliae_fw-la and_o make_v it_o currant_n in_o both_o kingdom_n by_o his_o proclamation_n which_o be_v the_o first_o sterling_a money_n that_o be_v coin_v in_o ireland_n 25._o lib._n m._n 25._o and_o this_o do_v he_o set_v himself_o to_o establish_v the_o english_a law_n in_o that_o kingdom_n for_o though_o king_n henry_n have_v do_v as_o much_o to_o introduce_v the_o english_a law_n there_o as_o that_o season_n and_o other_o circumstance_n will_v permit_v yet_o partly_o for_o want_v of_o sheriff_n and_o the_o distribution_n of_o the_o kingdom_n into_o county_n but_o chief_o because_o of_o the_o unsetledness_n of_o the_o country_n and_o the_o rebellious_a humour_n of_o the_o irish_a it_o can_v not_o at_o that_o time_n be_v full_o effect_v wherefore_o king_n john_n to_o supply_v those_o defect_n as_o far_o as_o he_o be_v able_a divide_a leinster_n and_o munster_n the_o only_a part_n he_o have_v in_o quiet_a and_o actual_a possession_n into_o the_o county_n of_o dublin_n kildare_n meath_z vriel_n caterlogh_n kilkenny_n wexford_n waterford_n cork_n limerick_n typerary_n and_o kerry_n and_o appoint_v sheriff_n and_o other_o officer_n for_o they_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o england_n he_o also_o cause_v a_o abstract_n of_o the_o english_a law_n and_o custom_n to_o be_v draw_v in_o writing_n 349._o inst_z 141._o b._n 4_o inst_z 349._o whereunto_o he_o affix_v his_o seal_n and_o leave_v it_o in_o the_o exchequer_n in_o dublin_n and_o by_o general_a consent_n in_o parliament_n and_o at_o the_o instance_n of_o the_o irish_a he_o ordain_v that_o the_o english_a law_n and_o custom_n shall_v thenceforward_o be_v observe_v in_o ireland_n 6._o temple_n 6._o and_o in_o order_n to_o it_o he_o erect_v court_n of_o judicature_n at_o dublin_n but_o the_o brehon_n law_n and_o the_o other_o irish_a custom_n indulge_v more_o to_o the_o tyranny_n of_o the_o great_a man_n and_o yet_o do_v not_o hold_v the_o commons_o to_o a_o strict_a and_o regular_a discipline_n as_o the_o law_n of_o england_n do_v and_o therefore_o the_o very_a english_a be_v so_o corrupt_v by_o ill_a example_n that_o the_o english_a law_n be_v not_o regard_v nor_o have_v in_o estimation_n as_o they_o ought_v but_o be_v look_v upon_o both_o by_o the_o irish_a and_o degenerate_a english_a m._n davis_n 90._o lib._n m._n as_o a_o yoke_n of_o bondage_n so_o that_o henry_n iii_n be_v necessitate_v oftentimes_o to_o enjoin_v the_o observation_n of_o they_o in_o
the_o follow_a order_n to_o stop_v any_o far_a proceed_n upon_o the_o aforesaid_a illegal_a writ_n which_o i_o do_v the_o rather_o recite_v at_o large_a because_o it_o justify_v my_o assertion_n that_o ireland_n be_v inseparable_a from_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n since_o we_o find_v the_o king_n effectual_o interpose_v to_o rectify_v miscarriage_n there_o notwithstanding_o the_o aforesaid_a donation_n to_o the_o prince_n which_o be_v as_o full_a as_o it_o can_v be_v word_v rex_fw-la thesaurario_fw-la &_o baronibus_fw-la de_fw-la scaccario_fw-la dublin_n 255._o ibid._n 255._o salutem_fw-la quia_fw-la de_fw-la assensu_fw-la &_o voluntate_fw-la praelatorum_fw-la &_o magnatum_fw-la terrae_fw-la hiberniae_fw-la dudum_fw-la fuit_fw-la provisum_fw-la &_o concessum_fw-la quod_fw-la eisdem_fw-la legibus_fw-la tenerentur_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la illa_fw-la quibus_fw-la homines_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la utuntur_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la nostro_fw-la angliae_fw-la quod_fw-la eadem_fw-la 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thomae_fw-la lismorensi_fw-la episcopo_fw-la quoth_v just_a &_o sine_fw-la dilatione_fw-la reddat_fw-la waltero_fw-la episcopo_fw-la waterford_n maneria_fw-la de_fw-fr archmurdeglan_n kilmurdri_fw-la &_o motha_n cum_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la quae_fw-la clamat_fw-la esse_fw-la jus_o ecclesiae_fw-la suae_fw-la &_o in_o quae_fw-la idem_fw-la episcopus_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la ingressum_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la alanum_fw-la quondam_a lismorensem_fw-la