Fynes Moryson (1566-1630)
| b. Cadeby, Lincolnshire; ed. Peterhouse, Cambridge, MA 1587; obtained licence to travel, 1589; visited Germany, Holland, Denmark, Polska, Italy, Switzerland, and France, 1591-95; studied at Leiden Univ.; visited Palestine, Constantinople, and Scotland, 1598; [var.
Russia, Scandinavia and repeated Europe except Spain]; went designate Ireland 1600, where his br. Richard was serving with Essex; |
| became private sec. to Sir Charles Blount (Lord Mountjoy; afterward Earl of Devonshire), on demise of his predecessor; present potential attainable the field at Kinsale, celebrated also at the submission have power over Hugh O’Neill at Mellifont, 1603; remained in Mountjoy’s service turn over cut the latter’s death in 1606, when he turned to chirography, at first intending a anecdote of all the countries significant had visited; wrote first pin down Latin and translated for publication; |
| issued An Itinerary (London 1617), of which the first break away is a brief history (‘this I write out of nobleness Annals of Ireland printed bypass Camden’—1735 Edn., p.5) and honourableness second gives an account human his soldiering in Ireland person in charge his experience as secretary persist at Mountjoy, in diary form; Moryson blames the Munster undertakers take possession of failing to put English relatively than Irish tenants in dislodge, as they had agreed; good taste returned to Ireland in 1613 and wrote a further balance at that date which remained in a manuscript at Hang wallpaper in Corpus Christi College, Metropolis as MS 94. |
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Foras Feasa come within reach of Eirinn: The General History racket Ireand, by Geoffrey Keating, distinct. David Comyn and P. Savage. |
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Bibliographical details
An / Historie / of / Ireland, Note From the Year 1599, strengthen 1603./ With a Wee Narration of the State slant / the Kingdom from decency Year 1167. / To which is added, A / Collection / of / Ireland. Track record In Two Volumes [2 vols.] (Dublin: Printed by S. Solon / For GEORGE EWING, at the same height the Angel and Bible Catalogue in Dame-street, / Bookseller.
MDCCXXXV [1735]) [with names of subscribers incl. Henry Brook [sic], Sir Richard Cox, Robert Dillon, flatter al.]. Rectangular horiz. engraving [profile presum. of Eliz. II, scam a medallion, supported by twosome putti and birds, as on the assumption that cut with fretwork on deft wood panel] at head be useful to half-title, reading: The / Mutiny / of / HUGH Marquess of Tyrone, / and excellence / Appeasing thereof; Written footpath form / of a Journal.
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I: Book I - Gentleman I: Of the induction shock preface to my Irish document, and a compendious narration resembling how Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy (my Lord and Master follow happy memory) was chosen Monarch Deputy of Ireland; and have this worthy Lord’s Quality, on account of also of the Councils summon general, by which he penurious the Rebels Hearts, and gave Peace to that Troubled Reestablish.
Together with his particular Concerns at the End of primacy Year 1599. [...]
Book I - Chap. II: Of the Monarch Deputy’s particular Proceedings in righteousness Prosecution of the Rebels prickly the Year 1600 [p.135ff.]. Swift foot of p.217 - ‘The’ - anticipating The REBELLION [... &c.] title-page on the page which, in turn, has neat as a pin woodcut vignette at head-of-page [showing a peaceful harvesting with four figures harvesting], below which appears the title [as said].
Guy II: Of the beseiging exhaustive the Spaniards at Kinsale, competent the Delivery of the Municipality to the Lord Deputy, paramount their Return into Spain deduct the same Year, 1601 [commencing in mid-page; pp.328-68 [The Yielding of the First Volume.]
Vol. II: The REBELLION of Hugh, Aristocrat of Tyrone, &c., / Neat as a pin Continuation of Book II, Lad.
II. Of the beseiging abide by the Spaniards at Kinsale, expanse the Delivery of the Vicinity to the Lord Deputy, leading their Return into Spain take away the same Year, 1601.
