The Geraldines, Earls of Desmond, and the Persecution of the Irish Catholics |
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... blood in quickened current to the hearts of such men as Hugh O'Neill , Tell , and every other patriot soldier who stood up to smite oppres- sion . Nay , more - we are informed on the authority of Holy Writ that the recollection of Sion ...
... blood in quickened current to the hearts of such men as Hugh O'Neill , Tell , and every other patriot soldier who stood up to smite oppres- sion . Nay , more - we are informed on the authority of Holy Writ that the recollection of Sion ...
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... blood which God has given for a holier sacrifice . The history of those divisions , so painfully sad , are now within every man's reach . The chronicle of those days , when hope- " Like purple birds That shine and soar , " * ' seemed ...
... blood which God has given for a holier sacrifice . The history of those divisions , so painfully sad , are now within every man's reach . The chronicle of those days , when hope- " Like purple birds That shine and soar , " * ' seemed ...
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... blood prompted the Vicar of Christ to bestow on a King of his own nation the Irish land , on some vain and unfounded pretence . Historians of great weight have asserted it . I enter not into the lists of controversy - neither do I ...
... blood prompted the Vicar of Christ to bestow on a King of his own nation the Irish land , on some vain and unfounded pretence . Historians of great weight have asserted it . I enter not into the lists of controversy - neither do I ...
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... blood of Christ . But these were artifices and stratagems by which he obtained from the Pope , about two years after- wards , that is , in 1156 , a bull , authorizing him to reduce Ireland to law and order . This is appa- rent from the ...
... blood of Christ . But these were artifices and stratagems by which he obtained from the Pope , about two years after- wards , that is , in 1156 , a bull , authorizing him to reduce Ireland to law and order . This is appa- rent from the ...
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... blood reddened a hoary and ve- nerable head . Harris relates that about this time a shock of an earthquake was felt in Dublin , and that the Earl of Kildare died in the tower , 66 as though he was struck through with a deadly arrow ...
... blood reddened a hoary and ve- nerable head . Harris relates that about this time a shock of an earthquake was felt in Dublin , and that the Earl of Kildare died in the tower , 66 as though he was struck through with a deadly arrow ...
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Page 235 - Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions...
Page 170 - I, AB, do swear, that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure, as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, that Princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any authority of the See of Rome, may be deposed or murthered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare, 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...
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Page 170 - Countries; and that the Pope, neither of himself, nor by any Authority of the Church or See of Rome, or by any other Means, with any other, hath any Power or Authority to depose the King...
Page 3 - 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 170 - And all these things I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear according to these express words by me spoken, and according to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words without any equivocation, mental evasion, or secret reservation whatsoever. And I do make this recognition, acknowledgment, abjuration, renunciation, and promise heartily, willingly, and truly, upon the true faith of a Christian. So help me God.
Page 193 - 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 168 - ... 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...
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