episcopum_fw-la cvi_fw-la griffinus_n quondam_a lismorensis_n episcopus_fw-la qui_fw-la inde_fw-la injust_a &_o sine_fw-la judicio_fw-la disseisivit_fw-la robertum_fw-la quondam_a waterford_n episcopum_fw-la predecessorem_fw-la episcopi_fw-la post_fw-la ultimum_fw-la reditum_fw-la etc._n etc._n quia_fw-la vero_fw-la dictum_fw-la breve_fw-la tam_fw-la dissonum_fw-la est_fw-la 30._o stat._n marlbridge_n cap._n 30._o &_o contra_fw-la leges_fw-la &_o consuetudines_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la nostro_fw-la tentas_fw-la &_o formas_fw-la brevium_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la ibidem_fw-la approbatas_fw-la praesertim_fw-la cum_fw-la breve_fw-la ingressus_fw-la non_fw-la transeat_fw-la tertiam_fw-la personam_fw-la nec_fw-la ratione_fw-la intrationis_fw-la in_o terram_fw-la aliquam_fw-la post_fw-la mortem_fw-la alicujus_fw-la comperat_fw-la actio_fw-la alicui_fw-la de_fw-la terra_fw-la illa_fw-la nisi_fw-la illi_fw-la cvi_fw-la per_fw-la mortem_fw-la illam_fw-la jus_o debetur_fw-la in_o eadem_fw-la nec_fw-la enim_fw-la dicitur_fw-la intrusio_fw-la qui_fw-la jure_fw-la haereditario_fw-la vel_fw-la ratione_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la suae_fw-la succedit_fw-la predecessori_fw-la svo_fw-la in_o hiis_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la idem_fw-la predeces_fw-la fuit_fw-la seisitus_fw-la in_o dominico_n svo_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la feodo_fw-la die_fw-la quo_fw-la obiit_fw-la vobis_fw-la mandamus_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la dictum_fw-la breve_fw-la a_o cancellaria_fw-la praedicta_fw-la in_o forma_fw-la praedicta_fw-la emanaverit_fw-la executionem_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la 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king_n but_o prince_n edward_n with_o the_o english_a navy_n have_v the_o good_a fortune_n to_o meet_v with_o the_o irish_a fleet_n and_o to_o sink_v most_o of_o their_o ship_n so_o that_o few_o of_o the_o man_n be_v leave_v alive_a to_o return_v now_o flourish_v that_o famous_a mathematician_n johannes_n de_fw-fr sacrobosco_n who_o be_v bear_v at_o holywood_n in_o fingal_n not_o far_o from_o dublin_n and_o thence_o have_v his_o name_n de_fw-fr sacrobosco_fw-es i.e._n holy_a wood_n it_o seem_v that_o the_o prince_n 1258._o 1258._o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o aforesaid_a grant_n will_v have_v remove_v the_o lord_n justice_n and_o put_v another_o in_o his_o room_n but_o the_o king_n by_o the_o advice_n of_o the_o baron_n of_o england_n write_v to_o the_o archbishop_n bishop_n abbot_n prior_n baron_n 674._o brady_n 674._o knight_n etc._n etc._n that_o he_o hear_v his_o son_n design_v to_o make_v a_o new_a justice_n in_o ireland_n and_o to_o put_v his_o castle_n into_o such_o hand_n as_o it_o 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sciatis_fw-la quod_fw-la commisimus_fw-la dilecto_fw-la consanguineo_fw-la nostro_fw-la jacobo_n le_fw-fr bottile_o comiti_fw-la de_fw-fr ormond_n officium_fw-la justice_n nostr_n hibern_n &_o terram_fw-la nostram_fw-la hibern_n cum_fw-la castris_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la suis_fw-la custodiend_n quamdiu_fw-la nobis_fw-la placuerit_fw-la percipiend_n per_fw-la ann_n ad_fw-la scac._n nostrum_fw-la hibern_n quamdiu_fw-la in_fw-la officio_fw-la illo_fw-la sic_fw-la steterit_fw-la quingent_a libras_fw-la pro_fw-la quibus_fw-la officium_fw-la illud_fw-la &_o terram_fw-la custodiet_fw-la &_o erit_fw-la se_fw-la vicessimus_fw-la de_fw-fr hominibus_fw-la ad_fw-la arma_fw-la cum_fw-la tot_fw-la equis_fw-la coopertis_fw-la continue_v durante_fw-la commissione_n supradicta_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o by_o a_o subsequent_a patent_n the_o six_o of_o august_n he_o have_v power_n to_o pardon_v all_o offence_n general_o or_o to_o particular_a person_n and_o by_o consent_n of_o the_o council_n to_o remove_v or_o displace_v any_o officer_n those_o make_v by_o patent_n under_o the_o great_a seal_n only_o except_v 307._o ibid._n 307._o and_o by_o another_o writ_n of_o the_o same_o date_n the_o former_a