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his roome Maurice Fitzthomas of Lac|kragh Maurice Fitzthomas lord iustice. Su [...]e lord lieutenant of Ireland. 1521 A parlement holden at Dublin. lord iustice: and shortlie
after came ouer lord lieutenant Thomas Howard earle of Surreie, who was after duke of Norffolke, grandfather
to the last duke, accompanied with two hundred yeomen of the crowne: before whome, shortlie after his
repaire thither, there was a parlement holden at Dublin, in which there
past an act, that all wilfull burning of corne, as well in réekes in the fields, as also in villa|ges and
townes, should be high treason. Item, an act against loding of woolles & flor, vpon paine of
for|feiture of the double value of the same, the one halfe to the king, and the other halfe to him that will
sue therefore. Item, that anie person seized of lands, rents, or tenements in possession or in vse, vnto the
yearelie value of ten markes aboue the charges, in fee simple, fée taile, or for terme of life, copie hold,
or ancient demeane, shall passe in euerie atteint. While the lord
lieutenant sat at dinner in the castell, of The Moores in rebellion. Dublin, he
heard news that the Moors with a maine armie were euen at the entrie of the borders, readie to inuade the
English pale. Immediatlie men were Iohn Fitz|simons. leuied by Iohn Fitzsimons
then maior of Dublin, and the next morrow ioining them vnto his band, the lieutenant marched towards the
frontiers of Leix.
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vpon the lieutenant his approch, seue|red themselues into sundrie
companies, and vnder|standing that the cariage was dragging after the armie, and slenderlie manned, certeine
of them char|ged the lieutenant his seruants, and such of the citi|zens as were appointed to gard the
cariage. Patrike Fitzsimons, a strong sturdie yoonker, kept the eni|mies such tacke, as he chased part of
them awaie, re|scued Patrike Fitzsimons. the cariage, slue two of the rebels, and
brought the heads with him to maister maior his tent. The next morning, two of the lieutenant his men, that
slunke awaie from Fitzsimons, thinking that the ca|riage had béene lost, aduertised their lord that
Fitz|simons fled awaie; and the Moores were so manie in companie, as it had béene but follie for two to
bicker with so great a number. The lieutenant possed in a rage to the maior his pauillion, telling him that
his man Fitzsimons was a cowardlie traitor in run|ning awaie, when he should haue defended the ca|riage.
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What am I, my lord (quoth Patrike Fitzsimons) skipping in his shirt out of the tent, with both the heads
in his hand? My lord, I am no coward, I stood to my tacklings when your men gaue me the slip, I rescued
the cariage, and haue here sufficient tokens of my manhood, tumbling downe both the heads. Saist thou so
Fitzsimons, quoth the lieutenant?
I crie thée mercie, and by this George, I would to God
A baliant wish. it had beene my good hap to haue béene in thy compa|nie in that
skirmish. So drinking to Fitzsimons in a boll of wine, and honourablie rewarding him for his good seruice,
he returned to his pauillion, where hauing knowledge of Omore his recule, he pursued him with a troope of
horsmen. The lieutenant thus
The earle of Surreie in danger to haue béene slaine.
passing forwards, was espied a gunner of Omors, who lodged close in a wood side, and watching his time, he
discharged his péece at the verie face of the lieutenant, strake the visor off his helmet, and pear|sed no
further, as God would.