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vpon his arriuall indicted the citie for his execrable offense: but at length, by the procure|ment as well
of the archbishop as of all the cleargie, he was weighed to giue the citizens absolution with Penance in|ioined to the citizens of Dublin. this caueat, that in detestation of so
horrible a fact, and Ad perpetuam rei memoriam, the maior of Dublin should go barefooted
thoroughout the citie in open procession before the sacrament, on Corpus Christi daie: which penitent
satisfaction was after in euerie such procession dulie accomplished. Girald Fitzgi|rald, sonne and heire to
the aforesaid erle of Kildare, The earle of Kildare lord deputie. was shortlie
after his fathers decease constituted lord deputie of Ireland, before whome in the seuenth yeare of Henrie
the eight, there was a parlement A parlement holden at Dublin. holden at Dublin,
wherein it was established, that all such as bring out of England the kings letters of priuat seale, for
particular causes against anie of the king his subiects in Ireland, should find sufficient suerties in the
king his chancerie in Ireland; to bée bound by recognisance, that the plaintife shall satis|fie the
defendant, that purgeth or acquiteth himselfe of the matter to him alledged, for his costs and da|mages
susteined by such wrongfull vexation. This noble man being valiant and well spoken, was no|thing inferior to
his father in martiall prowesse, cha|sing in the time of his gouernment the familie of the Tooles, battering
Ocarrell his castels, and bringing in awe all the Irish of the land.
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good meaning, to vnite the houses in friendship, matched his sister Margaret Fitzgi|rald Piers Butler and Marga|ret Fitzgirald espoused. with Piers Butler earle of Ossorie, whome he also
helped to recouer the earldome of Ormond, into the which, after the decease of the earle Iames, a ba|stard
Butler had by abatement intruded. Great and EEBO page image 84 manifold were the miseries the ladie Margaret
su|stemed, hir husband Piers Butler being so egerlie pursued by the vsurper, as he durst not beare vp hed,
but was forced to houer and lurke in woods and for|rests. The noble woman being great with child, and vpon
necessitie constreined to vse a spare diet (for hir onelie sustenance was milke) she longed sore for wine,
and calling hir lord, and a trustie seruant of his, Iames White vnto hir, she requested them both Iames white to helpe hir to some wine, for she was not able anie longer to indure so
strict a life. Trulie Margaret, quoth the earle of Ossorte, thou shalt
haue store of wine within this foure and twentie houres, or else thou shalt féed alone on milke for me.
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following, Piers hauing intelli|gence that his enimie the base Butler would haue trauelled from Donmore to
Kilkennie, notwithstan|ding he were accompanied with six horssemen: yet Piers hauing none but his lackie,
did forestall him in the waie, and with a couragious charge gored the The bastard Butler
slaine. bastard through with his speare. This prosperous calme
succéeding the former boisterous storme, the ladie Margaret began to take heart, hir naturall stoutnesse
floted, as well by the remembrance of hir noble birth, as by the intelligence of hir honorable match.
Kildare all this while kept in authoritie, not|withstanding the pushes giuen against him by se|cret heauers
that enuied his fortune, and sought to nourish the old grudge, was at length by their priuie packing fetched
vp to the court of England by com|mission, Kildare sent for into Eng|land. and
caused him to be examined vpon di|uerse interrogatories touching the
affaires of Ire|land.