[1] And certeinelie, these ambassadors whom the king sent now out of Ireland to Rome in this behalfe, re|turned with better spéed in their message, than did the other whom he had sent to him out of Norman|die, to excuse him of the death of the archbishop Tho|mas. For the pope vpon good aduice taken in this matter considering that he had now no profit grow|ing to him by that Ile, and that the Irish people be|ing wild and rude, were far off from all good order of christianitie in diuerse points) thought it would be a meane to bring some gaine to his cofers, and the peo|ple more easilie from their naughtie customes, if they were once made subiect vnto some christian prince of puissance able to tame them, and constreine them by force to be more meeke and tractable. In con|sideration wherof, he was content to grant vnto the king all that herein he required.