. Henry II . ined money not being in use, and forthe objective of raids during their incessant hos-tilities. When St. Patrick banished the reptilesand vermin it would seem that they must have lefttheir venom and vice behind for the use of the in-habitants of the island, for never was there a race soprone to anger, so ungrateful and so treacherous,and even the miracles recorded of their saints weremore often concerned with vengeance wrought uponsacrilegious offenders than with rewards bestowedupon faithful devotees. In this race of Ishmaelites there was one man ofevil pre-eminence whose hand wa
. Henry II . ined money not being in use, and forthe objective of raids during their incessant hos-tilities. When St. Patrick banished the reptilesand vermin it would seem that they must have lefttheir venom and vice behind for the use of the in-habitants of the island, for never was there a race soprone to anger, so ungrateful and so treacherous,and even the miracles recorded of their saints weremore often concerned with vengeance wrought uponsacrilegious offenders than with rewards bestowedupon faithful devotees. In this race of Ishmaelites there was one man ofevil pre-eminence whose hand was against all menand all mens against him. Dermot MacMurrogh,King of Leinster, since the beginning of his reign in1121 had had even more than his share of fighting;his voice had grown hoarse with the shouting of hisbattle-cry; his borders had been enlarged at theexpense of his neighbours, and the envy and hatredof rival chieftains had been incurred without gaininghim the affection of his own subjects. In 1152. IRISH WOMAN PLAYING A ZITHER
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