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Harper, :1 man famed in the Scotch anti
"I of his armour, rushed on him. , back
- him with a knife. The loss of the English commander so disheartened the soldiers, that “"37 He‘
‘ towards the castle;
126 IRELAND.
1315 “" AltilOU"ll at present of small importance, Lame is not unlikely to
ec11l;Y =1 Proniiniznt station 1iere'ifte1‘5 it‘ harbour is good: and completely
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sheltered; and it supplies a com enient outlet for the produce of 81311 no: i:
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and a large and productive district in the interior of the county V
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laid on the floor, as if supported and drawn by an invisible power. The atllicted person was I1 In
any evidence on the trial, being during: that time dumb; but had no vinlen-t fit during ‘ls “oz miied pubm
defence of the accused, it appeared that they were mostly sober, industrious people, “lw f“’:e' and pm
worsliip, could repeat the Lord's Prayer, and had been known to pray both in public iind prpa V.‘ on [M
some of them had lately received the communion. Judge Upton charged the Jury, and o selflieimat Md
regular attendance of the accused on public worship; remarking. that. he thoughtilt 1ml“"’b3b em ubnm
witches could so far retain the form of religion as to frequent the religious W0t'Sill'p.0f God, than? ‘thgt
and Pl'ivatcl,Y. which had been proved in favour of the accused. He concluded by i‘-Y“""? hisflum i:m"e&y
thejliry cniild not bring them in guilty. upon the sole testimony of the alllicteil persons visionary Hrpmm
lie was followed by Justice lllzicartney, Wlln ditl'cred from him in opinion, ‘and thoiight the Jury "HE E)! n as
the evidence, bring them "in guilty;‘ which they accoriliiigly did. The “people” uPPc‘" u’. have eevhich
shrewd and merciful as the judges: for it is recorded, that during the punishment of the P111"? to “
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the unfui-tniiate “ witches" were suluectcd jour times, in addition to twelve months‘ imprisonment; Y
so “ pelted" that one of them “ had an eye beaten out."
’ We gather the following from No Skiinin’s “ History of Cairickf. rgus;" by whom it has been
principally from Dalrymple’s Annals of Scotlziiid:-In May, 1315, Lord lidivai-d Bruce. l"““'l3 ob A we
the" consent of the Scotch pzirlhimeiit, einhiirlced six thousand men at Ayr, mid 1l0C“mP“”"ed Iyhud
De Lacys, and iiiany nobles of the Scotch nation, landed at Olderlleet, for the purpose of contl“"”"% re ‘ted
from tlii:,,'Eii;;lisli. Nuinbers of the Irish chiefs flocked to his standard; and liiiviiig in ii battle tot'al.y'rou N
the IS:ii;l' of Ulster, and slain and taken prisoners various of the Anglo-Norman nobles: he 1”"! siege ml
CzITl‘lcht‘cl‘:L:;lt-:‘s.J Dining the progress of the siege, he had wcll-nigli been discomtitcd b)’ the con‘-Hfc Tim,
dcspei'ation'uf' the garrison. Thoiiias, lord hlandevillv-, who cominandi-d, made :i sally upon the Scotcfl Huron)‘
wlio-..were apprehendiiig no danger, their only guard being sixty men under Neill Fleming, a man 0 KM
courage and address. Ile perceiving that the Scotch army would be surprised and l“"’1""‘My r,ou‘”,;
‘dcsputclied in messenger to inform Bruce of his danger, and then with his sixty men threw liiinsrlf lllldw
way of the advanciiig English. cryirg out, “Now of a tiiith they will see how We 03" dim. f‘"' our mlweim
llis first onset checked the progress of the enemy, but receiving a mortal wound, he and his little party
i . . . . . . z 9" in
cut to Pieces. llandeville, dividing his troops, endeavoured to surround the Scotch arm)’: bu‘ WIS (I;".l,ber,
person by Bruce, who with his guards was hiirrying forward. In front of Bruce's pilfly “'95 ‘me
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y for valour and strength, and he knowing illamlcwue by tl:.n:tcnhed
and lellcd him to the ground with his battle-axe, and then Bruce 9’?
but those who remained in the garrison, seeing the Scots close behind, drew “P :1:
leaving their comrades to the mercy of their enemies. Soon after the gzirnson tufted lo sunlelmcy
within a limited time, and on the appointed day, tiiirty Scots advanced to take possession of the VP3 ‘I;
But instead of surrendering. the garrison seized them as piisoners, declaring tney would defend the Plticeder
the last extremity! And to a deplorable extremity they were iit last reduced, for before “WY dld sun?“ 5,’:
it is said that the want of provisions made them devour the thirty Scotclimen whom they had trcacliellollck
Bruce having secured Cari-ickfergus, advanced to Dublin, and came so near as C.-istle film!’
within four miles of the city. But finding the citizens prepared for his reception, he entered the county 0
. - - tre-'1‘
dare, and advanced near Limerick, laying waste the country by fire and sword. But having again to 1e
nortliwards, he was attacked near
Dundalk by Sir John Bii'minghairi, was slain, and his army WWHY 7022::
King Robert Bruce nfterivards arrived with a large army; but on learning the fate of his biother, he retu d or
to Scotland, and thus this unfortuiiate expedition. which had been originally undertiikeno “Oi f“ we goo
Ireland, but to gratify the pride a
. ' sin"
nd rebellions spirit of an Anglo-Nonnan chieftaiii, left the couutiy III 3
of greater desolation than any fonner period of history records. ‘
draiwliridge,
taken prisoners!
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