1.6. The names or ſurnames of the learned men and authors of Ireland. Chap. 7.

The names or ſurnames of the learned men and authors of Ireland. Chap. 7.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 ARdericus, Ardericus whome Marianus Scotus ter|meth Barboſus, becauſe of his long beare a learned man greatly in olde time re [...]|med in Irelande. But for as much as in his age the countrey was not ſtored with ſuch as employed theyr labours in gatheryng toge|ther the ſayings and doyngs of ſage perſons, the diſcontinuaunce of hys fame is rather to be imputed to the ignoraunce of the tyme, thẽ to the want of hys deſertes. He flouriſhed in the yere 1053.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Alen, a learned Phiſition.Alen.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Iames Archer, a ſtudent of diuinitie.Archer.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Argobaſtus, the ſecond biſhop of Argentine,Argoba|ſtus. ſucceſſor to the holy prelate S. Amand, borne in Ireland, a learned and deuout clarke: who leauyng his country and liuyng in Heremite wyſe, in certayne ſolitary places of France, inſtructed the people of that realme in y^e feare of God, and the knowledge of the ſcriptures. In hys preaching he was noted to haue ſo ſin|guler a grace, and ſo proſperous ſucceſſe, that ſuch as were by any worldly miſaduenture afflicted, vpon the hearyng of his godly ſer|mons would ſodenly be cõforted. The French kyng Dagobertus, aduertised of his lerning and vertue, caused hym to be sent for, vsing hym as hys chief counsailor in all his waigh tie EEBO page image 24 tie affayres. And after aduanced hym to be bishop of Argentine. He wrote a booke of Homilies. He deceased in the yere 658. and was buried hard by a gybbet neere the city, pitcht on the top of an hill called S. Michaels hyll, which was done by his owne appointment, in that he would follow the example of his maister Christ, who did vouchsafe to suffer without the city of Jerusalem, where offenders and malefactors were executed.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Barnewall.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Brady, a preacher.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Brendan, an Abbot borne in Connaught, in hys youth trayned vp vnder Hercus a bishop: and beyng further stept in yeres, he traueiled into England, where he became a profeste Monke, vnder an Abbot named Congellus. He flourished in the yere 560. and wrote these bookes ensuyng.

Compare 1587 edition: 1
• Confessio Christiana.lib.I.
• Charta coelestis hereditatis.lib.I.
• Monachorum regula.lib.I.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Edmund Berneden a Frier, he proceeded doctor of diuinitie in Dublin in the yere, 1320.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Brigide the virgin, borne in Leynster, she flourished in the yere 510. she wrote a booke of her reuelations.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Browne, a Ciuilian.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Burnell.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Butler, a Waterfordian, sometime scholer to M. Peter White. He translated Maturinus Corderius hys booke of phrases into English, in the yere 1562.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 James Caddell, he wrote diuersa epigrammata.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Carbery, a profound ciuilian.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Celsus Archbishop of Armach, borne in and scholed in the vniuersitie of Oxford, he flourished in the yeare 1128. he wrote these bookes followyng.

Compare 1587 edition: 1
• Testamentum ad Ecclesias.lib.I.
• Constitutiones quaedam.lib.I.
• As Malachiam epistolae complures.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Cleere, borne in Kylkenny, and proceded M. of Arte in Oxford.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 John Clinne, borne in Leinster, beyng profeste a gray Frier, he bestowed his tyme in preaching chiefly in the towne of Kylkenny. This man was a good antiquary, as appeared by a chronicle he wrote, beginnyng at the Natiuitie of Christ, and stretchyng to y^e yere 1350. in which yeare he flourished. He wrote these bookes followyng.

Compare 1587 edition: 1
• Annalium chronicon.lib.I.
• De regibus Anglorum.lib.I.
• De custodijs prouinciarum.lib.I.
• De Franciscanorum coenobijs, & eorum distinctionibus.lib.I.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Henry Cogy, doctor of diuinitie, proceeded in the vniuersitie of Dublynne, in the yeare, 1320.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Colme, a learned and an holy Monke. He flourished in the yeare 670. he wrote a booke entituled, Pro soeijs Quartadecimanis.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Columbanus, borne in Vlster, and trayned in learnyng and knowledge as well in Enland as in Fraunce. For his learnyng & vertue, was elected to be Abbot. Hauyng traueiled diuers countreys, at length repayred to Italy, and there in an Abbey by hym founded, called Monasterium Bobiense, he ended his lyfe, the xx. of Nouember. He left to hys posteritie these bookes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1
• In psalterium commentarios.lib.I.
• Collationes ad Monachos.lib.I.
• De moribus Monachorum metrice.lib.I.
• Monasteriorum methodos.lib.I.
• Epistolas ad commilitones.lib.I.
• Aduersus regem adulterum.lib.I.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Conganus an Irishe Abbot, of whom Saint Bernard maketh great accompt. He flourished in the yeare 1150. and wrote to S.Bernarde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1
• Gesta Malachie Archiepescopi.lib.I.
• Ad Bernardum Clareuallensem epist.plures.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Connour.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Walter Conton. He wrote in the latin tonge diuers epigrames and epitaphes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Symon Coniel a deuine.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Cornelius Hybernus, otherwyse named Historicus, by reason that he was taken in hys tyme for an exquisite antiquary, as may appeare by the Scottish Historian Hector Boetius, by whom he acknowledgeth hymselfe to be greatly furthered. He flourished in the yere 1230. and wrote, Maltarum rerum Chronicon.lib.I.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Richarde Creagh borne in Lymmericke, a deuine, he wrote:

