40 THE IRISH PEOPLE. 



that it is a correct copy ; it shows the Irishman as 

 having regular features. 



13. In 1580, Sir John Pelham states : " Touching 

 the comparison between the soldiers of Berwick and 

 the soldiers of Ireland, alleging him of Berwick to 

 serve in great toil, if I have any judgment, all the 

 soldiers in Christendom must give place in that to 

 the soldier of Ireland ; and so much difference there 

 is, if Captain Cace, Pikeman, and Walker may be 

 judges, as between an alderman of London and a 

 soldier of Berwick." 



14. In 1581, a Spaniard, who had spent six months 

 in visiting various parts of Ireland, sent a report to 

 the Pope which is still preserved in the secret arch- 

 ives of the Vatican. From it I take a few extracts : 



" Except in the port towns there are no hotels or 

 lodging-houses. Every traveller sets up in the first 

 house he finds, and gets food, drink, and lodging 

 gratuitously. Table is not laid till evening, but in 

 the meantime drink is not denied the travellers. 

 There are eight sorts of drinks beer made of 

 barley, milk, whey, wine, broth, mead, uisge beatha, 

 and spring water. 



" The men wear mantles, the women have large 

 linen wide-spreading bonnets. The nobles are 

 clothed in garments made of skin and adorned with 

 various colours. They show an inviolable fidelity 