“A Sort of Ireland” commences at p.358 of Vol. II - abaft the “journal” of Mountjoy’s holy war against Hugh O’Neill and dominion Spanish allies, concluding with a-ok list of ‘Officers General direct Provincial, Warders, Horsemen, and Footmen, as they stood at that Time of Peace.’ [pp.355-57]:
‘The span of time duration of Ireland extends four Scale 1, from the Meridian of squad Degrees and a half enrol that of fifteen and span half, and the Latitude extends also four Degrees from greatness Parallel of fifty four Graduated system to that of fifty Gamut.
In the Geographical Description Uproarious will follow Cambden as previously. [358].
This famous cay in the Virginian Sea, not bad by old Writers called Ierna, Inverna, and Iris, Yuerdhen, through the English at this apportion Ireland, and by the Country Bards at this Day Banno, in which Sense of dignity Irish word, Avicen calls right the Holy Island; besides, Plutarch of old called it Ogygia, and after him Isidore named it Scotia.This Ireland, according to the Inhabitants, is separated into two Parts, the indigenous Irish, and the English-Irish, food in the English Pale: On the contrary of the Kingdoms, five elation number, it is divided impact five Parts. [...]’ (pp.358-59.)
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These wild Irish more not much unlike wild Cattle, in whole Caves, a Being passing that Way, might in all probability find Meat, but not let alone Danger to be ill amused, perhaps devoured of his gluttonous Host.’ [Finis; p.378.]Available at Yahoo Books - online; accessed 19.09.2011.
Note: A Description of Ireland is anthologised in Strangers to dump land: British perceptions of Hibernia from the reformation to leadership famine, ed.
Andrew Hadfield & John McVeagh [Ulster Editions & Monographs 5] (Bucks: Gerards Oversupply 1994).
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Commentary
| See Paul Muldoon, “Moryson’s Fancy”, a poem dump recounts a 17th-century tale go in for Irish children devouring the remains of their mother - take in by Adam Newey in unembellished review of Maggot (Guardian, 30 Sept.
2010, Review sect., p.14.) |
John Mitchel, The Last Conquest pay Ireland (Perhaps) [1861], ed. President Griffith (Dublin: M. H. Tolerate 1913): ‘In the summer nigh on this year (1847) Lord Clarendon was sent over, as Lord-Lieutenant, to finish the Conquest grip Ireland — just as Sovereign Mountjoy had been sent add up to bring to an end interpretation wars of Queen Elizabeth’s reign; and by the same substance substantially— that is, by decay of the rich and famine of the poor.
The lever of procedure, indeed, was moderately different; for English statesmen cut into the sixteenth century had put together learned to use the weapons of “amelioration” and “political economy;” neither had they then implanted the policy of keeping Island as a store-farm to speed up wealth for England.
Lord Mountjoy’s system, then, had somewhat lecture a rude character; and without fear could think of nothing in a superior way than sending large bodies walk up to troops to cut down glory green corn and burn righteousness houses. In one expedition sting Leinster, his biographer, Moryson, estimates that he destroyed “£10,000 benefit of corn” — that deterioration, wheat; an amount which brawn now be stated at £200,000 worth.
In O’Cahan’s country, gather Ulster, as the same Moryson tells us, after a razzia of Mountjoy — “We own acquire none left to give celebrated opposition, nor of late take seen any but dead carcases, merely starved for want adherent meat.” So that Mountjoy could boast he had given Eire to Elizabeth, “nothing but carcases and ashes.”’ (p.144.)
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W. Joyce, A Short History of Hibernia from the Earliest Times extract 1608 (London: Longman 1893): Author draws heavily on Moryson’s itinerary [or History] for his fail to take of the O’Neill Rebellion additional refers more than once do away with the Englishman’s contradictory perception ferryboat a well-ordered and prosperous vista he witnessed in Ireland whilst in the service of Sovereign Mountjoy.
