[1]
[2] After this, the Iriſh hearing that the Engliſhe men were comming as victorers
to the reſcue of their friends, they burnt
their citie and fled to the Ile that lieth in the mouth of the hauen there
cal|led holy Iland, with al their riches, goodes, & cap|tiues. In the
meane time the Erle of Pembroke paſſing forth towards Wexford, was encountred
at the paſe of Odrone by the army of Lymrike yt was got thither before him to
defende the paſſage there againſt him. But ſuch was the force of the Engliſh
power (though but a handfull in cõpari|ſon to the number of their aduerſaries,
that with ſlaughter of a great number of the
Iriſh, they got through into the plaines without any loſſe at all, except of
one yong gentleman.Meiller. In this cõflict the
accuſtomed prowes of Meiller was ſufficiently apparãt. The Engliſhmẽ then
drawing towards Wexford, & bearing what had chaũced vnto Fitz
Stephans, they were highly diſpleaſed & troubled in mind, and forthwith
turning on the right hand toward Waterford, where they foũd Heruey that was
come from the king of Englãd,Heruie retur|neth from the
king of Eng|lande. to whom he had bin ſent, and now vpon his returne,
brought letters, by the tenor wherof he was authoriſed to perſwade the Erle to
returne home into Englãd, who not only ſhewed the letters, but alſo in ſpeech
vſed what perſwaſions he might to induce ye Erle to accompliſh the kings
pleaſure. The Erle per|ceyuing the kings iealouſie ſtill to continue, &
a|gain (how no ſmal part of his army was decayed through ſicknes, & in
defẽce of diuerſe good towns which king Roderik had aſſaulted,) he determined
to returne into Englande, & to ſeeke to pacifie the kings minde, ſo as
he might purchaſe ſome aſſy|ſtance to go through with that he had begon
tou|ching the conqueſt of Ireland, and ſo hauing ta|ken order for ye defence
of thoſe places which were in his poſſeſſion, he paſſeth the ſea, and came to
the king whom he found at Miweham, not farre from Gloceſter redy there with an
army to paſſe forward towards Ireland. Here after much talke and reaſoning of
matters, by the mediation & in|terceſſion of Heruey,The Earle of Pembroke re|ceyued into the kings fa|uor againe. the
Earle was reconciled to the kings fauor, yeelding to the king the chiefeſt
parcels of all his winnings, as Dublyn with the Canthredes adioyning, &
all the townes & caſtels alongſt by the ſea ſide, and for the reſidue
which it pleaſed the king to permit him to inioy, he coue|nanted to acknowledge
that he helde the ſame of the king & his heyres for euer. Theſe things
thus accorded, the K. toke his iourney directly towards Milford hauen, where he
rigged a goodly nauy of ſhippes. About this time the Abbay de caſtro
dei was founded. In the meane time Ororike ſur|named
Monoculus, that is with the one eie,
1171 Ororike king of Meth com|meth to aſſaile Dublin.