Note 510 — Chapter XVIII · ON THE CONSTITUTION OF IRELAND
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Sidney Papers, i. 29. Spenser descants on the lawless violence of the superior Irish; and imputes, I believe with much justice, a great part of their crimes to his own brethren, if they might claim so proud a title, the bards: "whomsoever they find to be most licentious of life, most bold and lawless in his doings, most dangerous and desperate in all parts of disobedience and rebellious disposition, him they set up and glorify in their rhymes, him they praise to the people, and to young men make an example to follow."—P. 394.