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You are here: 1577 > Volume 3 > Body Text: Section 4 of 4: The thirde Booke of the Hiſtorie of Ireland, compriſing the raigne of Henry the eyght: continued by Richard Stanihurſt, and vvritten to the right honorable Sir Henrie Sidney Knight, Lord Deputie of Ireland, Lord preſident of VVales, Knight of the moſt noble order of the Garter, and one of hir Maieſties priue Counſayle within hir Realme of Englande.
Snippet: 64 of 344 (1577, Volume 3, p. 81)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Pardon gran|ted.The Cardinall was ſore inflamed heere|with, and the malice not hitherto ſo ranke, was throughly ripened, and therefore hence fore|warde,Kildare acuſed The Articles Oſſorie broughte for the diuers profes of the Deputie his diſorder, for that (as hee alled|ged) the Deputie ſhoulde winke at the Earle of Deſmonde, whome by vertue of the King hys letters, he ought to haue attached.

You are here: 1577 > Volume 3 > Body Text: Section 4 of 4: The thirde Booke of the Hiſtorie of Ireland, compriſing the raigne of Henry the eyght: continued by Richard Stanihurſt, and vvritten to the right honorable Sir Henrie Sidney Knight, Lord Deputie of Ireland, Lord preſident of VVales, Knight of the moſt noble order of the Garter, and one of hir Maieſties priue Counſayle within hir Realme of Englande.
Snippet: 65 of 344 (1577, Volume 3, p. 81)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 Alſo that he ſought for acquaintance and af|finitie with meere Iriſh enimies, that hee hadde armed them againſt him then beeing the Kyng his Deputie, hee hanged and headed good ſub|iects, whome he miſtruſted to leane to the But|lers friendſhip. Kildare was therefore preſently commaunded to appeare, which he did, leauing in his roomth his brother Fitz Girald of Lexlip,Fitz Girald Lord Iuſtice. whome they ſhortly depoſed, and choſe the Ba|ron of Deluin, whome Oconor tooke priſoner,The Earle of Oſsorie cho|ſen L. Deputie. and then the Earle of Oſſorie (to ſhewe his ha|bilitie of ſeruice) brought to Dublin an army of Iriſhmen, hauing captaines ouer them Ocon|nor, Omore, and Ocarrol, and at Saint Ma|ry Abbey, was choſen Deputy by the King hys counſell. In whiche office being himſelfe (ſaue only in feares of armes) a ſimple Gentleman, hee bare out his honoure, and the charge of go|uernement very worthely,The Countes of Oſsorie. through the ſingular wiſedome of his Counteſſe: a Lady of ſuche a port, that all eſtates of the Realme crouched vnto hir: ſo politique, that nothing was thought ſubſtantially debated without hir aduice: man|like and tall of ſtature: very liberall and bounti|full: a ſure friende, a bitter enimie, hardly diſli|king where ſhe fanſied, not eaſily fanſying wher ſhe diſliked: the only meane at thoſe days wher|by hir huſbande his Countrey was reclaymed from ſluttiſhnes and ſlouenry, to cleane bedding and ciuilitie. But to theſe vertues was lynked ſuche a ſelfe-liking, ſuche an ouerweening, and ſuche a maieſtie aboue the tenure of a Subiect, that for aſſurance thereof, ſhee ſticked not to a|buſe hir huſbands honoure agaynſt hir brothers folly.

You are here: 1577 > Volume 3 > Body Text: Section 4 of 4: The thirde Booke of the Hiſtorie of Ireland, compriſing the raigne of Henry the eyght: continued by Richard Stanihurſt, and vvritten to the right honorable Sir Henrie Sidney Knight, Lord Deputie of Ireland, Lord preſident of VVales, Knight of the moſt noble order of the Garter, and one of hir Maieſties priue Counſayle within hir Realme of Englande.
Snippet: 66 of 344 (1577, Volume 3, p. 81)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Notwithſtandyng I learne not that ſhee practiſed his vndoyng (whiche enſued, and was to hir vndoubtedly greate heauineſſe, as vppon whome, both the blemiſhe thereof, and the ſub|ſtance of the greater part of that family depen|ded after) but that ſhe by indirect meanes lifted hir brother out of credite, to aduance hir huſbãd, the commõ voice, and the thing it ſelfe ſpeaketh. All this while abode the Earle of Kildare at the Court, and with muche adoe, found ſhift to bee called before the Lords to aunſwere ſuddayne|ly. They ſate vpon him diuerſly affected,Kildare con|uented before the Counſell. and namely ye Cardinall Lord Chancellour miſli|king the Erle his cauſe, cõforted his accuſers, & enforced the articles obiected, & what elſe ſo euer could be gathered thereof in theſe words:

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