commission_n be_v explain_v not_o to_o extend_v to_o the_o pardon_n of_o any_o prelate_n or_o earl_n for_o any_o offence_n punishable_a by_o loss_n of_o life_n member_n land_n or_o good_n and_o the_o same_o time_n alexander_n bishop_n of_o ossory_n be_v make_v treasurer_n of_o ireland_n and_o a_o guard_n of_o six_o man_n at_o arm_n and_o twelve_o archer_n at_o the_o king_n pay_n allow_v he_o i_o have_v see_v a_o copy_n of_o a_o commission_n to_o maurice_n fitz-thomas_n 13._o lib._n g._n 13._o earl_n of_o kildare_n to_o govern_v ireland_n till_o sir_n william_n windsor_n return_n it_o bear_v date_n the_o sixteenth_o of_o february_n 50_o edw._n 3._o and_o stephen_n bishop_n of_o meath_z be_v appoint_v to_o oversee_v munster_n but_o because_o i_o find_v no_o other_o 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faith_n to_o a_o blind_a obedience_n nevertheless_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o supreme_a council_n be_v at_o their_o wit_n end_n how_o to_o manage_v the_o people_n and_o the_o nuncio_n and_o yet_o it_o be_v the_o more_o strange_a that_o his_o excommunication_n shall_v find_v so_o much_o regard_n because_o he_o do_v notorious_o abuse_v the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n and_o do_v fulminate_v his_o anathema_n upon_o the_o slight_a occasion_n and_o even_o in_o his_o own_o temporal_a affair_n as_o appear_v by_o his_o 1646._o his_o his_o 11_o febr._n 1646._o excommunication_n of_o colonel_n edmund_n butler_n and_o all_o his_o officer_n if_o within_o two_o hour_n they_o do_v not_o deliver_v up_o the_o castle_n of_o kilkenny_n to_o the_o mayor_n and_o alderman_n of_o that_o city_n and_o the_o follow_a excommunication_n of_o james_n gough_n in_o a_o plea_n of_o debt_n or_o account_n in_o his_o own_o case_n for_o the_o 38._o the_o the_o haec_fw-la fregata_fw-la ipsius_fw-la reverendissimi_fw-la nuncii_fw-la proprii_fw-la erat_fw-la beling_n 38._o frigate_n be_v he_o joannes_n baptista_n rinuccinus_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o sanctae_fw-la sedis_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la gratia_fw-la archiepiscopus_fw-la &_o princeps_fw-la firmanus_n ac_fw-la in_o hiberniae_fw-la regno_fw-la nuncius_fw-la apostolicus_n extraordinarius_fw-la tibi_fw-la jacobo_n gough_n salutem_fw-la tenore_n presentium_fw-la precipâ—nus_fw-la ac_fw-la mandamus_fw-la ad_fw-la instantiam_fw-la &_o petitionem_fw-la domini_fw-la ludovici_n gedeon_n capitanei_fw-la fregatae_n sancti_fw-la petri_n &_o sociorum_fw-la militum_fw-la &_o nautarum_fw-la quatâ—nus_fw-la infra_fw-la totam_fw-la diem_fw-la sequentem_fw-la lunae_fw-la quae_fw-la erit_fw-la 17_o currentis_fw-la mensis_fw-la augusti_fw-la debeas_fw-la reddere_fw-la computa_fw-la fidelia_fw-la &_o realia_fw-la cum_fw-la effectu_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la mora_fw-la de_fw-la omnibus_fw-la pecuniis_fw-la &_o rebus_fw-la spectantibus_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsos_fw-la &_o alios_fw-la pro_fw-la praeda_fw-la capta_fw-la a_o dicta_fw-la fregeta_fw-la ad_fw-la effectum_fw-la quod_fw-la statim_fw-la ipse_fw-la supradictus_fw-la capitaneus_fw-la &_o alij_fw-la interest_n habentes_fw-la debitam_fw-la &_o justam_fw-la habeant_fw-la satisfactionem_fw-la pro_fw-la integra_fw-la illorum_fw-la quorumcunque_fw-la parte_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la sub_fw-la paena_fw-la excommunicationis_fw-la nobis_fw-la reservata_fw-la de_fw-la facto_fw-la incurrendae_fw-la si_fw-la per_fw-la te_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la parte_fw-la vel_fw-la defectu_fw-la tuo_fw-la totum_fw-la id_fw-la non_fw-la perficiatur_fw-la non_fw-la obstantibus_fw-la quibuscumque_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o quorum_fw-la fidem_fw-la etc._n etc._n datum_n waterfordiae_fw-la die_fw-la 15_o augusti_fw-la anno._n 1646._o joannes_n baptista_n archiepiscopus_fw-la firmanus_n nuncius_fw-la apostolicus_n nor_o be_v it_o unfit_a to_o be_v observe_v that_o these_o prelate_n who_o be_v so_o forward_o to_o excommunicate_v those_o 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from_o whence_o