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liuethe in the county of East meathe, and abowte.
In this, and in the counties that the Irish call
the pale; these seuerall kinds of Irish agree one
all, in one thinge, to wit in beinge true catholicks
and Children of the Church of Rome; yett doe
they differ in ther manner of lyvinge, naturall
inclinations, and desires, to have princes, and lawes
over them, every one desiringe his naturall, and
imitatinge his predecessors. And therfore the
anncient Irish, as they say, that are desended from
the Spaniards, desire alwaies to be governed by
kings of Spaine, and ther successors, and beare
great affection, and lowe to the Spanysh nation;
contrarywyse, great hate, and enmity wth there
enymies; and in sharpnes of witt, and valor in
warr, are altogether, licke unto the Spaniard.
The English Irish followe, the inclination of the
Inglish, and affect the lawes, manners, and
goverment, wch they had fyrst from them; and
if the kinge of England, would grannt them
Lybertie of consience, or permytt to keepe in
there howses priests, to say masse privatly, and
minister the holly sacraments; they would be
right glad, that there should be noe change of
lawes, in Irland, nor of goverment, of kinge and
amonge these sorts, unlesse it be, some
ecclestiasticall man, to whom the pope hathe
assigned some benyfice, or church rent, there

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