Compare 1587 edition: 1
• Espistolas complures.
• Responsiones ad casus conscientiae.
• De vitis sanctorum Hyberniae.
• Topographiam Hyberniae, with diuers other bookes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Henry Crumpe borne in Ireland, & brought vp in y^e vniuersitie of Oxford, where he grew by reason of hys profound knowledge in diuinitie, to no small credite. Hauing repayred to his natiue cou(n)trey, minding there to defray y^e talent wherwith god had endued him, he was sodenly apprehended by Symon byshoppe of Meeth, and kept in duresse by reason that hee was suspected to be of no sound religion. He flourished in the yeare 1392. and wrote these bookes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1
• Determinationes scholast.lib.I.
• Contra religiosos mendicantes.lib.I.
• Responsiones ad obiecta.lib.I.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 597 Curren.Edmund Curren, archdecon of old laghtin, there hath bene an Iriſh Biſhop of the name.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Cuſack.Patricke Cuſacke, a Gentleman borne, and a ſcholler of Oxforde, ſometime ſchoole|maſter in Dublinne, and one that wyth the learning, that God did imparte hym, gaue great light to his countrey. He imployed his ſtudies rather in the inſtructing of ſchollers then in penning of bookes. He floriſhed in the yeare, 1566 and wrote in latine Diuerſa opigrammata.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Daly.Daly, ſchooled in the vniuerſities of Pariſe, hauing a pretty enſight in ſcholaſticall Diui|nitie, he made Diuerſas Conciones.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Darcy.Sir Willicline Darcy Knight, a wiſe gen|tleman, he wrote a booke entituled, The de|cay of Irelande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Delahide.Dauid Delahide, an exquiſite and a profoũd Clarke, ſometime fellow of Merton colledge in Oxforde, very well ſéene in the latine and gréeke tongue. Expert in the Mathemati|cals, a proper antiquary, & an exact Diuine. Whereby I gather, that his penne hath not bene lazie, but is dailye bréeding of ſuch lear|ned bookes, as ſhal be apaileable to his poſte|ritie. I haue ſéene a proper Oration of hys, in the praiſe of maſter Heiwood being Chriſt|maſſe Lorde in Merton colledge, entituled, De ligno et foeno [...] Scemata rhetorica in tabulam co [...]rãcta.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Deurox.Deorox, there are two brethrẽ of the na [...]e learned, the elder was ſome [...]e ſchoolemai|ſter in Weſſeford.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Dyllon.Peter Dyllon, a Diuine, and Iohn Dyllõ likewiſe a ſtudent in Diuinitie.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Doudal.Doudall, ſometime primas of [...]irma [...]h, a graue, a learned, and a politique prolate. Ve|ry zealouſly affected to the reformation of his countrey, he made, Diuerſas conciones.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Dormer.Dormer, a lawyer, borne in Roſſe, ſcholler of Oxford. He wrote in ballade royall.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Duns. Iohannes maior. li. 4. cap. 16.The decay of Roſſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 Iohannes duns ſcotus, an Iriſhe man borne, as in the forefront of this treatiſe I haue de|clared. Howbeit Iohanes maior, a Scottiſh Chronicler, woulde faine prooue him to be a Scotte. Lelande on the other ſide ſayeth, hée was borne in England: ſo that there ſhall as great contencion riſe of him, as in olde tyme there roſe of Homers coũtrey. For the Colo|phoniãs ſaid that Homer was borne in their citie,Cic. in orat. pro Arch. poëta. the Chijans claymed him to be theirs, the Salamymans adueuched, that hée was their countrey man, but the Smyrneans wer ſo ſtiflye bent, in proouing him to bée borne in their territory, as they would at no hand take no nay in the matter, and therevpon they did conſecrate a church to the name of Homer. But what countr [...]ye [...] were, he was doubtleſſ a ſubtil and profound clearke. The onely fault, wherewith he was [...], was a litle ſpice of [...], being giuen to earpe and [...] his pr [...]c [...]our [...] [...]ines, rather for blemmeſhing the time of hys aduirſaryes, then for [...]ing the truth of the con [...] [...] gr [...] [...] are gr [...] in the ſchooles betweene the Thomiſtis and [...] Tho [...] being the ringleader of the one ſect,Thomiſti [...] Sco [...] and [...] belweather of the other. Hee [...] of Meeſore colledge in Oxforde, [...] he was ſent for ſo Pariſe to [...] of Diuinitie. Finally he re [...] [...] wherein an Abbey of gray [...] of which profeſſion he [...] the ended his life.1302. The bookes he wrote, are theſe.

