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kilmore_n bishopric_n poor_a bishop_n lough-ern_a bal-tarbet_a belek_n mac-mahon_n fitz-urse_a 1590._o charles_n blunt_z l._n mont-joy_n fewes_n orry_a mont-norris_n armach_n s._n patrick_n vita_fw-la patricii_fw-la marianus_n scotus_n the_o irish_a shave_v see_v bed_n l._n 5._o c._n 22._o s._n bernard_n in_o the_o life_n of_o malachy_n lib._n 1._o ceremoniar_n sacrar_fw-la sect._n 14._o isanium_fw-la the_o promontory_n dunum_n down_o saint_n patrick_n sepulchre_n robert_n de_fw-fr mont_n de_fw-fr immutatione_n ordinis_fw-la monachoâ—um_fw-la banchor_n abbey_n pelagius_n the_o arch-heretick_n in_o the_o life_n of_o malachias_n bishopric_n of_o coner_n savage_a upper_a claneboy_n knoc-fergus_n nether_a claneboy_n isle_n of_o magie_n glinne_n bissets_n james_n mac-conell_a the_o rout_n mac-guil_o surly_a boy_n chair_o boy_n donluse_n river_n ban._n glancolkein_a salmon_n o-cahan_n uraight_n the_o election_n of_o o-neal_n scottish_a islander_n upper_a tit-oen_n bishopric_n of_o cloghter_n dunganon_n baron_fw-fr of_o dunganon_n fort_n of_o blackwater_n patrick_n purgatory_n regius_fw-la reglis_fw-la derry_n robogdii_n robogdium_n promontory_n vennicnii_n river_n vidua_n boreum_n promontory_n sligah_n â—_o donegall_a o-donell_n scoti_n in_o the_o life_n of_o s._n patrick_n earl_n of_o ulster_n an._n 7._o joannis_n see_v pag._n 624._o and_o 725._o ireland_n neglect_v scotochronicon_a lib._n 12._o cap._n 26._o shan_n or_o john_n o_o neale_n thomas_n earl_n of_o sussex_n lord_n deputy_n sir_n henry_n sidney_n lord_n deputy_n 1565._o 1567._o hugh_n o-neal_n earl_n of_o tir-oen_n 1588._o 1595._o die_v 12._o junii_fw-la lord_n general_n of_o the_o army_n baron_fw-fr burough_n lord_n deputie_n 1597._o 1598._o robert_n earl_n of_o essex_n lord_n lieutenant_n 1599_o 8_o september_n 1599_o 28._o septemb_n 1599_o charles_n blunt_z lord_n deputy_n 1600._o the_o manner_n of_o the_o irishry_n or_o wild_a irish._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o in_o the_o epitome_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v feed_v upon_o herb_n and_o weed_n o_o prefix_v to_o the_o name_n of_o the_o noble_a man_n in_o ireland_n by_o way_n of_o excellency_n brehons_n professionâ—_n hereditary_a tanistry_n girald_n cambren_n galloglass_n kern_n barritus_n water-cress_n shamroot_n this_o place_n be_v corrupt_v in_o the_o copy_n the_o whole_a year_n out_o of_o a_o old_a fragment_n haply_o hollâ—wood_n gresholme_n stockholme_n and_o scalmey_n silimnus_n bernacle_n annal_n of_o th._n otterborn_n anno_fw-la 7._o h._n 4._o scottish_a or_o western_a iles._n earl_n of_o orkney_n thule_n thule_n for_o britain_n island_n lib._n 2._o belli_fw-la gothici_n shetland_n which_o some_o call_v hethland_n bergos_n nerigon_n the_o freeze_a sea_n or_o cronium_n lindisfarne_a holy_a island_n farn_v isle_n bede_n in_o the_o life_n of_o cuthbert_n saxon_a land_n lib._n 7._o birchanis_n borkun_n the_o british_a armoury_n or_o storehouse_n holland_n coast_n britten_n huis_fw-la portus_n morinorum_n britannicus_n the_o chamavi_n dwell_v thereby_o as_o appear_v out_o of_o the_o embassage_n of_o eunapius_n burgus_n what_o it_o be_v zosimus_n l._n 4._o saxon_n in_o holland_n janus_n douza_n in_o his_o nomenclator_n britten_n a_o herb_n zealand_n see_v pag._n 333._o &_o 441._o toliapis_n caunus_n canvey_n see_v in_o essex_n shepey_n goodwin_n sands_n some_o call_v it_o lomea_n the_o british_a narrow_a sea_n alderney_n casquettes_n gerzey_n castra_n constantia_n moritavum_fw-la uraic_n fucus_fw-la marinus_fw-la sarnia_n garnsey_n haply_o granonâ—_n by_o a_o transposition_n of_o letter_n which_o the_o nâ—â—titia_n place_v iâ—_n the_o tract_n of_o armorica_n smyris_n normandy_n lose_v tillet_n serke_n set-ile_n barsa_n basepole_n where_o the_o british_a sea_n be_v deep_a lisia_fw-la by_o transposition_n of_o leter_n silia_n silia_n sacrum_n promontorium_n non_fw-la usque_fw-la navibus_fw-la we_o read_v in_o the_o note_n of_o paris_n stella_fw-la maria._n ulpian_n lib._n 7._o de_fw-la mathematicis_fw-la axantos_fw-la ushant_n siambis_n mariner_n call_v it_o the_o seam_n veneti_n insulae_fw-la vene_z came_z vannes_n venna_n caro_n i._o charles_n fiâ—shing_v as_o heâ—gardus_n say_v nesidae_fw-la nesidae_fw-la samnitum_fw-la bacchus_n oleron_n uliarus_n lex_fw-la rhodia_n admiral_n of_o england_n hereditary_a territory_n in_o france_n belong_v to_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n