Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 3 To eſtabliſh the conqueſt of Vlſter,Iohn de Curcy conquereth Vlſter. and other the parties of Irelande before enioyed, Alexander the thirde of that name Biſhop of Rome, ſent a Cardinall named Viuianus to ſignifie the tytle that king Henrie had to the ſoueraigne gouerne|ment of that lande, with a reſeruation of Peter pens to be payde to the Church of Rome,Peter pens. and be|ſide to denounce them accurſed that woulde not yeeld and ſubmit themſelues vnto the ſayd king, but ſhew themſelues rebels contrarie to their du|tifull allegiance, who bring as they were deſpiſers and breakers of the eccleſiaſticall Canons, yet for a colour to mainteine their vnruly miſdemeanors they had deuiſed to make Churches their barnes,Churches made Barnes. filling the ſame full of their corne & graynes, that the vitaylers and [...]urueyours of the kings campe ſhould not in any wiſe meddle with the ſame, for feare to run into the offence of ſacrilege. Therfore he licenced the kings officers in this behalf, in cur|teous wiſe & diſcretly to cõmune with ſuch perſõs as made the Church a ſanctuarie for their graine, and in time of neede to take thereof at reaſonable pryces. Little good did Fitz Aldelme, and leſſe was he like to do, bycauſe he went about to croſſe his Peeres, and was therewith croſſed agayne in his courſe of gouernment,Hugh Lacie made lieute|nant of Ireland wherevpon Hugh La|cie was made generall lieutenant ouer the whole Ile, vnder whõ Miles Cogan, Philip de Brewſe EEBO page image 39 Fitz Stephans, Power and diuers other were ap|pointed to the rule of diuerſe countreys ſeuerally & apart by themſelues.He buyldeth fortreſſes. Lacy builded diuerſe caſtels and fortreſſes through the coũtreys of Leyniſter & Meth. The ſame yeare Miles Cogan & his ſonne in law Rauf Fitz Stephans, the ſonne of Robert Fitz Stephans, were ſlaine betwixt Waterforde and Liſmore by a traytor named Machtire, as they ſa [...] abrode in the fieldes togither, ſtaying for the men of Waterforde, with whom they ſhoulde haue talked: but the traytor with other in his cõ|panie came behinde them, & with their Axes ſlue them out of hand. They were appoynted to haue lodged with the ſayde Machtire the night follo|wing, as with him whome they tooke to be theyr aſſured friend. And immediately hereupon, al the countreys of Deſmond and other there about, be|ganne to reuolte from the Engliſhe obedience after that the ſame had continued in meetely good quiet vnder the gouernment of Robert Fitz Ste|phans,Miles Cogan and Raufe Fitz Stephans ſlayne. and Miles Cogan, for the ſpace of .v. yeres but togither nowe the rebels ſtarting vp in euery corner, ſet all in a broyle, and droue Fitz Ste|phans to that extremitie, that he was glad to kepe him within the Citie of Corg, beſet on eche ſide by his enimies that lay rounde about him, till hys couſin Reymond came by water from Wexford with .xx. knightes, and diuers other men of armes and archers to his ayde, by whoſe aſſyſtance the enimies were in ſundrie conflictes ouerthrowne, and partly driuen out of the Countrey, and part|ly reduced to their former obedience: and ſo that tempeſtuous ſtorme within a while was well calmed, and all things brought into quiet:Richard Cogã. for ſhortly after, Richard Cogan, brother to Miles Cogan, was ſent from the king of Englande to ſucceede in rule of the Countrey in his brothers place. And ſhortly after there arriued Philip de Barre, the nephew of Fitz Stephans,Philip de Barre. aſwell to ayde his vncle as to defende his poſſeſſions of O|lethan giuen to him by Fitz Stephans, and after iniuriouſly taken frõ Raufe the ſon of Fitz Ste|phans. The ſame time Giraldus Cambrenſis, brother to the ſame Philip de Barre,Giraldus cam|brenſis goeth into Ireland. and Ne|phewe likewyſe to Fitz Stephan, came ouer in companie with his brother to ſuruey the Coun|trey, the deſcription whereof, with the Hiſtorie, he afterwardes wrote, out of whom we haue gathe|red the moſt part of that whiche we haue written here in the beginning of this Iriſhe hiſtorie, the whiche for want of getting ſight of his booke in time, we haue bene conſtrayned to inſert conſu|ſedly, for ye leyſure hath not ſerued vs to write out the copy again after we had firſt writtẽ it, as firſt we found it briefly cõpiled by Campion, who ga|thering forth brief notes, hath handſomely ioyned them togither, but omitted many things likewiſe for haſt, where otherwiſe that which he hath done in this behalf, deſerueth vndoubtedly ſingular cõ|mendation. But now to the matter. In this ſea|ſon diuers caſtels, abbeys, & bridges were erected, & builded in Ireland. For the Engliſh & Welch nobilitie now ſetled there, ſtudied both to reduce ye people to ciuilitie, & likewiſe to beautify the cũtry wt buildings, ſeruing both for defẽce & cõmoditie.
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2 The Abbey of Roſglas was
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Heruey, one of the ſpeciall conquerors of Irelande, founded the Abbey of
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1179 Heruey be|cometh a Monke.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 They arryued in Irelande aboute the latter ende of Aprill, remayning there all the Sommer following: diuerſe Caſtelles were by them buil|ded with the aduiſe of Hugh Lacie before he de|parted homewardes, as at Fothred, Oualan, at Treſteldermot, at Collacht, and ſundrye o|ther.