• Commentarij Oxonienſes. lib. 4.
• Reportationes paciſienſes. lib. 4.
• Quodlibeta ſcholaſtica. lib. 2.
• In [...]alitica poſteitora. lib. 2.
• In Metaphiſicam queſtiones. lib. [...]
• De Cognitione [...]e [...]. lib. 2.
• Deperfectione ſta [...]m. lib. [...].
• Sermones de tempore. lib. 1.
• Sermones de Sanctis. lib. 1.
• Collationes parifienſes. lib. 1.
• [...] in Gene [...]. lib. 1.
• De rerum p [...] lib. 1.
• Comme [...] in [...]elia. lib. 4.
• In epiſtolas pauli. lib. plures.
• Queſtiones V [...] [...]. lib. [...].
• Quaeſtiones praedicamentorum. lib. 1.
• In Ariſtotelis phiſica. lib. 8.
• In Categorias Ariſtotelis. lib. 1.
• Tentagreumata quaedam. lib. 1.
• Commentarij imperfecti. lib. 1.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Euſtace, a Doctor of Diuinitie, a very good ſchooleman, he floriſhed in the yeare. 1 [...]36. Euſtace.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Olifer, or Oliuer Euſtace, a ſtudent of the ciuile and Cen [...]law, a good humanitian, & a proper philoſopher.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Nicolas Euſtace, a Gentleman borne, ſur|paſſing birth by learning, and learning by vertue.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Maurice Euſtace, a ſtudent of Diuinitie, one that notwithſtanding he were borne to a faire liuing, yet did wholy ſequeſter himſelfe from the worlde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Fagan, bachylour of Arte in Oxford,Fagane. and ſchoolemaſter in Waterford.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Daniell Ferrayle, a Diuine,Ferrayle. and a ſchoole|maſter.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Fergutius, ſonne to Ferquhardus king of Irelande, the firſt king of Scottes,Fergutius whome ſome affirme to be borne in Denmarke, the EEBO page image 25 more part ſuppoſe to haue b [...]e, an Iriſhmẽ. He flouriſhed in they [...]are of the world 2678. and before the [...]arnation 1292. in the twenty fiue yeare of hys reigne. He was by miſad|uenture drowned néere a rocke in the north of Irelande that of him is called to this days Carregfergus.Carreg|fergus. Vpon whoſe miſhappe thoſe verſes were made.

Compare 1587 edition: 1

Icarus [...]ing nomina fecerat vndis

Ferguſius petrae ſic dedit ap [...]a ſime.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Ferguſius wrote a booke intituled, Leges politicae. lib. 1.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 [...] Finn [...] was ſcholar to one Nennius and Sa|genius, taken for a déepe Deuine in his age. He floriſhed in the yeare .66 [...]. he wrote Pro|veteri paſchali [...]. lib. [...].

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Fielde.Fielde, a phiſition.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thomas Fielde a maſter of Art.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 [...] fitz Gi|ralde.Iohn fitz Girald, commonlye named Iohn fitz Edmund, a very well letterd Ciuilian, a wyſe gentleman, and a good houſeholder.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Robert fitz Girald, aliâs Robert fitz Mau|rice, borne in the Countie of Kyldare.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Dauid fitz Giralde, vſually called Dauid Duffe, borne in Kery, a Ciuilian, a maker in y^e Iriſh, not ignorant of muſike, ſkilful in phi|ſike, a good and a generall craftes man, much lyke to Hippias, [...]ippias. ſurpaſſing all men in y^e mul|titude of craftes: who commyng on a tyme to Piſa, to the great triumph, called Olympi|eum, ware nothyng but ſuch as was of hys owne makyng. His ſhoes, his pattens, hys cloke, hys cote, the ryng that he dyd ſpeare, with a ſignet therin very perfectly wrongly were all made by hym. He played excellently on all kynde of Inſtruments and ſang there|to hys owne verſes, which no man coulde a|mend. In all partes of Logike, Rhetorike, a Philoſophie he vanquiſhed all men, and was vanquiſhed of none.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 fitz Raufe.Richard fitz Rafe, primate of Armach, ſcho|ler in the vniuerſitie of Oxford, to Bacõthorn a good Philoſopher, and no ignoraunt deuine. An enemy to Friers, namely ſuch as went beggyng from dore to dore, whereby he pur|chaſed the hatred of all religious perſons. He was by Edward the third hys meanes made Archdeacon of Lichfielde, after created Pri|mate of Armach, beyng cited before Pope Clement the ſixt, for reproouyng the beggyng Friers. In the heat of the ſayd contention he deceaſed in Italy,1360. whoſe bones were caryed into Ireland, and buried at Doudalk, where he was borne. He wrote theſe bookes enſuing.

• De paupertate ſeruatoris. lib. 7.
• Contra fratres mendicantes. lib. 16.
• In Extrauagantem Ioannis. 23. lib. 1.
• Determinationes ad eundem. lib. 1.
• Contra ſuum Archidiaconum. lib. 1.
• Propoſitiones ad Papam. lib. 1.
• Contra fratrum appellationem. lib. 1.
• Sermones ad crucem Pauli. lib. 1.
• Sermones coram Pontifice. lib. 1.
• De ſtatu Vniuerſalis Eccleſiae. lib. 1.
• Lectura ſententiarum. lib. 4.
• Quaeſtiones earundem. lib. 1.
• Lectura theologica. lib. 1.
• Sermones ad clerum. lib. 1.
• Sermones de tempore. lib. 1.
• Sermones de Sanctis. lib. [...]
• Mariae laudes Auenioni. lib. 1.
• Illuſtrationes Euangeliorum. lib. 4.
• De paſſione dominica. lib. 1.
• De peccato Ignorantiae. lib. 1.
• De lure ſpiritall lib. 1.
• De Vafritus Iudae eorum. lib. 1.
• Propoſitionum ſuarum. lib. 1.
• Epiſtolae ad diuerſos. lib. 1.
• Dialogi plures. lib. 1.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Walter fitz Symons,Fitz Si|mons. Archbiſhop of Du|blyn, L. Iuſtice and L. Chauncellor of Irelãd at one tyme, a famous clarke, and exqui [...]ly learned both in Philoſophy and deuinity: be|yng in company with king Henry the vij. and hearyng an Oration that was made in hys prayſe, the kyng demaunded hym, what fault he found moſt in the Oration: truly quoth he, and if it lyke your highneſſe, no fault, ſauyng onely that the Oratour flattered, your Maie|ſtie ouer much. Now in good fayth, our father of Dublyn (quoth the kyng) we minded to find the ſame fault our ſelues.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thomas fitz Symons, a very proper de|uine. He wrote in Engliſh, a treatiſe of the Church.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Leonard fitz Symons, a deepe and pithye clarke, well ſéene in the Gréeke and Latine tongue, ſomtyme fellow of Trinitie colledge in Oxford, perfect in the Mathamaticals, and a paynefull ſtudent in deuinitie. He hath a brother that was trayned vp in learnyng in Cambridge now beneficed in Trim.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Michael fitz Symons, ſcholemaiſter in Du|blyn, a proper ſtudent, and a diligent man in hys profeſſion, he wrote

