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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— " . ¦ The Earl of Desmond fierce and owerful Chieftain
15 63 . , a p , 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 convej'ed him from the field , stretched on a bier , his supporters exclaimed , with a natural triump hi " Where is now the great Lord of Desmond !"— " Where , " replied Desmond , with an unyielding spirit , " but in his proper place ?—still upon fhe necks ofthe Butlers . "
. 1585 . The son of Sorleboy , 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 a stern 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 . Hence 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 majf 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 sufr ficient 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 worth y to be recorded . He 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 wife and children ( said he ) are
in your power . Should they receive any injury from men , I shall 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 . " 16 71 . The attempt of the infamous assassin , Blood , upon . thelife of the great Duke of Ormond , in the time of Charles the Second ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
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— " . ¦ The Earl of Desmond fierce and owerful Chieftain
15 63 . , a p , 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 convej'ed him from the field , stretched on a bier , his supporters exclaimed , with a natural triump hi " Where is now the great Lord of Desmond !"— " Where , " replied Desmond , with an unyielding spirit , " but in his proper place ?—still upon fhe necks ofthe Butlers . "
. 1585 . The son of Sorleboy , 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 a stern 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 . Hence 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 majf 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 sufr ficient 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 worth y to be recorded . He 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 wife and children ( said he ) are
in your power . Should they receive any injury from men , I shall 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 . " 16 71 . The attempt of the infamous assassin , Blood , upon . thelife of the great Duke of Ormond , in the time of Charles the Second ,