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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>His Grace the Duke of <HI>Schomberge's</HI> Character, ac|cording to the Ignorant Notions that the <HI>Iri&s;h Papi&s;ts in Ireland,</HI> have form'd of Him, together with &s;ome Old Prophe&s;ies, foretelling the Conque&s;t of that Kingdom, by the Prote&s;tant Army, under his Grace<HI>'s</HI> Command.</HEAD>
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<P>LICENSED, and Enter'd according to Order.</P>
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<P>THe Antients never De&s;ign'd their Heroes for any great Work, but they&punc; endow'd him with Parts and Qualities proportionable to the attain|ing the end. Thus <HI>Hercules</HI> had &s;trength to &s;upport the Pillars, and Courage to &s;ubdue the <HI>Numideaan Lyon. Jupiter</HI> &s;lew a Serpent in the Cradle, and his Son <HI>Mars</HI> (De&s;tin'd for no le&s;s than the God of War) lay Twen|ty Two Months in his Father's Thigh, before he was born, when le&s;s than Nine Months, &s;ometimes, would &s;erve for the Production of Inferiour Gods and Godde&s;&s;es.</P>
<P>Nor has this been the Theory of Former Times, but the Practice of all Ages ever &s;ince; as the Knights in our Legends, who mu&s;t be alwayes &s;uppo&s;ed to overcome the Gyant: This is mo&s;t Fatal to the Credulous <HI>Iri&s;h,</HI> who are apter to believe Tradition than Truth; and the meane&s;t Prie&s;t, before the boa&s;ted Founder of their Church.</P>
<P>What Mon&s;ters have the <HI>Iri&s;h</HI>-Hi&s;torians made their <HI>Heber,</HI> and their <HI>Here|mon,</HI> the fir&s;t Conquerors of <HI>Ireland;</HI> no le&s;s Prodigious than the Tales of <HI>Bryan Boro,</HI> and <HI>Fin Mac. Hengle;</HI> of whom a Learned <HI>Bard</HI> thus Elegantly Sings.
<Q><L>Who never did his<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Hor&s;e.</NOTE> Garran ride,</L>
<L>But in the Compa&s;s of his &s;tride.</L>
<L>Whole<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">A great Rock in the County of <HI>Gallo|way,</HI> near <HI>Longhreoch;</HI> in the form of a Pillion, called <HI>Fin Mac. Heugle's</HI> Saddle.</NOTE>Rocks and Mountains he invirons,</L>
<L>And Valleys were his Stirrup-Irons.</L></Q></P>
<P>The Character of this great General, his Grace the Duke of <HI>Schomberg,</HI> (ac|cording to the Notions they have formed of him in <HI>Ireland</HI>) yet no le&s;s Prodi|gious, and goes down as currant, as the Legend of <HI>O&s;&s;ullevan.</HI> Whether begot out of Terrour, or indu&s;triou&s;ly given out by the Prie&s;ts, to per&s;wade the Peo|ple to a voluntary Submi&s;&s;ion, I know not; but it is a certainly believed, as it is reported, that he is in Statute Sixteen Foot High, with all parts proportionable. The form of a Shooe was made, and pre&s;ented to the Army, that they might gue&s;s at the re&s;t, <HI>ex pede Herculis.</HI> He is like <HI>Achilles,</HI> invulnerable; can &s;tride over his Army like a <HI>Rhodian Colo&s;&s;us,</HI> and guard them from the Enemies &s;hot. His Mu&s;taches are like two Barbers-poles. His Beard White, and broad as the main Sail of a Fir&s;t-Rate-Ship; if it Rains, he can command his Army into clo&s;e Order, and cover them with his Beard, as <HI>Garragantua</HI> did with his Tongue.</P>
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<P> To make him Immortal, as he is Invulnerable, he is Reported to be three hundred years old, the age of <HI>Ne&s;tor;</HI> has Pi&s;tols will do Execution &s;ix miles off; which keeps the Enemy at &s;uch a di&s;tance, that they dare not come within &s;ix|teen miles of his Camp: He can, like the <HI>Lydian</HI> Mon&s;ter, &s;tretch forth his Head, and &s;natch away the Hor&s;e and Man out of the third Rank. When the Soldi|ers bring in a Booty of Cattle, they Report, he will take a Brace of Bullocks, to&s;s them like two Oranges upon the palm of his Hands, and tell you within half a &s;tone the weight of either. There are other things as Fooli&s;h as Fabu|lous, which they give out, and believe of this famous Warriour, to whom their fears have already a&s;&s;ign'd the Conque&s;t of that Kingdom.</P>
<P>To confirm this, There are Prophe&s;ies di&s;per&s;t, which were writ in the Original Language, a Thou&s;and years ago.</P>
<P>The fir&s;t was found in the Foundation of an old Chappel, in digging up the Trenches before <HI>Droghedah:</HI> it was carefully laid up in an old Iron Pot; the <HI>Rolls</HI> of Parchment, in which was with the Prophe&s;ies, inclo&s;'d in an old Steel Snuff-Box. Thus tran&s;lated.
<Q><L>In Eighty Nine, when <HI>Teague's</HI> run down,</L>
<L>A<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Kirk.</NOTE>Church is fixt in <HI>Dublin-Town.</HI></L>
<L>The<NOTE N="&Verbar;" PLACE="marg">Talbot, Tyrconel.</NOTE> Dog &s;hall fly before the<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Schomberg,</NOTE>Boar,</L>
<L>The<NOTE N="&Verbar;" PLACE="marg">K. Ja.</NOTE>Lyon hide him&s;elf for fear.</L></Q></P>
<P>As if this were enough to confirm their Jealou&s;ie, the Prie&s;t he lends his help|ing hand, and gives them a Ca&s;t of his Office; digging in an old Vault in St. <HI>Mary</HI>'s Abby in <HI>Oxmon. Town, Dublin,</HI> to bury a great Officer that was killed in the Camp; In an Earthen Pot (as carefully laid up as the other) they found or made this Prophe&s;ie. In <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> thus,
<Q><L>Not <HI>Schomberg,</HI> Shamrog more in fame,</L>
<L>Shall long to<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Shamrog&s;hire.</NOTE> <HI>Ireland,</HI> give a name,</L>
<L>In Sixteen-Hundred Eighty-Nine,</L>
<L><HI>Shamrog</HI> to <HI>Schomberg</HI> &s;hall Re&s;igne,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Schomberg-&s;hire.</NOTE></L>
<L>And from his Conque&s;ts, in that year,</L>
<L>Shall thence be Chri&s;tned <HI>Schomberg-Shire.</HI></L></Q></P>
<P>Thus they make him their <HI>Iri&s;h-Scanderbeg,</HI> and not only frighten their Children, but their Armies with his name.</P>
<P>May their fears prove effectual; Their Prophe&s;ies come to pa&s;s, and &s;peedy Conque&s;t crown this Invincible Hero with Succe&s;s.</P>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Re-printed in the Year, 1689.</P>
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