• Orationem in aduen|tum comitis Eſſexiae Dublinium.
• Epitaphion in mortem Iacobi Stanihurſti.
• Diuerſa Epigrammata.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Phillip Flatiſbury, a worthy gentleman,Flatiſbu|ry. and a diligent antiquary, he wrote in the La|tin tongue, at the requeſt of the right honou|rable Girald fitz Girald Erle of Kyldare, Diuerſas chronicas.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 He flouriſhed in the yere .1517. and deceaſed at hys towne named Iohnſtowne néere the Naas.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thomas Flemmyng:Flemming there is a Flem|myng now liuyng, of whome I heare great EEBO page image 598 report to be an abſolute deuine, and a profeſ|ſor therof.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Foillanus. Foillanus a learned Monke, he traueiled in|to Fraunce, where through the liberalitie of an holy Virgin, named Gertrude, he founded an Abbey called Monaſterium Foſſenſe, where at length he ſuffred martyrdome.654.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Furſaeus. Furſeus peregrinus, ſo called, becauſe he was borne in Ireland, and did beſtow his yeares as an eſtraunger in Fraunce, where he foun|ded an Abbey named Coenobium Latiniacen|ſe. 647. He wrote certaine pamphlets, that by tract of tyme are periſhed. He flouriſhed in the yere 650. and was buried in his owne, monaſtery.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Garuye.Robert Garuy, fellow of Oriall colledge in Oxforde, a ſtudent of both the lawes, a man well ſpoken as well in the Engliſhe, as in the Latine.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Gogan.Robert Gogan a preacher.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Hardite.William Hardite a doctor of Deuinitie, pro|céeded in the vniuerſitie of Dublynne, in the yere 1320.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Hycky. Hugo.Hicky, Phiſitious, the father and his ſonne.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Hugo de Hybernia, ſo called becauſe his ſur|name is not knowen. He was a gray Frier, and a great traueiler. He floriſhed in the yere 1360. He wrote, Itinirarium quoddam. lib. 1.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Huſey.Oliuer Huſey, a profeſſour of the Aries in Doway.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Hurly.Derby Hurly, a ciuilian, and a commenda|ble Philoſopher: he wrote In Ariſtotelis Phy|ſica.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Ioiſe.Robert Ioiſe, borne in Kylkenny, a good hu|manitian.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Kelley. Radulphus Kelley, a Monke, brought vp in the knowledge of the latin tonge in Kyldare, in which he profited ſo well, that for hys elo|quence and wiſedom, he was ſent to Clemẽt the ſixt, as the ſpeaker or prolocutor of all hys order, and alſo was appoynted the generall aduocate or deputie vnder Petrus de Caſa, maiſter generall of the order. After he was aduaunced to be Archbiſhop of Caſhell,1342. in which honour he deceaſed, hauyng at vacant houres written.

• In iure canonico. lib. 1.
• Epiſtolarum familiarium. lib. 1.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thomas Kenedy, a Ciuilian.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Kenedy. Kerny.Kerny, he wrote in Iriſh

• Catachiſmum.
• Tranſlationem bibliae.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Keuan|nagh.Cagher, a noble man borne, in his time cal|led Mack Murrough, deſcended of that mack Murrough that was ſomtyme king of Lein|ſter, he was a ſurpaſſing deuine, and for hys learnyng and vertue was created biſhop of Leighlyn, and Abbot of Grage. He flouriſhed in the yeare 1550. and was an hundred yeres olde when he deceaſed.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 King.Iames king, borne in Dublyn, and ſcholer to M. Patricke Euſack, vnder whome beyng commendably [...]ayned, he repa [...] to the v|niuerſitie of Cambridge, wher [...] he deceaſed before he coulde attayne to that eſpen [...]ſſe of learnyng,1569. whereto one of ſo pregnaunt [...] was lyke in tyme to aſpire. He wrote

• Carmina in laudem [...] [...]enrid Bydna [...].
• Diuerſa Epigrammata.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Ley, a learned and an expert Phiſition.Ley. Leurouſe. 1556.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Leurouſe a learne [...] deuine, ſometyme bi|ſhop of Kyldare, and Deane of S. Patrickes in Dublyn.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Aeneas Loghlen, or Mackleigh [...], M. o [...] Acte,Logham. and a preacher.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thomas Long doctor of both thẽ lawes,Long. he procéeded at Paris, in the yeare 1576. in Au|guſt. he is a proper philoſopher, no ſtraunger in ſcholaſticall deuinitie [...], a prety Latin [...]. He wrote

• De ſpeciebus contra mendacem Monachu [...]
• In Ariſtotelis phyſica.
• Theſes ex praecipuis iuris vtriuſque partibus ſelectas Carolo Borbonio cardinall coſecra [...]as.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Peter Lumbard borne in Waterford,Lumbard. ſcho|ler to M. Peter White, hauing [...]yl [...]ied two yeres and a halfe in the ſtudy of philoſophy at Louaine, he was choſen when he proceeded M. of Arte, Pri [...]us Vn [...]uelitatis, by the vn|forme conſent of the foure principals, which preferment did happen to none in ſuch con|ſenting wiſe, in many yeres before, he wrote Ca [...]men Heroicum in Doctoratum Nicolai Quemerfordi.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Dorby Mackehragh, a ſtudent in deuinitie.