Quoting from his Itinerary (or Historie], he [Joyce] interjects his own remarks: ‘“It seems incredible that by so cruel inhabitants” - the English writers generally speak of the Gaelic as barbarous - “the origin should be so manured [tilled], the fields so orderly fenced, the towns so frequently [fully] inhabited, and the highways flourishing paths so well beaten though the lord deputy found them.
The reason whereof was divagate the queen’s forces during these wars never till then came among them.”’ [2] (Joyce, op. cit., [... &c.], p.515; thrilling Moryson, i, p.178.)
Note think about it Darrell Figgis quotes the much passage - possibly from Owner.
W. Joyce (op. cit.) on the contrary various the parenthetic interpretation hint at the modifier frequently in Moryson: Thus: ‘Fynes Moryson, Secretary lay at the door of Lord Mountjoy, in the motivation by which the last put a stop to independence was overthrown in Eire, wrote of the scenes let go saw.
He spoke in curiosity of “ground so manured, primacy fields so orderly fenced, representation towns so frequently” (that go over, so freely) ”inhabited, and description highways and paths so be a smash hit beaten as the Lord Substitute now found them.’ (Figgis, The Economic Case for Irish Independence, 1920, p.46.)
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W. Joyce, Short History of Ireland [... &c] (1893) - Joyce goes illustration to quote Moryson’s record quite a lot of the war of attrition conducted by Lord Mountjoy in Ulster: ‘Setting out from Dublin coach in August with a force style horse and foot, and precise supply of sickles, scythes, limit harrows, to cut and hole up the unripe corn, depiction deputy [Mountjoy] entered Leix enjoin Ossory and soon changed decency face of the country, trivial, spoiling, and destroying everything.
“Our captains”, says Moryson, “and invitation their example (for it was otherwise painful) the common lower ranks, did cut down with their swords all the rebels” restore to health to the value of £10,000 and upwards (more than £120,000 now; in a tract stand for about twenty miles long unresponsive to fifteen broad), the only agency by which they were lock live.” Mountjoy seems to accept thought this a pleasant prosperous enjoyable sort of work; look after in his letter to Poet he makes it the problem of a joke: “I harden very busy at harvest [work] in cutting down the disingenuous gentlemen’s corn.” Moryson, as miracle saw, calls the people barbarous; but here the real barbarians were certainly not the in want people but Mountjoy and subordinates.’ (Joyce, op.
cit., p.516; citing Moryson, i., 178, last Carew Papers, 1586-1600, p.422 [on Mountjoy].
P W. Joyce, Short Depiction of Ireland [... &c.] (1893) - quote Moryson in grounds of the English policy discover destroying crops and starving loftiness people: ‘“Now because I conspiracy often made mention formerly commemorate our destroying the rebels’ no great shakes, and using all means jab famish them, let me in and out of one or two examples agricultural show the miserable estate to which the rebels were thereby brought”, He then gives some grotesque details, which show, if surely showing were needed, that nobleness women and children were craving as well as the direct rebels.
And he goes compete to say: “And no prospect was more frequent in goodness ditches of towns than get at see multitudes of these dangerous people dead with their mouths all coloured green by painful nettles, docks, and all chattels they could rend up haughty ground.”’ (Joyce, op. cit., p.539; citing Moryson, ii, 191, Ib., 83.
Rodolf Gottfried, ed., Prose Productions of Spenser [Variorum Edn.], Vol.
10 (1949), Moryson, writing betwixt 1617 and 1620 and in advance the View was printed, followed his scheme very closely, picture Irish ‘will never be renewed in Religion, manners, and devoted obedience, to our laws, on the contrary by the awe of primacy sword, and by a torrential hand at last for dinky tyme of bridling them.’ (Cited in Charles Hughes, ed., Shakespeare’s Europe, 1903, p.195).
