NOTES. Note (1) Page 16.-This may seem harsh language applied to the " gallant Raleigh," who had rendered himself so illustrious in many instances, but it is fully justified by his conduct during his residence in Ireland, where he was little better than the captain of licensed ban. ditti-the following anecdote is one out of a hundred to be found in the Irish tracts of Queen Elizabeth's day, which illustrates the truth of this apparently severe assertion. "Soon after this action, Captain Raleigh, af terwards Sir Walter, went from Cork to Dub. lin, to his patron, the Lord Grey, who, on the Seventh of September, was made lord deputy of Ireland, with a complaint against the Barrys, (themselves descendants of the English lords who accompanied Henry II. to Ireland) and the Condons, for assisting the rebels." (These com plaints were easily made, but rarely substan. tiated, and never inquired into) "He obtained a commission to seize on the castle of Barry's court, and the rest of Lord Barry's Estate, (on the strength of this complaint) and had some horse added to his company to enable him to take possession of it. But Barry having notice of it, set Barry's court on fire, and the seneschal of Imokilly placed an ambush at Moore Abbey, which the young Raleigh courageously attacked, defeated, and broke through, so that he arrived safely at Cork. While Raleigh lay in this city, he performed several pieces of service against the rebels,* amongst others, Zouch ordered him (Ra. * The rebels of those days were chiefly such men as Lord Barry, who, sooner than give up their families to massacre, and their property to plunder, set fire to their houses, and took shelter in woods and fastnesses, and their strong holds. With the exception of Macarthy-More, O'Neil, and ()' Donnel, almost all the rebels of this day were of English origin, men who still inherited from their ancestors some recollection of Magna-Charta. They therefore resisted the effect of such complaints as Captain Raleigh, and either protected or burnt their castles, and were consequently "Rebels." The persecution of the illustrious family of the Fitzgeralds, in the persons of the celebrated Earl of Kildare, and the great Earl of Desmond, whose crime was being the richest subject in the empire, are too well known to need comment. The Earl of Desmond, in an advanced age, was despoiled of all his property, hunted with bloodhounds through the woods and mountains, and discovered in a miserabļe hut, warming himself over a few fagots. His pursuers seized him by the long grey hairs, and to his appeal, "my friends, I am the old Earl of Desmond," they replied in a very brief and decided manner-they cut off leigh) to take Lord Roche and his lady prisoners, and bring them to Cork, they being suspected of corresponding with the rebels-the seneschal of Imokilly, and David Barry, having notice of this design, assembled seven or eight hundred men to fall on Raleigh; either going or on his return. Raleigh quitting Cork, with about ninety men, at ten of the clock at night, marched towards Bally, twenty miles from Cork, the house of Lord Roche, a nobleman well-beloved in the country, and arrived there early in the morning. He marched up to the castle gate; whereupon the townsmen, to the number of five hundred, immediately took up arms. Raleigh having placed his men in order,. took with him Michael Butler, James Fulford, Nicholas Wright, Arthur Berland, Henry Swane, and Pinkney Huish; and knocking at the gate, three or four of Lord Roche's gentlemen demanded the cause of their coming: to whom Raleigh answered, that he came to speak with their lord, which was agreed to, provided he would bring with him only two or three of his followers. However, the gate being opened, he and all the above-mentioned persons entered the castle; and after he had seen his head. The chief perpetrator was rewarded by the government with a commission and a pension, but was afterwards hung for some less horrible atrocity. For an account of this truly romantic tragedy, see "Smith's Cork." Lord Roche, and spoken to him, by degrees, and by different meaus, he drew in a considerable number of his men, whom he directed to guard. the iron gate of the court lodge, and see that no man should pass in or out, and ordered others into the hall, with their arms ready. Lord Roche set the best face he could upon the matter, and invited the captain to dine with him. After dinner, Raleigh informed him that he had orders to carry him and his lady to Cork. Lord Roche began to excuse his going, and at length reso. lutely said that he neither would nor could go; but Raleigh letting him know that if he refused he would be taken by force, he found there was no remedy, and, therefore, he and his lady set out on their journey, in a most rainy and tempes tuous night, and through a very rocky and dan gerous way, whereby many soldiers were se verely hurt, and others lost their arms. As for Lord Roche, he acquitted himself honourably of the crimes he was charged with, and afterwards did good service AGAINST the Irish." Smith's Cork, vol. 2. It is notable, that "doing good service against the Irish," was becoming a plunderer in his turn, to avoid being plundered. It was thus the na tives of the land were plunged into crime in self. defence, by the fatal policy which raised its power upon the demoralization of the people it persecuted and brutified; and England now com plains of the want of principle and incivilization of the Irish. The Irish, in their turn, may exclaim with Toney Lumpkin to his mother : "As you made me, so you have me.” (2) Page 96.-Of the inextinguishable fire heretofore kept by the nuns of St. Bridget at Kildare, thus Giraldus Cambrensis. At Kil. dare, famous for St. Bridget, are many miracles worthy to be remembered, among which is St. Bridget's fire, which they call inextinguishable, not that it cannot be extinguished, but because the nuns and holy women, by a continual supply of materials, have preserved it alive for so many years since the time of that virgin; and though so great a quantity of wood has been consumed in it, yet no ashes remain. From hence that nun. nery is commonly called the fire-house. this fire was put out by Henry Loundres, Arch. bishop of Dublin, in the year 1220, says an ano. nymous author, of the order of predicants, who compendiously writ the Annals of Ireland, from the year of our Lord 1163 to 1314, wherein he lived. But (3) Page 100.-Abbey of the Holy-Cross, by the River Suire. This abbey was founded in |