]
[Footnote: 44. exquisite. Exact meaning?]
[Footnote: 45. trade laws. What would have been the nature of a change
beneficial to the colonies?]
[Footnote: 46. English conquest. At Henry II.'s accession, 1154, Ireland had
fallen from the civilization which had once flourished upon her soil and which
had been introduced by her missionaries into England during the seventh century.
Henry II. obtained the sanction of the Pope, invaded the island, and partially
subdued the inhabitants. For an interesting account of England's relations to
Ireland the student should consult Green's Short History of the English People.]
[Footnote: 47. You deposed kings. What English kings have been deposed?]
[Footnote: 48. Lords Marchers. March, boundary. These lords were given
permission by the English kings to take from the Welsh as much land as they
could. They built their castles on the boundary line between the two countries,
and when they were not quarrelling among themselves waged a guerilla warfare
against the Welsh. The Lords Marchers, because of special privileges and the
peculiar circumstances of their life, were virtually kings--petty kings, of
course.
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