OF IRELAND. 117 CAP. V. Edward the second. Thomas fitz morice Lord iustice. p I will begin this Chapter with the modestie of a good Clerke, Richard Havering who five yeares by dispensation had received the fruites and revenues of the Bishopricke ofDivelin, and long might have done, had he beene so disposed. But now feeling in sleep a waight upon his stomacke, heavyer to his weening then any masse of mettall, whereof to be released he vowed in his dreame, all that ever he could make in this world : Suddainely the next morne, resigned the custo- dium of the Bishopricke, and contented himselfe with other ecclesiasticall cures incident to his vocation. The «ame yeare was the bane of the Templers in Ireland, to whom succeeded the Knights of the Rhodes. This profession began at Ierusalem, by certaine Gentlemen that kept their abode next to the Temple there, who till the Councell of Creetz increased not above the number of nine, <l But thenceforth in little more then fiftie yeares, being enriched by contribution of all Christian Realmes, every where their houses were erected and endowed bountifully : they grew to 300. Knights of the order and into inferiour brethren in- numerable. But with ease and wealth they declined p i3or.
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