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Calendar of State Papers, Ireland
… least 800 men lodged under a fort in a strong fastness of wood and bog, where our horses could not come to fight), and … and at Her Highness['s] absolute command, and not one wood-kern abroad, saving Keadagh O'Meagher, who is in the … the traitor by all likelihood is beaten. If he once turn wood-kern, some one or other will soon cut his throat. I have …
Calendar of State Papers, Ireland
… and Sligo, which counties are as fast and strong for wood and bog as any part of that kingdom, and well …
Calendar of State Papers, Ireland
… the same time the Earl, when he knew the citizens wanted wood and fuel and that his country alone could supply it ( … man had more convenient grass than himself) , forbad any wood to be brought out of his country, and threatened to hang any fishermen who should bring out such wood, and refused the citizens leave to graze on his ground, …
Calendar of State Papers, Ireland
… mean to camp near my Lord Deputy, between him and the wood to keep him from fuel or other provision. I write to … meadow and pasture 6 d., and, for the best, 12 d. an acre. Wood and bog never have been rated and should not be so. … suddenly raid for cattle and drive them off to some great wood before an alarm can be sent to the next garrison town, …
Calendar of State Papers, Ireland
… could be had 42 l. 2 s. 4 d. Paid to John Spilman and John Wood of London ( full details) 21 l. 6 s. 0 d. Paid to Dermot …
Calendar of State Papers, Ireland
… thought that he would encamp that night at Slane or in the wood of Mellifont, within four miles of Slane. He spoils … home. He "better trusts himself with 20 kearne naked in a wood or bog than with 5,000 Spaniards in a town." I lie ready …
Calendar of State Papers, Ireland
… sacrificed on the place, and so passed by, not through the wood, because it was no ordinary passage, but by the seaside, …
Calendar of State Papers, Ireland
… [be] able to keep 100 men to follow him; but, like a wood kearne, to shift himself from bush to bush till God's … to do so by a couple of months' campaign against them. The wood kerne and other offenders are so numerous, however, and … Roger Atkinson, Roger Orme, Thomas Badby and Thomas Wood. Endd. S.P. Ireland 210, 56A. Captain Thomas Phillips to …
Calendar of State Papers, Ireland
… Loughfoyle:Sir Henry Docwra, Sir John Bolls, and Captains Wood, Badby, Vaughan, Bingley, Coach, Bassett, Harrison, …