CHAPTER LVI.
[Fol. 25a.]THe kynge Henry, as he there-tofor hadd thoght,yaue the londe of Irland̛ to his yongest Sone, Ihōn̄ by Name. And whan he hit hadde hym yeue, he Sende the Archebischope
English conquest of Ireland : A.D. 1166-1185 : mainly from the 'Expugnatio hibernica' of Giraldus Cambrensis : part I, the text / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.
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- English conquest of Ireland : A.D. 1166-1185 : mainly from the 'Expugnatio hibernica' of Giraldus Cambrensis : part I, the text / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.
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- Giraldus, Cambrensis, 1146?-1223?
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of Deuelyn ouer the see, to ordeyn agayn̄ his comynge. And Sone aftyr that, hugh de Lacy was Sende into England̛; And come Into Irland, Philipp of Wircestre, procuratour of the londe, with fourty knyghtes; a man that was good knyght / curteys, and goode mete-yeuer; but othyr good ne did he noone; Saue that he went from contray to contray, and askyd, and wyth streynth toke, both of lerid and lewid, the cursid tollagis of golde and Syluer. And I vndyrstonde that he neuer good did ther-with; ne neuer man shall, that So good gadderid; for many crystis curs, and trew manys and womannys, Pouer and rych, thay gadderid also ther-wyth: and wel vnsure may a man to be, to do his lyfe in aduenture wyth them that So goode doth gette.