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men," as seen and drawn by Diirer, are very like 

 what you would see all through Ireland, and very 

 unlike the creation of the cartoonists of Punch all 

 are men of fine physical appearance, as appears from 

 the picture which we reproduce. 



7. In 1543, the Lord Deputy Sentleger wrote to 

 Henry VIII. : " There is no horseman of this land 

 but he hath his horse, and his two boys, and two 

 hackneys, or one hackney and two chief horse. And 

 assuredly, I think that for their feat of war, which is 

 for light scoores, there are no properer horsemen in 

 Christen ground, nor more hardy (i.e., daring?), nor 

 yet that can better endure hardness. As to their 

 footmen, they have one sort, which be harnessed in 

 mail and bassenettes, having every of them his 

 weapon, called a sparre, much like the axe of the 

 Tower, and they be named Galloglasse ; and for the 

 most part their boys bear for them three darts a 

 piece, which darts they throw ere they come to hand 

 strife : these sort of men be those that do not lightly 

 abandon the field, but bide the brunt to the death. 

 Tho other sort, called Kerne, are naked men, having 

 only their sherts and small coats. These have darts 

 and short bows ; which sort of people be both hardy 

 (daring?) and clever to search woods and morasses, 

 in which they be hard to be beaten. And if your 

 Majesty will convert them to morespikes and hand- 



