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There is none that carethe much whether there
be restitution of Church liuings or not; or whether
the Church obtaine thir publique goverment;
nay many of them have noe other lands, nor
liuings, but such as weare taken from the
Church, when the kings of England wthdrewe
themselues from their obedince.
The myxt Irish as ther bloode is myngled
wth Inglish and Irish soe ther inclinations, and
manner of lyfe, dothe incline severally; for
notwthstandinge that most of them, and the nob-
lest, and best qualified, doe followe the inclination
of the anncient Irish; yett doe others followe
that of the English; Theese three kind of
Irish have theire aboue said inclination soe deeply
rooted in them, that in what state soeuer they live
they keepe them still; wch is true, not only in
seculers, as knights, soldiors, and others; but
alsoe in others, as schollers, preests, yea and Religius
men; yett as man hathe free will, by wch he may
forsake his owne inclination, and followe the
contrary; Soe we have seene somtymes, that
an English Irished, hathe followed or Imitated
the anncient Irish, and are anncient Irish;
The English as it fell out wth Capten Whyt
whoe beinge an Englished Irish fought
against the English for the kinge of Spaine,
and the Earle of Tomond, beinge an anncient