...were brought to such wretchedness, that even a heart of stone would have rued to see the same; for out of every corner of the woods and glynnes, they came creeping forth on their hands and knees, fjr their legs could not bear them; they looked like anatomies of death;...

...those acts which had reduced the Irish peasantry to the state he thus fearfully describes. He says " out of every corner of the woods and glynnes they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them. They looked like anatomies of death — they spake like ghosts crying out...

...that the same was a most ' rich and plentiful country, full of corne and ' cattel, yet, ere one yeare and a half, they were ' brought to such wretchedness as that any stony ' heart would rue the same. Out of every corner ' of the woods and glynns, they came creeping ' forth upon their...

...Notwithstanding," says Edmund Spenser, " that the same was a most rich and plentiful country, yet, ere one year and a half, they were brought to such wretchedness, as that any stony heart would rue the same. Out of every corner of the woods and glynns, they came creeping forth upon their hands,...

...Notwithstanding the province of Munster was a most plentiful country, full of corn and cattle, yet ere one year and a half they were brought to such wretchedness, as that any heart would rue the same ; out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon...

...' Faery Queen,') the province of Munster was a most plentiful country, full of corn and cattle, yet ere one year and a half, they ! were brought to such wretchedness, as that any heart would rue the same ; out of every corner of the woods, and glens, they came creeping forth upon...

...full of corn and cattle, that you would have thought they should have been able to stand long; yet in one year and a half they were brought to such wretchedness...rued the same. Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came, creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them — they looked...

..." Notwithstanding that the caused by it. same was a most rich and plentiful country, says he," yet, ere one year and a half, they were brought to such wretchedness as that any stony heart would rue the same. Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands,...

...: — " Notwithstanding," says Spenser, " that the same was a most rich and plentiful country, yet, ere one year and a half, they were brought to such wretchedness as that any stony heart would rue the same. Out of every corner of their woods and glynns they came creeping forth upon their hands,...

...full of corn and cattle, that you would have thought they would have been able to stand long, yet in one year and a half they were brought to such wretchedness as that any stoney heart would have rued the same. Out of every corner of the woods and glynnes they came creeping...