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 124 campion's historie Lent long, prolled and pilled insatiably without neede, and without regard of poore people, whose onely pro- vision they devoured: Those (I say) now living in slavery under Le Bruise, starved for hunger, when they had first experienced many lamentable shifts, as in scratching the dead bodyes out of their graves, in whose skulls they boyled the same flesh, and fed thereof. Mortymer went over to the King indebted to the Citizens of Divelin for his viands, a thousand poundes, whereof he payde not one smulkin, and many a bitter curse carried with him to the sea. William Archbishop of Cashell Lord Chancellor was left Lord Warden of Ireland, in whose timey Ber- mingham aforesaid being generall of the field, and under him Captains, Tide, Verdon, Tripton, Sutton, Cusacke and Manpas, led forth the Kings power against ILdward Bruise, pitching by Dundalke, the Primate of Ardmagh personally accompanying our souldiours, blessing their enterprise, and assoyling them all, ere ever they began to encounter. In this conflict the Scots were vanquished full & whole, 2000. slaine, & Manpas that pressed into the throng to meet with Bruise, was found in the search, dead, covering the dead body of Bruise. Thus dissolved the Scottish Kingdome in Ireland, and Bermingham sending his head to the King, received in recompence the Earle- dome of Lowth, and to his heires for ever the Barony of Ardee and Athenry. 4 '1318.