Ulster Journal of Archaeology, Volume 8

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1902
 

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Page 53 - Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar.
Page 68 - ... but if any one shall presume to attempt this, let him know that he will incur the indignation of Almighty God, and of the blessed apostles Peter and Paul.
Page 66 - Et sciendu', q' p'fati moachi in obitu meo facient seruiciu' pro me sicud p' uno moacho ; & si m' placu'it, corpus meu' recipie't ad sepulturam. Hiis t', Rob'to filio Ursy, Joh'e filio ejus, & aliis." " Know men present and future, that I, Robert, son of Hugh de Wude, have given, and granted, and by this my present charter have confirmed, to God and S.
Page 190 - ... vision, he applied himself with all speed to build a monastery on the ground which had been given him by King Sigebert, and to establish regular discipline therein. This monastery was pleasantly situated in the woods, and with the sea not far off ; it was built within the area of a castle, which in the English language is called Cnobheresburg...
Page 147 - Tyrconnel soon perceived the error of leaving this city to the government of the townsmen, and detached the Earl of Antrim's regiment, consisting entirely of Papists, Irish and Highlanders, to take their quarters in Derry. A body of twelve hundred men, tall and terrible in their aspect, followed by a crowd of women and children, arrived at a village called...
Page 147 - Limavady, within twelve miles of Derry, at the very moment when the inhabitants received the information of an intended massacre, and were deliberating on this important intelligence. The proprietor of this village was terrified at the disorder and. turbulence of a body, which, in this time of suspicion, seemed rather the instruments of slaughter and barbarity than the regular forces of government. He instantly dispatched the most alarming...
Page 66 - Know ye both present and to come that we have granted and given, and by this my present charter have confirmed to...
Page 190 - God ; in which he was admonished diligently to proceed in the ministry of the word which he had undertaken, and indefatigably to continue his usual watching and prayers ; inasmuch as his end was certain, but the hour of it would be uncertain, according to the saying of our Lord, " Watch ye therefore, because ye know not the day nor the hour.
Page 95 - A very fair hall there is, and a stately staircase and fair dining-room carrying the proportion of the hall ; fine garden and mighty spacious orchards, and they say they bear good store of fruit. I observed on either side of his garden there is a dove-house, placed one opposite to the other in the corner of the garden, and 'twixt the garden and orchards a most convenient place for apricots or some such tender fruit, to be planted against the dove-house wall, that by the advantage of the heat thereof...
Page 190 - Saxons, he was honourably received by the aforesaid king, and performing his usual employment of preaching the Gospel, by the example of his virtue and the efficacy of his discourse, converted many unbelievers to Christ, and confirmed in his faith and love those that already believed. Here he fell into some infirmity of body, and was thought worthy to see a vision from God ; in which he was admonished diligently to proceed in the ministry of the word which he had undertaken, and...

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