Mack|cragh.

Magrane.

Malachi|as.

Magrane, a ſcholemaiſter in Dublinne, he wrote Carols and ſundry ballades.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Malachias borne in Vlſter. His lyfe is exact|ly written by S. Bernard, in whoſe Abbey he died in the yeare 1148. He wrote

• Conſtitutorum communium, lib. 1.
• Legum coelibatus. lib. 1.
• Nouarum trachtionum. lib. 1.
• Ad D. Bernardum, epiſt plures.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Malachias, the minorite or gray frier,Malachi|as minori|ty. a ſtu|dent in the Vniuerſitie of Oxford, where he attained to that knowledge in deuinitie, as he was the onely man in his tyme that was ap|poynted to preach before the king and the no|bilitie, a ſharp reprouer of vice, a zealous em|bracer of vertue, enemy to flattery, friend to ſimplicitie. He flouriſhed in the yeare 1310. he wrote

• De peccatis & remedijs, lib. 1.
• Conciones plures, lib. 1.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Mauricius Hybernus, Mauricius. of hym Ioannes Camer|tes thus writeth.

Annis ab his proximis excelluit, Iohannes Camert in cap. 35. Soli. ex ea inſula o|riundus Mauricius, D. Franciſci ordinis profeſ|ſus, In dialecticis, utraq; phylosophia, metaphi sicis, EEBO page image 26 sicis, ac sacra theologia plurimum eruditus. Vix insuper dici potest, qua humanitate, quaue morum sanctimonia praeditus fuerit. Is cum annis plurimis in Patauino Gymnasio bonas artes docuisset, cum summa omnium gratia, ob eius singularem eruditionem, ac candidisimos mores, a Iulio secundo pontifice maximo in Tuanensem archiepiscopum creatus est. Quo cum relicta Italia bellis in ea saevientibus proficisceretur, non multum post, magna studiorum iactura, cum nondum quinquagesimum aetatis suae attigisset annum, mortem objit. Erant plurima suae doctrinae in manubus monumenta, sed ea ob immaturam eius mortem edere non licuit. Quantu(m) fuerit inter eum, dum viueret, & me necessitudinis vinculum testantur sexcente epistolae, quas plenas charitatis iudicijs, varijs temporibus ad me dedit. Eis (quanta verae amicitiae vis) post amici obitum relegens soleo assidue recreari.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 There did (sayeth Iohannes Camertes) of late yeres one Mauritius borne in Ireland excell, a gray Fryer profest, very well seene in Logike, depely grounded in philosophy, both moral and naturall, learned in the Metaphisikes, in deuinitie peerelesse. Scantly may I tell with how great curtisie and vertue he was endued. Whe(n) he had professed at Padus the liberall Artes many yeres with no small renowme. He was created by Iulius the second, not onely for hys profound knowledge, but also for the sinceritie of his lyfe, Archbishop of Tuen. When he was traueilyng thitherward, beyng departed from Italy, by reason of the vprores that there were daily encreasing, he ended his lyfe to the great losse of learnyng, before he was full fifty yeres old. He had sundry workes in hand, which he coulde not haue finished by reason of his vntimely death. How dere and entier friendes he and I were one to he other during his life, the letters he addressed me from tyme to tyme, to the number of sixe hundred, thwackt with loue and kyndnesse, do manifestly declare. And by perusing of them after his death (such is y^e force of friendship) I am greatly comforted. Thus far Camertes. This Mauritius wrote.

Compare 1587 edition: 1
• Commentatios super Scotum in praedicabilia.
• In magistrum sententiarum.lib.4.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Mauricius Archbishop of Cashill, he florished in king Iohns raigne. Giraldus Cambriense, vpon his commyng into Ireland, and debacing the country in the hearyng of this prelate, saying that albeit the inhabitaunts were wont to brag of the number of their Saintes, yet they had no Martyrs. You say very well sir (quoth the Archbishop) in deede as rude as this countrey is or hath bene, yet the dwellers had the saintes in some reuerence. But now that the gouernement of the countrey is come to your kings handes, we shall (I trust) shortly be stored with martyrs.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 John Miagh a deuine, he wrote a treatise, de possessione Monasteriorum.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Mooney, a Ciuilian and a good Latinist.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Neylan, somtime fellow of Alsoules colledge in Oxford, a learned phisition.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Patrike Nigram a deuine.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Phillip Noris a scholer of Oxford, and after Deane of S. Patrikes in Dublyn. He flourished in the yeare 1446. & wrote these workes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1
• Declamationes quasdam,lib.I.
• Lecturas scripturarum,lib.I.
• Sermones ad populum, lib.I.
• Contra mendicitatem validam, lib.I.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Nugent, baron of Deluyn, scholed in the Vniuersitie of Cambridge.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 William Nugent a proper gentleman, and of a singuler good wit, he wrote in the English tongue diuers Sonets.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 David Obuge, borne in the town of Kildare. For hys learned lectures, and subtile disputations openly published in Oxford and Treuers in Germany, he was taken for the gemme and lanterne of his country. In his tyme Giraldus Bononiensis, beyng maister generall of y^e Carmelites, that then were resiant in England beyng elected to resist their generall, Obuge was chosen to be forma(n) of al y^e crew. Giraldus Bonoiensis vnderstanding that he beyng an Irishman, was so hote in the conrouersie, was egerly bent agaynst Obug, because he assured hymself to haue had fauour at his hands, by reason Obuge was borne in that countre where the Giraldines his kinsmen were planted, and therupon he was banished Italy. This storme in processe of tyme beyng appeased, the outcast Carmelite was made the general garden of all his fraternitie in Irelande, which country by his continual teaching & preaching was greatly edified. Ouer this he was so politique a counsailor, that the nobilitie & estates in causes of weight, woulde haue recourse to hym as to an oracle. He was in philosophy an Aristotle, in eloquence a Tully, in deuinitie an Augustine, in the ciuill law a Iustinian, in the canon a Panormitane. He florished in the yere 1320. He deceased at Kyldare, leauyng thse learned workes ensuyng to posteritie.

