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Illustrations of Early English Popular Literature
Illustrations of Early English Popular Literature Author:John Payne Collier General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1863 Original Publisher: Privately printed Subjects: English literature Literary Collections / General Literary Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criti... more »cism / Medieval Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: D. Saunders fupplied his place, and after him followed the Italian and Spanifh forces : it was Gods good prouidence to giue her Maieft. fo honorable a The Popes forces victorie as not one man efcaped to in Ireland put to ,. ,. , fword. carne newes, faue a very few that were fpared to reporte the mercie and power of her Maieflie : Doctor Saunders wandred vp and down D. Saunders died in the mountaines like a rogue, and of a frenzie in the 1-1 / / i T-i r T r mountains, died of frenzie; the Earle of Deai- monde was driuen to liue like a begger in the moun- The Earl of Deaf- tames, and to finifh his miferable life mond beheaded, after his accuftomed and fauage manner, had by an Irifh man his head ftroken off in his caben; fir lohn, his brother, like a wolfe in the' Sir lohn Deaf- woddes, wandring to feeke fome pray, mond beheaded. was taken and headed after his owne vfage. When the practize of the Pope concerning open rebellion was thus rent in peeces, neceffitie droue him, by his vagrant lefuits, in euery corner to found fedicious Schimeons proclamation, which was to entertain murtherers, thieues, Atheifts, and all maner of difcontented perfons into the seruice of the Pope, to the intent that they fhould murther the Q. Maieflie, and alter the ftate of this gouernment both in matters of religion and pollicy: thefe lefuits tha...« less