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OP IRFXAND. 93 i Bull, z wherein hee entitleth Henry Lord of Ireland, and under straight paynes commaundeth alleagiance unto him, busily repressed the fury of their Countrey- men. And forsomuch as immediately after Christianity planted there, the whole Hand had with one consent given themselves not only into the spirituall, but also into the temporall jurisdiction of the See of Rome, which temporall right the two Bishops Adrian and Alexander had freely derived into King Henry , as by their publique instruments read in their counsell at Cashell appeareth, they denounced curse and excom- munication to any that would maliciously gainsay or frustrate the same. When these broyles were rocked asleepe and husht for a time, the familiars of Stronghoiv greatly fore- thought them of the credit and rule committed to Bey- mond, whom in conclusion they procured home againe when he had served their turne at neede. The meane while dyed Strongbow, as some say, a betrayed and wounded, he lyeth buried in the Body of Christ Church in Divelin, leaving behinde him one onely daughter Isabel, marryed after 14. yeares to William Earle marshall. Closely they concealed Strongbowes death, untill they had compassed from the King another Go- vernour after their owne tooth. For ever they dreaded, that Tteymond being in the Princes eye, and friended - Pol. Yirg. lib. 13 Angl. Hist. 1175.