The History of Ireland: From the Earliest Account of Time, to the Invasion of the English Under Henry II.

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Scanlan, 1826 - 328 σελίδες
 

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Σελίδα 159 - And by the Irish custom of gavelkind the inferior tenancies were partable amongst all the males of the sept ; and after partition made, if any one of the sept had died his portion was not divided among his sons, but the chief of the sept made a new partition of all the lands belonging to that sept, and gave every one his part according to his antiquity.
Σελίδα 146 - In a word, if the English would neither in peace govern them by the law, nor could in war root them out by the sword, must they not needs be pricks in their eyes and thorns in their sides till the world's end...
Σελίδα 159 - ... more than of their natural parents and kindred; and do participate of their means more frankly, and do adhere unto them, in all fortunes, with more affection and constancy...
Σελίδα 146 - For, as long as they were out of the protection of the law; so as every Englishman might oppress, spoil and kill them without control, how was it possible they should be other than outlaws and enemies to the crown of England?
Σελίδα 146 - This then I note as a great defect in the civil policy of this kingdom, in that for the space of three hundred and fifty years at least after the conquest first attempted, the English laws were not communicated to the Irish, nor the. benefit and protection thereof allowed unto them, though they earnestly desired and sought the same.
Σελίδα 159 - These two Irish customs made all their possessions uncertain, being shuffled and changed and removed so often from one to another by new elections and partitions, which uncertainty of estates hath been the true cause of such desolation and barbarism in this land as the like was never seen in any country that professed the name of Christ...
Σελίδα 171 - This bred such comfort and security in the hearts of all men as thereupon ensued the calmest and most universal peace that ever was seen in Ireland.
Σελίδα 159 - For, as they did not only forget the English language and scorn the use thereof, but grew to be ashamed of their very English names, though they were noble and of great antiquity, and took Irish surnames and nicknames.
Σελίδα 159 - Neither did any of them, in all this time, plant any gardens or orchards, enclose or improve their lands, live together in settled villages or towns, nor...
Σελίδα 171 - Ireland, the one for accepting surrenders of the Irish and degenerate English, and for regranting estates unto them according to the course of the Common Law ; the other for strengthening of defective titles. In the execution of which commissions there hath ever been had a special care to settle and secure the under-tenants, to the end there might be a repose and establishment of every subject's estate, lord and tenant, freeholder and farmer, throughout the kingdom.

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