Note B — CHARACTER OF O’DONNELL, PRINCE OF TYRCONNELL IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
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Cormac, in his instructions to his son Carbry, tells him that “when a worthy prince reigns, the great God sends favourable seasons.” It is worthy of remark that, among the oriental nations, the same notion prevails to the present day; and the poets of the East frequently express their anticipations of favourable weather and abundant harvests upon the accession of a peaceable monarch to the throne.