out the Irish, they doe not onely make the Irish their tennants in those lands, and thrust out the English, hut also some of themselves become meere Irish, with marrying with them, with fostering with them, and combyning with them against the Queene; what reason is there but that those graunts and priviledges should bee either revoked, or at least reduced to the first intention for which they were gruanted? for sure in mine opinion they are more sharpely to bee chastised and reformed then the rude Irish, which, being very wilde at the first, are now become more civill; when as these, from civillity, are growne to be wilde and meere Irish.
Iren. Indeede as you say, Eudoxus, these doe neede a sharper reformation then the Irish, for they are more stubborne, and disobedient to law and governement, [o 1] then the Irish be.
Eudox. In truth, Irenseus, this is more then ever I heard, that any English there should bee worse then the Irish: Lord, how quickely doth that countrev alter mens natures! It is not for nothing (I perceive) which I have heard, that the Councell of England thinke it no good policie to have that realme reformed, or planted with English, least they should
- ↑ then the Irish be.] In the manuscript belonging to the Marquis of Stafford, there follow two very severe paragraphs. I prefer the text of Sir James Ware, who professes to follow the best, that is, I presume, a corrected, manuscript. Todd.
