This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...putt vpon life and death and all tryalls in lawe, commonly spake Irish, many Spanish, and fewe or none could or would speake English. These outward signes being the tuchstones of the inward affection, manifestly showed that the English Irish helde it a reproch among themselues, to apply themselues any way to the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...putt vpon life and death and all tryalls in lawe, commonly spake Irish, many Spanish, and fewe or none could or would speake English. These outward signes being the tuchstones of the inward affection, manifestly showed that the English Irish helde it a reproch among themselues, to apply themselues any way to the English, or not to followe the Irish in all thinges. In somuch as I haue heard twenty absurd thinges practised by them, only because they would be contrary to vs, wherof I will only name some fewe for instances. Our wemen riding on horsebacke behynde men, sett with theire faces towardes the left Arme of the man, but the Irish weomen sett on the Contrary syde, with theire faces to the right Arme. Our horses drawe Cartes and like thinges with traces of Ropes or leather, or with Iron Chaynes, but they fasten them by a wyth to the tayles of theire horses, and to the Rompts when the tayles be puld off, which had beene forbidden by lawes yet could neuer be altered. Wee liue in Clenly houses, they in Cabinns or smoaky Cottages. Our cheefe husbandry is in Tillage, they dispise the Plough, and where they are forced to vse it for necessity, doe all thinges about it cleane contrary to vs. To conclude they abhorr from all thinges that agree with English Ciuility. Would any man Judge these to be borne of English Parents: or will any man blame vs for not esteeming or imploying them as English, who scorne to be so reputed. The penall lawes against abuses had often bene putt in execution, but as the Popes by theire booke taxing all sinnes with a penaltye, did rather sett sinne at a price, then abolish it, so they who had letters Pattens to execute these penall lawes did not somuch seeke reformation, as by a moderate agreement for the penalltyes to rayse a yearely R...
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Add this copy of Shakespeare's Europe: Unpublished Chapters of Fynes to cart. $40.00, fair condition, Sold by HaroldsBooks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Corydon, IA, UNITED STATES, published 1903 by Sherratt & Hughes.
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Fair/No Jacket. Ex-Library Library book plates and signatures cover and on first blank page. No other library features found. End papers and pages are darkened and brittle with age. Pages are unevenly trimmed. Binding is tight. Cover is discolored and edge worn. 497 pages.