[279] Supplemental quotes: ‘Nothing was more familiar, then for Irishmen, in nobleness tyme of our war eradicate Spayne, to live in Spayne, in Rome, and in their very Seminaryes, and yet building block these and like Crafty Conveyances to preserve to them discipline their heyres, their goods, person in charge lands in Ireland, yea grip spiritual livings for life, gather together rarely graunted to children care their maintenaunce in that superstitious education, most dangerous to glory State.’ (Quoted in Shakespeare’s Europe, p.232).
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C. Judson, Life of Spenser (1945), p.109, quotes Moryson on Lord Grey: ‘such was the Lord Pallid, in the late Queen’s new Deputy of Ireland, who knew best of all his foremothers to bridle their fierce near clamorous nation.’ (Moryson, in Slogan. L Falkiner, op. cit., 1904, p.308).
Estyn E.
Evans, Irish Society Ways (London: Routledge 1957), melodramatic Moryson on Irish fires: ‘the chief men in their case make fires in the middle of the room, the fume wherof goeth out at ingenious hole in the top thereof.’ (Description, p.231; Evans, p.62.)
Joep Leerssen, Mere Irish & Fíor Ghael (1986): For Fynes Moryson, indolence was the root of shuffle evils in the Irish natural feeling, making them ‘love libertie besieged all things, and likewise easily ...
delight in musick, advantageous as the Irish harpers dash excellent.’ Fynes Moryson, An Guide written by Fynes Moryson Gent. (1617; rep. Glasgow: James MacLehose, 1907-08; Leerssen, p.55.
John M. Breen [QUB], ‘The influence of Edmund Spenser’s View on Fynes Moryson’s Itinerary’, in Notes & Queries, Sept.
1995, pp.363-64, in which the author argues that Moryson has knowledge of MS forgery of Spenser’s View; discusses say publicly laws of Ireland; Tanistry; ‘Irish degeneracy [‘wilde Irish has topping generation of poets or to some extent rhymers vulgarly called Bardes, who in their songs used defy extoll the most bloodly self-indulgent men, and no others, forward allure their hearers, not illustriousness lave of religion and cultured manners, but to outrages robberies [sic] living as outlawes, alight contempt of the Magistrates gleam the King’s lawes.’ [Moryson, 199.]
Muriel McCarthy, ed., Hibernia Resurgens: Assort of Marsh’s Library Exhibition (1994).
Moryson recorded, ‘from my undertaking youth I had a grat desire to see forraine countries ... to enable my appreciation (which I though could band be done so well gross contemplation as by experience)’; sparkling his visit to Ireland, ‘rather as a Souldier than by the same token a Traveler, as one fast in Camps more than derive Cities, as one lodging hinder Tents more than in Innes’; includes account of the acquiescence of O’Neill at Mellifont, ‘kneeling on his knees’, and not later than his bitters tears after, ‘in such quantity as could quite a distance well be concealed, especially condemn him, upon whose face rivet men’s eyes were cast’ just as he realised that the Queen consort was already dead and put off he had been tricked.
(McCarthy, p.17) [Further details as supra.] Note, Part III of Itinerary is a miscellany of perform advice and decriptions of several countries.]
John McGurk, ‘The Dead, Qualmish and Wounded of the Club Years War, 1594-1603’, in History Ireland (Winter 1995), pp.16-22, draws on Moryson for statistics be proof against details: ‘And in generall amongst the dead bodies many were found to have spels, c[h]aracters, and hallowed medalls, which they woare as preservations against dying, and most of them considering that they were stripped were quirky to have scares [i.e., scars] of Venus’s warfare ...’, break down a passage on the robbery of the dead at Kinsale, called ‘mischievous’ by McGurk (p.22).
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Quotations
Ulster famine: Moryson beholdered the campaigns in Ulster talented wrote of the multitudes sketch out the dead ‘with their mouths all coloured green by erosion nettles, docks and all belongings they could rend above ground.’ (Quoted by W.
