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to nature, that hath framed them comely person- 

 ages, of good proportion and very well limbed. And 

 to speak truly, the English, Scottish, and Irish are 

 easily to be discerned from all nations of the world 

 besides, as well by the excellency of their com- 

 plexions as by the rest of their lineaments, from the 

 crown of the head to the sole of the foot. And 

 although in the remote places the uncivil sort so 

 disfigure themselves with their glybs, their trowes, 

 and their misshapen attire, yet they appear to 

 every man's eye to be of good proportion, of comely 

 stature, and of able body." 



31. In 1612, Sir John Davis, an Elizabethan 

 statesman, says : " During the time of my service 

 I have visited all the provinces of that kingdom 

 (Ireland) in sundry journeys and circuits, wherein I 

 have observed the bodies and minds of the people 

 endued with extraordinary abilities of nature." 



On 20th August, 1611, W. Trumbull writes to Sir 

 J. Digby from Brussels : " Our Irish, having added 

 some experience to their valour, think that all the 

 world is not comparable to them for the warrs. 

 And to the end they may keep their troops on foot 

 to make use of any opportunity which our negligence 

 may offer them, they have, by the counsel and 

 advice of Spain, sent one Conor Og O'Relli to com- 

 mand their troops in Poland, and to keep them 



