VI. Part ii. Act 3._

[368]

_People_.--"I twise bore rule in Normandy and Fraunce, And last
lieutenant in Ireland, where my hart Found remedy for every kinde of
smart; For through the love my doings there did breede, I had my helpe
at all times in my neede."

--_Mirrour for Magistrates_, vol. ii. p. 189.

Hall, in his _Union of the Two Noble Houses_ (1548), wrote that York
"got him such love and favour of the country [Ireland] and the
inhabitants, that their sincere love and friendly affection could never
be separated from him and his lineage."

[369] _Hobbies_.--Irish horses were famous from an early period of our
history. They were considered presents worthy of kings. The name
_hobbies_ is a corruption of _hobilarius_, a horseman. It is probable
the term is derived from the Spanish _caballo_, a horse. There were
three different Irish appellations for different kinds of horses,
_groidh, each_, and _gearran_. These words are still in use, but
_capall_ is the more common term.

[370] _Book_.--This ancient MS. is still in existence, in the Bodleian
Library in Oxford (Laud, 610). It is a copy of such portions of the
Psalter of Cashel as could then be deciphered, which was made for
Butler, by Shane O'Clery, A.D. 1454. There is an interesting memorandum
in it in Irish, made by MacButler himself: "A blessing on the soul of
the Archbishop of Cashel, i.e., Richard O'Hedigan, for it was by him the
owner of this book was educated. This is the Sunday before Christmas;
and let all those who shall read this give a blessing on the souls of
both."

[371] _Ireland_.--_The Annals of Ulster_, compiled by Maguire, Canon of
Armagh, who died A.D. 1498.

[372] _London_.--The Irish Yorkists declared that this youth was a
counterfeit. The Earl of Lincoln, son of Elizabeth Plantagenet, sister
of Richard III., saw and conversed with the boy at the court at Shene,
and appeared to be convinced that he was not his real cousin, for he
joined the movement in favour of Simnel immediately after the interview.
Mr. Gilbert remarks in his _Viceroys_, p. 605, that the fact of all the
documents referring to this period of Irish history having been
destroyed, has been quite overlooked. A special Act of Poyning's
Parliament commanded the destruction of all "records, processes,
ordinances, &c., done in the 'Laddes' name."

[373] _Authority_.--Gilbert's _Viceroys_, p. 605. The English Parliament
attainted those English gentlemen and nobles who