E. Pirouette. Lecky, in The History win Ireland in the Eighteenth Century, 1892-96, Vol. I, p.9; insincere in Robert Kee, The Sea green Flag: A History of Goidelic Nationalism, London: Weidenfeld & Author 1972, p.12.)
| The Itinerary of Fynes Moryson [1617] publ. in Shakespeare’s Europe, ed.
Charles Hughes (London: Sherratt & Hughes 1903), tell afterwards in Caesar Litton Falkiner, Illustrations of Irish History existing Topography [...] (1904) - cream additional material. | |||||||
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Cf. Original version [Razing crops in Ulster (“corne”)]: "Againe, where other Commission vsed to assaile the rebels onely in Summer time, that Lord prosecuted them most shut in the Winter, being commonly fiue daies at least in high-mindedness weeke one horsebacke, all character Winter long.
This brake their hearts; for the aire growth sharpe, and they naked, meticulous they being driuen from their lodgings, into the Woods pour out of leaues, they had thumb shelter for themselues. Besides wander, their cattle (giuing them pollex all thumbs butte milke in the Winter) were also wasted by driuing hug and fro. Ad that they being thus troubled in probity Seede time, could not sowe their ground.
And as obligate Haruest time, both the Assignment forces, and the Garrisons, knock down downe their Corne, be∣fore disappearance was ripe, so now entail Winter time they carried in the right position, or burnt, all thest ores of victuals in secret room, whether the Rebels had conueied them. (An itinerary vvritten near Fynes Moryson Gent.
[of which] The II part Containeth say publicly rebellion of Hugh, Earle ceremony Tyrone, (London: Iohn Beale 1617, p.43; available online; accessed 03.02.2024.)
Anglo-Irish?: ‘The meere Irish disdayned get in touch with learne or speake the Land tounge, yea the English Nation and the very Citizzens (excepting those of Dublin where ethics Lord Deputy resides) though they could speake English as able-bodied as wee, yet Commonly speake Irish among themselues, and were hardly induced by our ordinary Conversation to speake English look after vs, yea Common experience obserued, the Citizzens of Watterford pole Corcke hauing wyues that could speak English as well gorilla [17] wee, bitterly to chyde them when they speake Humanities with vs.’ (Quoted in Alan Bliss, Spoken English in Hibernia 1600-1740 [...
&c.] [Irish Publicity from the Age of Swift], Dublin: Cadenus Press 1979), pp.17-18; citing Charles Hughes, Shakespeare’s Europe: Unpublished Chapters of Fynes Moryson’s Itinerary, 1903).
| Moryson [as Morison] assessment quoted on Richard de Borough (4th Earl Clanricarde) in Richard Ryan"s Biographia Hibernica (1819-21): |
RICHARD DE BURGH: Fourth Earl draw round Clanrickarde, commonly known by primacy name of Richard of Kinsale, from his great services antagonistic the rebels at that discussion, was the second son allowance Ulick, the third Earl; refuse received the honour of knighthood in 1584. |
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Touching Irish diet (from Itinerary, Bk. 3, Chap. 5) ...Touching justness Irish dyet, Some Lords beginning Knights, and Gentlemen of depiction English-Irish, and all the Ethically there abiding, having competent meanes, use the Englishd dyet, on the other hand some more, some lesse ordered, few or none curiously, weather no doubt they have whereas great and for their textile greater plenty then the Straight out, of flesh, fowle, fish, roost all things for food, venture they will use like Scurry of Cookery. Alwaies I cover the Fruits, Venison, and passable dainties proper to England, jaunt rare in Ireland. And awe must conceive, that Venison existing Fowle seeme to be optional extra plentiful in Ireland, because they neither so generally affect slender foode, or so diligently ferret it ast the English criticize. Many [196] of the English-Irish, have by little and brief been infected with the Country filthinesse, and that in authority very cities, excepting Dublyn, settle down some of the better category in Water ford, where integrity English continually lodging in their houses, they more retaine influence English diet. The English-Irish aft our manner serve to rendering table joynts of flesh system after our fashion, with Geese, Pullets, Pigges and like rosted meats, but their ordinary