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Historical Anecdotes.
nothing more considerable for its immediate cause than the pride of . O'Neal , who demanded that his enemy should recognize his authority by paying tribute . The laconic state with which the demand was made and rejected , would deserve to be admired in a nobler contest . " Send me tribute , or else— " was the message of O'Neal . The answer was expressed with the same Princely brevity . " I owe you none—and if— . "
15 6 3 . The Earl of Desmond , a fierce and powerful Chieftain , made encroachments upon the possessions of the Earl of Ormond . Ormond collected his followers , and repelled his outrage . Their petty war ended in the defeat of Desmond , who was wounded and made a prisoner . As the Ormondians conveyed him from the field , stretched on a bier , his supporters exclaimed , With a natura ! triumphj
" Where is now the great Lord of Desmond !"— " Where , " replied Desmond , with an unyielding spirit , " but in his proper place ?—still upon the necks ofthe Butlers . " 1585 . The son ofSorleboy , an old Scottish Chieftain , had rebelled against the English government in Ireland , and was beheaded . An Englishman was found so mean and brutal as to insult the father
on the misfortune of his son , and to point exultingly to his head , which was erected on a pole . The brave old Scot viewed the spectacle with astern composure , and turning to his insulter , with a mer nacing and indignant aspect . " My son ( said he ) hath many heads . " .. 15 8 7 . The Irish warmly opposed the admission of the English laws into their kingdom . Plence when sheriffs and other officers were proposed to be appointed in the respective counties , they
combined against them . When the English deputy intimated to Mac Guire , the Chieftain of Fermanagh , that he intended to send a sheriff into his district , MacGuire answered , with a well-affected simplicity , " Your sheriff shall be . welcome : but let me know his erick ( value ) , that if my people should cut off his head , I may levy it upon the country . " . 1642 . In the insurrection which happened in Ireland at this time
orders were given to the Earl of Ormond and Sir James Coote , who commanded the King ' s troops there , to pillage , burn , and destroy the countries of the rebels . Coote executed these orders rigorously ; Ormond with more humanity and prudence , yet with . a severity sufficient to afford the rebel leaders a pretence of complaint . Lord Gormanston ( a rebel chief ) remonstrated by letter against his proceedings : if continued , he threatened Ormond , that his wife and children
should answer for it . The reply of Ormond to this threat is worthy to be recorded . Pie wrote to Gormanston , reproached him with his disloyalty , vindicated-himself , and declared his resolution of prosecuting the rebels at the hazard of every thing dear to him , in pursuance of his King ' s command . " My-wile and children ( said he ) are in your power . Should they receive injury from menI shall
any , never revenge it on women and children . This would be not only base and unchristian , but infinitely beneath the value at which I rate my wife and children . " 1671 . The attempt ofthe infamous assassin , Blood , uponihelife of the great Duke of Ormond , in the time of Charles the Second ,
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Historical Anecdotes.
nothing more considerable for its immediate cause than the pride of . O'Neal , who demanded that his enemy should recognize his authority by paying tribute . The laconic state with which the demand was made and rejected , would deserve to be admired in a nobler contest . " Send me tribute , or else— " was the message of O'Neal . The answer was expressed with the same Princely brevity . " I owe you none—and if— . "
15 6 3 . The Earl of Desmond , a fierce and powerful Chieftain , made encroachments upon the possessions of the Earl of Ormond . Ormond collected his followers , and repelled his outrage . Their petty war ended in the defeat of Desmond , who was wounded and made a prisoner . As the Ormondians conveyed him from the field , stretched on a bier , his supporters exclaimed , With a natura ! triumphj
" Where is now the great Lord of Desmond !"— " Where , " replied Desmond , with an unyielding spirit , " but in his proper place ?—still upon the necks ofthe Butlers . " 1585 . The son ofSorleboy , an old Scottish Chieftain , had rebelled against the English government in Ireland , and was beheaded . An Englishman was found so mean and brutal as to insult the father
on the misfortune of his son , and to point exultingly to his head , which was erected on a pole . The brave old Scot viewed the spectacle with astern composure , and turning to his insulter , with a mer nacing and indignant aspect . " My son ( said he ) hath many heads . " .. 15 8 7 . The Irish warmly opposed the admission of the English laws into their kingdom . Plence when sheriffs and other officers were proposed to be appointed in the respective counties , they
combined against them . When the English deputy intimated to Mac Guire , the Chieftain of Fermanagh , that he intended to send a sheriff into his district , MacGuire answered , with a well-affected simplicity , " Your sheriff shall be . welcome : but let me know his erick ( value ) , that if my people should cut off his head , I may levy it upon the country . " . 1642 . In the insurrection which happened in Ireland at this time
orders were given to the Earl of Ormond and Sir James Coote , who commanded the King ' s troops there , to pillage , burn , and destroy the countries of the rebels . Coote executed these orders rigorously ; Ormond with more humanity and prudence , yet with . a severity sufficient to afford the rebel leaders a pretence of complaint . Lord Gormanston ( a rebel chief ) remonstrated by letter against his proceedings : if continued , he threatened Ormond , that his wife and children
should answer for it . The reply of Ormond to this threat is worthy to be recorded . Pie wrote to Gormanston , reproached him with his disloyalty , vindicated-himself , and declared his resolution of prosecuting the rebels at the hazard of every thing dear to him , in pursuance of his King ' s command . " My-wile and children ( said he ) are in your power . Should they receive injury from menI shall
any , never revenge it on women and children . This would be not only base and unchristian , but infinitely beneath the value at which I rate my wife and children . " 1671 . The attempt ofthe infamous assassin , Blood , uponihelife of the great Duke of Ormond , in the time of Charles the Second ,