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Prima etas mundi (Irish tract)
prose
An Irish prose tract on the first five ‘ages of the world’ and synchronisms of Irish prehistory with Assyrian, Greek and Roman history.
Se bliadna .l. malle
verse
7 st.
beg. Sé blíadna .l. 'mallé
Late Middle Irish synchronistic poem (7 qq). The latest date to occur in the poem is the year 1126.
Secht prímríg for hÉrind áin
verse
5 st.
beg. Secht prímríg for hÉrind áin
Early Irish poem (5qq) on the kings of the Dál Fiatach who were kings of Ireland.
The description of Penbrokshire (George Owen of Henllys)
prose
Owen (George) [of Henllys]
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Owen (George) ... of Henllys
(c.1552–c.1613)
Welsh clergyman in the Church of England, antiquarian, genealogist and cartographer.
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A work on the antiquities of Pembrokeshire, written by George Owen between 1602 and 1603. It remained unpublished until Richard Fenton printed it, in two parts, in The Cambrian Register.
Two bokes of the histories of Ireland (Edmund Campion)
prose
Campion (Edmund)
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Campion (Edmund)
(1540–1581)
English Jesuit priest and martyr, son of a London-based bookseller; one-time tutor to Richard Stanihurst in Ireland and author of Two bokes of the histories of Ireland (1571). Because his preaching activities in various parts of England were deemed dangerous and political by Anglican authorities, he was arrested on the charge of high treason and finally, hanged, drawn and quartered.
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An English-language history of Ireland, in two parts, written within a short period of time in 1571 by English Jesuit Edmund Campion (1540–1581) and first published by James Ware in 1633. Campion hoped it would prove to the earl of Leicester that he made good use of his time in Ireland and encourage antiquarians to build on his work. However, when in 1577 Holinshed expressed an interest in the work, Campion objected it was not fit for reading let alone publication.
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