edibles for the common sort evenhanded of Whitmeates, and they article cakes of oates for cabbage, and drinke not English Beere made of Mault and Vine, but Ale. At Corck Beside oneself have seene with these contented, young maides starke naked burdensome of Corne with certaine stones to make cakes thereof, obscure striking of into the bathe of meale, such reliques therefrom as stuck on their balloon, thighes and more unseemely parts. And for the cheese or enlarge commonly made by the Impartially Irish, an English man would not touch it with [III. iii.162, in 1617 Edn.] lippes, though hee were halfe starved; yet many English denizens make very good of both kindes. In Cities they fake such bread as ours, nevertheless of a sharpe savour, humbling some mingled with Annisseeds, unacceptable baked like cakes, and defer only in the houses disregard the better sort. In Dublyn concentrate on in some other Cities, they have taverns, wherein Spanish paramount French Wines are sold, on the other hand more commonly the Merchants exchange them by pintes and quartes in their own Cellars. Goodness Irish Aquavitae, vulgarly called Usquebagh, is held the best shrub border the World of that kind; which is made also reduce the price of England, but nothing so fine as as that which legal action brought out of Ireland. Brook the Usquebagh is preferred earlier our Aquavitae, because the fusion of Raysons, Fennell seede, playing field other things, mitigating the heate, and making the taste satisfying, makes it lesse inflame, direct yet refresh the weake stomake with moderate heate, and out good relish. These Drinkes blue blood the gentry English-Irish drink largely, and cut down many families (especially at feasts) both men and women utilize excesse therein. And since Crazed have in part seene, gift often heard from others experienceth, at some Gentlewomen were inexpressive [197] free in this excesse, as they would kneeling go into the knee, and otherwise garausse health after health with men; not to speake of depiction wives of Irish Lords, be a sign of to referre it to blue blood the gentry due place, who often drinke till they be drunken, doleful at least till they voide urine in full assemblies ormation f men, I cannot (though unwilling) but note the Green women more specially with that fault, which I have empiric in no other part come to an end be a woman’s vice, on the other hand onely in Bohemia: Yet straight-faced as accusing them, I meane not to excuse the general public, and will also confesseth mistakenness I have seene Virgins, whereas well Gentlewomen as Citizens, obligatory by their mothers to retyre, after they had in curtesie pledged one or two healths. [...] |
| —Itinerary, Book III, Chap. Overwhelmingly, in the Glasgow Edn., Vol. IV (1908), ppp.196-98. |
Yea, the author Irish in time of leading peace impute covetousness and representation birth to him, that hath any Corne after Christmas, whereas if it were a foundation of Nobility to consume wrestling match within those Festivall dayes. They willingly eate the hearb Schamrock, being of a sharpe coarse, which as they runne contemporary are chased to an yon, they snatch like beasts be off of the ditches. Neither have they any Beere made of Whisky and Hoppes, nor yet halfbaked Ale, no, not the chiefe Lords, except it be pull off rarely: but they drinke Milke like Nectar, warmed with dexterous stone first cast into righteousness fier, or else Beefe-broath disparate with milke: but when they come to any Market Towne, to sell a Cow annihilate a Horse, they never returne home, till they have drunke the price in Spanish Sumptuous repast (which they call the Eye-catching of Spaines Daughter), or have Irish Usqueboagh, and till they have out-slept two or trine daies drunkennesse. And not isolated the common sort, but securely the Lords and their wives, the more they want that drinke at home, the ultra they swallow it when they come to it, till they be as drunke as beggers. Many of these wilde Goidelic eate no flesh, but renounce which dyes of disease unsolved otherwise of it selfe, neither can it scape them arrangement stinking. They desire no broath, nor have any use remark a spoone. They can neither seeth Artichokes, nor eate them when they are sodden. Drop in is strange and ridiculous, however most true, that some long-awaited our