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THIS nobleman (lord Clarendon obferves) tf was of an Irifh family,
but of ancient Englilh extraction, which had always inhabited
within that circle that was called the Pale; which, being originally an
Engl fh plantation, degenerated into the manners of the Irifh, and rofe
and mingled with them in the late rebellion : and of this family there were
two diftinCt families who had competent eftates, and lived in many defcents
in the rank of gentlemen of quality.”
Of that part of the family of which we are now to fpeak, there were
five brotaers, the fons, according to Leland, of Sir William Talbot, an
eminent lawyer of Ireland. “ The elded,” fays Clarendon, “ was Sir
Robert i aibot, who was by much the beft, that is, the reft were much
worfe men. Peter, the fecond brother, was a Jefuit, who had been very
troublefome to tne king [Charles IL] abroad, and had behaved himfelf
in fo infolent a manner that his majefty had forbidden him his court. The
third brother was Gilbert, who was called colonel Talbot, from feme
command he had with the rebels againft the king ; and he had likewife
been with the king in Flanders, that is, had lived in Antwerp and Bruflels,
whiift the king was there; and being a half-witted fellow did not meddle
with any thing, nor angered any body, but found a w’ay to get good
ciotnes, and to play, and was looked upon as a man of courage, having
fought a duel or two with ftout men. Thomas, the fourth brother, was
a branciican xriar, of wit enough, but of fo notorious debauchery that he
was frequently under fevere difcipline by the fuperiors of his order for his
fcandalous life.”
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but of ancient Englilh extraction, which had always inhabited
within that circle that was called the Pale; which, being originally an
Engl fh plantation, degenerated into the manners of the Irifh, and rofe
and mingled with them in the late rebellion : and of this family there were
two diftinCt families who had competent eftates, and lived in many defcents
in the rank of gentlemen of quality.”
Of that part of the family of which we are now to fpeak, there were
five brotaers, the fons, according to Leland, of Sir William Talbot, an
eminent lawyer of Ireland. “ The elded,” fays Clarendon, “ was Sir
Robert i aibot, who was by much the beft, that is, the reft were much
worfe men. Peter, the fecond brother, was a Jefuit, who had been very
troublefome to tne king [Charles IL] abroad, and had behaved himfelf
in fo infolent a manner that his majefty had forbidden him his court. The
third brother was Gilbert, who was called colonel Talbot, from feme
command he had with the rebels againft the king ; and he had likewife
been with the king in Flanders, that is, had lived in Antwerp and Bruflels,
whiift the king was there; and being a half-witted fellow did not meddle
with any thing, nor angered any body, but found a w’ay to get good
ciotnes, and to play, and was looked upon as a man of courage, having
fought a duel or two with ftout men. Thomas, the fourth brother, was
a branciican xriar, of wit enough, but of fo notorious debauchery that he
was frequently under fevere difcipline by the fuperiors of his order for his
fcandalous life.”
Vol. I, O q