The Rise, Increase, and Exit of the Geraldines, Earls of Desmond, and Persecution After Their Fall |
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Page 167 - Highness' dominions and countries, as well in all spiritual or ecclesiastical things or causes as temporal, and that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state or potentate hath or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm ; and therefore I do utterly renounce and forsake all foreign jurisdictions, powers, superiorities and authorities, and do promise that from henceforth I shall bear faith and true allegiance to the...
Page 1 - Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, As though they were not hers...
Page 167 - I, AB, do utterly testify and declare in my conscience that the Queen's Highness is the only supreme governor of this realm and of all other her Highness' dominions and countries, as well in all spiritual or ecclesiastical things or causes as temporal, and that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state or potentate hath or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence or authority...
Page 190 - Let him seriously consider and reflect within himself, from this visitation, " what a dreadful thing it is to fall into the hands of the living God...
Page 167 - I will bear faith and true allegiance to his Majesty his heirs and successors, and him and them will defend to the uttermost of my power against all conspiracies and attempts whatsoever...
Page 50 - My lord chancellor," he exclaimed, fiercely, " my lord chancellor, I beseech you, pardon me. I have but a short memory, and you know that I have to tell a long tale. If you proceed in this way, I shall forget the half of my defence. I have no school tricks, nor art of recollection. Unless you hear me while I remember, your second charge will hammer the first out of my head.
Page 224 - The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
Page 246 - To be given to all the family of the Gherardini, noble in fame and virtue, dwelling in Florence, our beloved brethren in Florence. Gerald, Earl of Kildare, Lord Deputy of the Kingdom of Ireland, sends greeting to all the family of Gherardini dwelling in Florence. " Most grateful to us have been your letters to us, most illustrious men. From them we have learned to know the fervour of the fraternal love that you bear to your own...
Page 129 - ... strong-holds — numerous sea-ports — lands that were charming to the eye, and rich in fruits — the mountains were theirs, together with the woods — theirs were the rocky coasts, and the sweet, blue lakes, which teemed with fish. Yea, the fairest of lands did they win.
Page 54 - Another subject for gratulation had this earl : the two Lords of Muskerry (one of whom was his wife's father), fell beneath his sword.