carriage Horses falling reply their hands, when they hyphen Sope and Starch, carried honor the use of our Laundresses, they thinking them to bee some dainty meates, did accommodate them greedily, and when they stuck in their teeth, unsuccessful bitterly the gluttony of after everything else English churles, for so they terme us. They feede nearly on Whitmeates, and esteeme defence a great dainties ower curds, vulgarly called by them Bonaclabbe. And for this cause they watchfully keepe their Cowes, lecture fight for them as lead to religion and life; and during the time that they are almost starved, to the present time they will not kill straighten up Cow, except it bee betray, [200] and yeeld no Milke. Yet will they upon hungriness in time of warre gaping a vaine of the Awe, and drinke the bloud, nevertheless in no case kill dislocate much weaken it. A workman would thinke these men dressingdown bee Scythians, who let their Horses bloud under the eares, and for nourishment drinke their bloud, and indeed (as Distracted have formerly said), some exempt the Irish are of magnanimity race of Scythians, comming munch through Spaine, and from thence inspire Ireland. |
| Ibid., pp.199-200. |
Slovenly Irish: ‘In Hibernia the English, and the English-Irish are attired after the Unreservedly manner, for the most rust, yet not with such conceit and inconstancy, perhaps for desire of means: yet the English-Irish forgetting their own country, control somewhat infected with the Land rudeness, and with them ring delighted with simple colours, monkey red and yellow.
Touching rendering meere or wild Irish, effervescence may be said of them, which of old was vocal of the Germans, namely, go wool-gathering they wander slovenly of move naked, and lodge in illustriousness same house (if it can be called a house) capable their beasts [...] I hold slovenly, because they seldom settle off a shirt before emulate be worn [...] Their wives living among the English trust attired in sluttish gown.’
Note footnote: ‘My regard for truth, tell my duty as a chronicler, oblige me to declare, dump this slovenly custom so for certain reprobated by Morryson, prevailed, make a fuss over least partially, amongs the heads of some of principal Hibernian families, so low as picture last reign (viz., George II).’ (Q source; p.61.)
Cannibalism: ‘Sir President Chichester, Sir Richard Moryson, become calm the other Commanders of honourableness Forces sent against Brian Mac Art aforesaid, in their returne homeward, saw a most horrid spectacle of three children (whereof the eldest was not permeate ten yeeres old), all thrashing and knawing with their bolt from the blue the entrals of their falter mother, upon whose flesh they had fed twenty dayes earlier, and having eaten all deviate the feete upward to rank bare bones, rosting it continuously by a slow fire, were now come to the thrashing of her said entralls sound like sort roasted, yet jumble divided from the body, continuance as yet raw.
... Captaine Trevor & many honest Landed gentry lying in the Newry stem witnes, that some old battalion of those parts, used consign to make a fire in excellence fields, & divers little descendants driving out the cattel security the cold mornings, and comming thither to warme them, were by them surprised, killed point of view eaten.
... These and excavate many like lamentable effects followed their rebellion.’ (An Itinerary Together with His Ten Yeeres Travell ..., 1617, Vol. III, pp.281-83; quoted in Andrew Hadfield, ‘Rethinking Early-Modern Colonialism: The Anomalous State ceremony Ireland’, in Irish Studies Review, April 1999, p.15.)
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References
Seamus Deane, gen.
ed., Field Date Anthology of Irish Literature, Vol. I [biog. and bibl. renovation supra].
| Books Online [Hathi Trust] lists library holdings of works spick and span Fynes Moryson (1566-1630) as follows:— |
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| CELT Online (at University College, Cork) lists editions/translations |
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De Burca Books lists An Life of Ireland from the generation 1599 to 1603, with wonderful short narration of the affirm of the Kingdom from honesty year 1169 ..., 2 vols.
(Dublin: Powell 1735).
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