OP IRELAND; 159 fault. The last article against him they conceived in these tearmes, finally all Ireland cannot rule this Earle : No (quoth the King) then in good faith shall this Earle rule all Ireland. Thus was the accusation turned to a jest-, the Earle returned Lord Deputy, shortly after created Knight of the Garter and so died. Marvell not if this successe were a corrosive to the ad- verse party, which the longer it held aloofe and bit the bridle, the more eagerly it followed his course, having once the sway and roome at will, as you may perceive hereafter. Gerald Fitz Gerald sonne of the aforesaid Earle of Kildare, and Lord Deputy, who chased the nation of the Tooles, battered Ocarrvlls ° Castles, awed all the Irish of the land more & more. A Gentleman valiant and well spoken, yet in his latter time overtaken with vehement suspition of sundry Treasons. He of good meaning to unite the families, matched his Sister Mar- garet Fitz Gerald, with Pierce Sutler Earle of Os- sory, whom he also holpe to recover the Earledome of Ormond, whereinto after the decease of lames, a Bas- tard brother had intruded. Seven yeares together Kildare kept in credit and authority, notwithstanding the pushes given against him by secret heavers, enviers of his fortune, and nou- rishes of the old grudge, who sett him up to the Court of England by commission, and caused him there to be • 1516.
