. The life and letters of the great Earl of Cork. -KZ*:fV>octur-€U0i:rfvxifc y/tr >? /(>//fn(>///fn/n/ra^y)^, (>////f>/i^/>rA^, rz^ijcruri/ia/.. I CHAPTER XXIV RESTORATION *Anon repairs his drooping head,And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore,Flames in the forehead of the morning sky. Lycidas. The death of the great Earl dissolved the last link that heldthe Munster English in nominal unity, and quarrels andintrigues, mutual distrust and mutual accusations distracted theforces that should have held the province against the Irish. The cessation of host
. The life and letters of the great Earl of Cork. -KZ*:fV>octur-€U0i:rfvxifc y/tr >? /(>//fn(>///fn/n/ra^y)^, (>////f>/i^/>rA^, rz^ijcruri/ia/.. I CHAPTER XXIV RESTORATION *Anon repairs his drooping head,And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore,Flames in the forehead of the morning sky. Lycidas. The death of the great Earl dissolved the last link that heldthe Munster English in nominal unity, and quarrels andintrigues, mutual distrust and mutual accusations distracted theforces that should have held the province against the Irish. The cessation of hostilities that had broken the old Earlsheart held good but for a moment. Inchiquin soon recom-menced the war. In pique with the King, he definitelydeclared himself in favour of the Parliamentary party inEngland, and received from it the title of President ofMunster, but he fought very much for his own hand, andkept his army together as best he could. Broghill and the principal Munster gentry sent over apetition imploring the King to disavow the Irish, and mean-time continued to serve under Inchiquin, asserting they weresoldiers of the Government of England, not of any Englis
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