Compare 1587 edition: 1
• Sermones ad Clerum, lib.I.
• Epistolae 32. ad diuersos, lib.I.
• Propositiones disputatas, lib.I.
• Lectiones Treuerenses, lib.I.
• Regulae Iuris, lib.I.
• Contra Giraldum Bononiensem.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Owen Odewhee, a preacher, and a maker in Irishe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 599 OheirnainThomas Oheyrnayne, Deane of Corcke, [...] learned deuine, he wrote in Latine, Ad Iacobum Stanihurſtum, epiſt plures.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 Oheirligh.Thomas Oheirligh, biſhop of [...]o [...]e, an ex|quiſite deuine, brought vp in Italy.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Pander.Pander, a man [...]ouſly addicted to the refor|mation of his countrey, wherof he wrote a po|litike booke in Latin, entituled Sa [...] populi.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Patricius. Patricius, who notwithſtanding he be no Iriſh man borne, yet I may not ouerſlip [...]ynt [...]n the catalogue of Iriſh authors, for as much as hys whole workes tended to the conuerſion and re|formation of that countrey, he was ſurnamed Succetus or Magorials, an abſolute deuine, a|do [...]ng his deepe knowledge ther [...] with ſin|ceritie of lyfe. Beyng ſent into Ireland by the appoyntment of Coeleſtinus the firſt, accompa|nied with Segetius a prieſt, he conuerted the I|ſland from idolatry and paganiſme, to chriſtia|nitie. He wrote theſe bookes followyng.

Compare 1587 edition: 1
• De antiquitate Analonica. lib. 1.
• Itinerarium confeſſionis, lib. 1.
• Odorporicon Hyberniae, lib. 1.
• Hiſtoria Hyberniae ex Ruano, lib. 1.
• De tribus Habitaculis, lib. 1.
• De futura electorum vita. lib. 1.
• Abiectoria quaedam, 366. lib. 1.
• Sermones, lib. 1.
• Ad Cereticum tyrannum, epiſt. 1.
• Ad Aualonicos incolas, epiſt. 1.
• Ad Hybernicas eccleſias, epiſt plures.
• Ad Britannos, epiſt plures.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 He deceaſed, beyng 122. yeres old, in the yeare 458. or as ſome ſuppoſe 491. and lyeth buryes in an auncient city, in the North of Irelande, named Doune, accordyng to the olde verſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1

Hi tres in Duno tumubo tumulantur in vno.

Brigida, Patricius, at Columba pius.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Patricius Abbas. Patricius Abbas, a learned man, and much gi|uen to the edifiyng of his countreymen. He [...]o|riſhed in the yere 850. and deceaſed at Glaſed|bury. Some aſcribe the finding of S. Patrikes purgatory to this Abbot, not to Patrike that conuerted the countrey, but that errour hath bene before ſufficiently reprooued. This Abbot wrote,

• Homelias, lib. 1.
• Ad Hybernos, epiſt. plures,

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Petrus Hy|bernicus. Petrus Hybernicus, profeſſor of philoſophy in Naples, at which time Thomas Aquinas that after became the lantern of ſcholemen, both in philoſophy and deuinitie, was hys ſcholer, be|yng therfore as highly renowned, as Socra|tes is for beyng M. to Plato, or Plato is, for hauyng Ariſtotle to hys ſcholer. This Petrus flouriſhed in the yere 1230. he wrote, Quod libeta theologica. lib. 1.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Pluncket.Pluncket, baron of Dunſany, ſcholer in Ra|tough, to M. Staghens, after ſent by ſir Chri|ſtofer. Barnewall knight, hys friendly father in [...], to the vniuerſitie of Oxforde. Where, how well he profited in knowledge, [...]s ſuch as are of hys acquaintaunce, preſently perceyue, ſo he reafter when hys workes ſhall take the ayre, that now by reaſon of baſhfull mode [...]ge, or modeſt [...]ſhfulnes are wrongfully empriſo|ned, and in maner [...]iected in ſhadowed [...]|che [...], I doubt not, but hys ſome and renowme in armyng, ſhall be aunſwerable to his deſert and valure in writyng.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 P [...]rell, a bacheler of be [...]tie,Poo [...]rell. ſometyme chapleine in ne [...] colledge at Oxford, after re|turnyng to his countrey, he was beneficed in Drogheda, from thence flitted to Louayne, where through continuall hearyng of lectures and diſputations, more then by his priuate ſtu|dy, he purchaſed a laudable knowledge in deui|nitie.The force of exerciſe. Wherby he gaue manifeſt ſhewe of the profite that riſeth of exerciſe and conference.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Vpon this accuſſonio [...]e of hys acquaintaunce was accuſtomed to tell hym that he had allays deuinitie by heareſay. He deceaſed at [...]ouia [...], in the yere 1573.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Nicholas Q [...]e [...]ford,

Quemer|ford.

