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THE EARL OF CUMBERLAND ad. 



1589. 



among them that our Maiors have with us in England, 

 and hath his Sergeants to attend upon him, and beare 

 the Mace before him as our Maiors. 



We were first intertained at the Soveraignes house, 

 which was one of those 4. that withstood the Erie of 

 Desmond in his rebellion. They have the same forme 

 of Common prayer word for word in Latin, that we have 

 here in England. Upon the Sunday the Soveraigne 

 commeth into the Church with the Sergeant before him, 

 and the Sheriffe and others of the Towne accompany 

 him, and there they kneele downe every man by himselfe 

 privately to make his prayers. After this they rise and 

 go out of the Church againe to drinke, which being 

 done, they returne againe into the Church, and then the 

 Minister beginneth prayers. 



Their maner of baptizing difTereth something from 

 ours : part of the service belonging thereto is repeated in 

 Latin, and part in Irish. The Minister taketh the child 

 in his hands, and first dippeth it backwards, and then 

 forwards, over head and eares into the cold water in the 

 midst of Winter, whereby also may a'ppeare their naturall 

 hardnesse, (as before was specified.) They had neither 

 Bell, drum, nor trumpet, to call the Parishioners together, 

 but they expect till their Soveraigne come, and then they 

 that have any devotion follow him. 



They make their bread all in cakes, and, for the tenth 

 part, the bakers bake for all the towne. 



We had of them some 10. or 11. Tunnes of beere for 

 the Victory, but it proved like a present purgation to 

 them that tooke it, so that we chose rather to drinke 

 water then it. 



The 20. of December we loosed from hence, having 

 well provided our selves of fresh water, and other things 

 necessary, being accompanied with sir Edw. Dennie, his 

 Lady, and two yong sonnes. 



This day in the morning my Lord going ashoare to 

 dispatch away speedily some fresh water that remained 

 for the Victory, the winde being very faire for us, 



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