The History of Ireland From the Invasion of Henry Ii., With a Preliminary Discourse On the Ancient State of That Kingdom 3
The History of Ireland From the Invasion of Henry Ii., With a Preliminary Discourse On the Ancient State of That Kingdom 3
Thomas Cleland
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But thie ignorance of the vulgiir had stamped such a degree of reverence and authority on the ecclesi- astical charac^er^ tliat the dictates of the meanest of this order were . superior to all power civil and mi- litary. It was known, that when a regiment was detached on some particular sei'vice, a seditious friar, seizing the colours, had pronounced eternal perdition on those who should presume to niafch ; * ^ . : . , a^d cm.«; inter-regnum. w and that the whole body^ at his word^ cast down th...eir arms^ and dispersed to their several habitati* ons. Even those who were most zealous for the king and most offended at the violence of their cFergy, wefe yet so tender of their immunities, granted in the darkest periods of popery^ and now revived in their full extent^ that they could not harbour a thought so profone^ as that of inflicting punishment on a churchman by any but an ecclesi-f astical authority. So that^ if Ormond had attempted to correct the insolence of these prelates^ or any other of the clerical faction^ he must hp,ve not only determined by his single judfi^ent^ but executed his determination with his own hand.
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