1575.

doctor of de [...]tion proceeded the 23. of October, he wrote in Eng|liſh a very pithy and [...]earned treatiſe, & there withall exquiſitely pend, [...]titule [...],

• A [...]ers to certayne queſtionis propounded by the citizens of Waterford.
• Diuers ſermons.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 There lyued lately of the ſurname, a g [...] prelate in Waterford, and properly learned.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Ryan,Ryan. there dyued two brethren of the ſur|name, both ſcholers of Oxford, the one a good Ciuilian, the other very well ſéene in the Ma|them [...]cals.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Richard, Archdeacon of S. Patrikes,Richard. Chan|cellour of the Vniuerſitie of Dublinne, procee|ded Doctor of the Canon law, in the yere 132 [...]

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Robert Rocheforde,Rocheford. borne in the C [...]ye of Weifford, a proper deuine, an exact Philoſo|pher, and a very good antiquary. There is ano|ther Rochford, that is a ſtudent of philoſophy.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Rooth, bacheler of law,Rooth. proceeded in the Vni|uerſitie of Oxford. There hath bene another Rooth Vicar of S. Iohns in Kylkenny, pretily learned.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Ioannes de ſacro boſco, borne in Holywoode,De ſacro boſco. and therof ſurnamed de ſacro boſco. He wrote an excellent introduction, De Sphaera.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Sedgrane, two brethren of the name,Sedgrane. both ſtudentes in deuinitie.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Shaghens fellow of Baliol colledge in Ox|ford,Shaghens after ſcholemaiſter in Ireland, a learned and a vertuous man.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Sheyne, ſcholer in Oxforde and Paris.Sheyne. He wrote, De repub.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 27 Elias Sheth, borne in Kylkenny, sometyme scholer or Oxforde, a gentleman of a passing good wit: a pleasant conceyted companion, full of mirth without gall. He wrote in English diuers Sonets.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Michael Sheth borne in Kylke(n)ny, M. or Arte.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Skydmour borne in Corcke, and gardein of Poghyll.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Richard Smyth, borne in a towne, named Rackmackney, three myles distant fro(m) Weisford, surnamed Smyth of hys father, who was by occupatio(n) a Smith, being 14. yeres of age, he stole into England, and repaired to Oxford where in tract of tyme he proceeded doctour of deuinitie, was elected doctour of the chaire, taken in those dayes for the peereless pearle of all the deuines in Oxforde, as well in scholasticall as in positiue deuinitie. Vpon the death of Queene Mary, he went to Louayne, where he red openly the Apocalips of S.Iohn, with little admiration and lesse reprehensio(n). He wrote in English agaynst licentious fastyng, or the liberty of Fastyng.

Compare 1587 edition: 1
• The assertion of the sacrament at aulter.
• A defence of the sacrifice of the masse.lib.I.
• Of vnwritten verities.lib.I.
• Retractations.lib.I.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the latin tongue he wrote

• de coelibatu sacerdotum.lib.I.
• De votis Monasticis.lib.I.
• De Iustificatione hominis.lib.I.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Nicholas Stanihurst, he wrote in latine,

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Dietam Medicorum, lib.I. He dyed in the yeare 1554.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 James Stanthurst, late recorder of Dublyn, ouer hys exacte knowledge in the common lawes, he was a good oratour, and a proper deuine. He wrote in Englishe, beyng speaker in the parliamentes. An oration made in the beginnyng of a parliament holden at Dublyn before the right honourable Thomas Erle of Sussex, &c. in the third and fourth yere of Phillip and Mary.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 An oration made in the beginnyng of the parliament holden at Dublyn, before the right honourable Thomas Erle of Sussex, in the second yere of the raigne of our soueraigne lady Queene Elizabeth.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 An oration made in the beginnyng of a Parliament holden at Dublyn, before the right honourable sir Henry Sidney knight, &c. in the xj. yeare of the raigne of our soueraigne Lady Queene Elizabeth. He wrote in Latin,

Compare 1587 edition: 1
• Pias Orationes.
• Ad Corcaciensem decanum, epist. plures.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 He deceased at Dublyn, the 27. of December, beyng 51. yeres olde. Vpon whose death, I, as nature and duty bound me, made this epitaph.

Compare 1587 edition: 1

Vita breuis, mors sancta fuit (pater optime) visa,

Vita timenda malis, mors redamunda bonis

Vrbs est orba sopho: leghum rectore tribunal,

Cansidicoq; cliens, atq; parente puer.

Plurima proferrem, sed me prohibere videtur,

Pingere vera dolor, fingere falsa pudor.

Non opus est falsis, sed quae sunt vera loquenda,

Non mea penna notet, buccina fama sonet.

Hoc scripsisse satis, talem quandoq; parentem

Est habuisse decus, sed caruisse dolor.

Filius haec dubitans tale(m) vix comperit vsquam,

Vllus in orbe patrem, nullus in vrbe parem.

Mortuus ergo, pater, poteris bene viuus haberi,

Viuis enim mundo nomine, mente deo.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Walter Sanihurst, sonne to James Stanihurst, he translated into English. Innocent de contemptu mundi.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 There flourished before any of these a Stanihurst, that was a scholer of Oxford, brother to Gennet Stanihurst, a famous and an auncient matrone of Dublyn, she lieth buried in S.Michaels church.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Sutton, one of that name, is a very good maker in English.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Mathew Talbot scholemaister, a Student in Cambridge, William Talbot.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 John Talbot, sonne to William, a M. of Art, he wrote in Latine

Compare 1587 edition: 1
• Orationem in laudem comitis Essexiae,
• Diuersa Epigrammata.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Edmund Tanner, a profound deuine, he wrote

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Lectiones in summam D. Thomae.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Taylor, batcheler of Arte, proceeded in the vniuersitie of Oxford, he wrote in Latine,

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Epigrammata diuersa.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thomas Hybernus, borne in Palmerstowne neere the Naas. He proceeded doctor of deuinitie in Paris, a deepe clearke and one that red much, as may easily be gathered by his learned workes. He flourished in the yere 1290. and wrote with diuers other workes, these bookes ensuyng.

