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Reymond le Grace is ſent ouer from the Erle of Pem|broke into
Irelande.
1170
The Earle diſſembling to vnderſtand the hol|lowneſſe of the Kings heart
and good will to|wardes his preferment, firſt furniſhed forth hys couſin
Reymond le Grace, nephew by an elder brother vnto Fitz Stephans, and Fitz
Geralde, with .x. knightes and .lxx. Archars about the Ka|lendes of May,
appoynting him to paſſe ouer be|fore him into Irelande. Who landing neare to a
rocke by the Sea ſide called Dundenolfe
(foure myles from Waterforde, towarde Wexforde by ſouth) began there on the
ſayde rocke to buylde a Fort of earth and fagots. The Citizins of
Wa|terforde,The Citizins [...] Waterford take to reſiſt Reymond. and with them Machlachelin
Ophelan hauing in a iealouſie the neighborhood of ſtraun|gers, aſſembled
togither three thouſand men and paſſed ouer the ryuer that deuideth the
Countrey of Deſmound from Leyniſter vnder their towne walles towardes the Eaſt,
and deuiding themſel|ſelues into three
battails marched forth, and vali|antly approched to the ditches where Reymonde
with his companie was intrenched. Reymonde perceyuing them thus to approche,
boldly iſſued forth agaynſt them with ſuch ſmall companie as he had there with
him. Howbeit not able to make his partie good, he was forced to retyre vnto hys
ſtrength, but beyng purſued vnto the very gates by the Iriſhe, thinking to
enter with the Eng|liſhe men, Reymond at the very entring of the gate turned
backe vppon them, and thruſt his ſworde through the firſt of his enimies that
preſ|ſed next to follow him at the heeles, and calling to his people to turne
vpon the aduerſarie, he ſo encouraged his companye,The Iriſh
men diſcomfited. and ſtroke ſuche a feare into the Iriſh mens
heartes, that they tooke themſelues to flight, and were ſo egrely followed of
their aduerſaries, that aboue fiue hundred of thẽ were ſlaine, beſide a great
number that were dry|uẽ to take the ſea, where they were loſt &
drowned
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3 The valiancie of one William
Ferrando a knight was much noted in this
conflict.William Fer|rando. Seuenty towneſmen of
Waterford were taken, and after|wardes (contrarie to the minde of Raymond) caſt
into the ſea and drowned, through the perſwaſion of Heruie de Monte Mauriſco,
in which doing the Engliſh men did great hurt to themſelues, for the
aduauncement of their proceedings in Ire|land.The Earle of
Pembroke paſſeth into Irelande. In the meane time the Erle of
Pembrooke hauing made all his prouiſion readie, tooke the ſea in Mylforde hauen
with two hundred knightes, and a thouſand
other men of warre, and arriued at Waterforde on Bartholmewe euen, and the
morow after Bartholmew day, being Tueſday, they aſſaulted the Citie, and were
twiſe repulſed, but yet at length breaking downe an houſe that ioyned to the
wall, they entred by force, and ſlea|ing the Citizins, obteyned a bloudie
victorie.
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1 Shortly after came king
Dermote thither with Fitz Stephans and Reymonde, and there according to
couenant, gaue vnto Erle Strang|bow, his daughter Eue in mariage, with the
ſuc|ceſſion of his kingdome. When Waterford was thus gotten, and Leyniſter
pacified, and the prin|ces of Oſſorie tamed, and a choſen power of men of warre
placed in gariſon, King Dermote was become ſo terrible that none durſt ſtyrre
agaynſt him.
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