Compare 1587 edition: 1
• Flores bibliae.
• Flores doctorum,lib.2
• De Christiana religione, lib.I.
• De illusionibus daemonum, lib.I.
• De Tentatione diaboli, lib.I.
• De remedijs vitiorum, lib.I.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Laurentius Toole, Archbishop of Dublyn.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Trauerse doctor of deuinitie, he florished in the raigne of Henry the 8 There hath bene after hym a scholemaister in Dublyn of y^e name.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Tundalus Magus, a knight, after he became a charterhouse monke, much giuen to contemplacion, wherin he is reported to haue seene diuers visions of heauen and hell, and thereupon he wrote Apparitionum suarum, lib.I.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 He florished in the yere 1149.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Virgilius Soliuagus, a noble man borne, being stept in yeares, he traueiled into Germany where [page ] where beyng knowen for a vertuous and learned prelate he was choſen by O [...]n Duke of Bauaria,754. to be their rectour or gardein of an auncient Abbey, named S. Peters Abbey, pla|ced in the city of Saliſburge, after he was cre|ated Epiſcopus Iu [...]anienſis, and founded in the ſaid town of Saliſburge a church. In his time one Bonifacius in Engliſh man, beyng gene|rall viſitour in Bauaria, rebapti [...]ed certaine, whome he ſuſpected not to haue bene orderly baptiſed. Virgilius deteſting the faces, hauyng conſulted with Sydonius Archbiſhop of Baua|ria, withſtood Bonifacius in his fond attempt. The controuerſie beyng brought before Pope Zacharias, he decréed that Bonifacius held an [...] error, and that Virgilius and Sydonius publi|ſhed to that poynte founde doct [...]e [...] as who ſo wyll re [...] Zacharias hys epiſtle to Bonifaci|us,Tomo pri|mo concili|orum. ſhall playne by ſée [...] [...] [...]us decreſed in the yeare 7814. and dyeth buried in hys church at Saliſburge. He wrote, Ad Zachariam Rompont. epiſt [...].

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Vitagh.Owen Vltagh a phiſition. His father procee|ded doctors [...]el [...] Phi [...]e in Paris.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Vltanus. Vltanus a learned monke, felow to Foillamu [...], with whom he traueiled into Fraunce, & wyth continuall preachyng edified the inhabitantes of that realme. He floriſhed in the yere 640.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Vrgalius. Gilbertus Vrgalius, a profeſt Carme [...]te, and a ſtudent in Oxford. He floriſhed in the yere. [...]39 he wrote in two great Tomes.

• Summam quarundam legum.
• De rebus theologicis lib. 1.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Vſher.Vſher, or Vſcher, a ſtudent in Cambridge, and a preacher.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Wadding.Wadding, a proper verſifier, he wrote in la|tine vpon the burnyng of Paules ſteple.

• Carmen Heroicum.
• Diuerſa Epigrammata.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Walſhe.Edward Walſhe, he floriſhed in the yeare 1550. and wrote in Engliſh,

• The duety of ſuch as fight for their countrey.
• The reformation of Ireland by the worde of God.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Iames Walſh, M. of Arte, and ſtudent in di|uinitie, he tranſlated into Engliſh, Giraldum Cambrienſem, he wrote in latine, Epigrammata diuerſa.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Richard Walſhe M. of Art, and ſtudent in di|uinitie. There is a learned man of the name beneficed in S. Patrikes church in Dublynne, ſtudent in Cambridge, and now a preacher.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Peter Walſhe a proper youth, and one that would haue bene an ornament to his country, if God had ſpared him lyfe. He dyed of a ſurfet at London, about the yere 1571.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 There dwelleth in Waterford a lawyer of the ſurname, who writeth a very proper Latine verſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Welleſley deane of Kyldare,Welleſley there lyueth an other learned man of the name, who is Arche|deacon of S. Patrikes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Peter White, borne in Waterford,White. fellow of Orial colledge in Oxford, the lucky ſcholemai|ſter of Mounſter. He beſtowed his tyme ra|ſhes in the makyng of ſcholers, therein the p [...]|nyng of bookes, and to the inſtruction of youth he wrote.

Compare 1587 edition: 1
• Epitomun o [...]ſtus Eraſmi.
• Epi [...] Figui [...] [...].
• Annotationes in [...] piro Anticleo [...]deus.
• Annotation omtiquem pro [...]ione.
• Epitration [...] ver [...].

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Iohn White, bachelor of deuinitie, [...] in Glorimol, he wrote in latin, [...]ceſtepia epigrammata.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Andrew Wihurn good humanitian; & [...] philoſopher.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Wiſe, of this ſet [...]me there flouriſhed ſudden learned gentlemen.Wiſe. There [...]th [...] Waſe in Waterforde, that maketh very well in the Engliſh.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Andrew Wiſe, a toward youth, and a good verſifier.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 William, an Abbate,William. and as it is thought a ſoothſaier. He floriſhed in the yere [...]ſt, & wrote Prophetian rerum futura nim. lib. [...].

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Dauid Wolfe, a deuine.wolfe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus farre gentle reader, haue I endeuou|red to heape vp togither a Catalogue of ſuche learned Iriſhmẽ, as by diligent reſearch could haue ben found. Howbeit, I am to requeſt the not to meaſure the ample number of the lear|ned of that countrey by this [...]irf [...] abſtract cõ|ſideryng, that diuers haue ben, yea and are yet liuyng, of profound knowledge that to me are vnknowen, and therefore in this regiſter, not recorded.