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=== Allusion ===
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{{quote|[...] His brother [Sir Thomas Norreys] has happily cut off, both by prosecution and justice, many of the most dangerous rebels in the province; and lately had the head of Rory M'Murrough, brother to Murrough Oge, brought to him. He doubts not to have the other's head very shortly, "but as fast as they are consumed, there springs up an ill in their places; there continuing a malicious disposition in most of this country to have still some <keyword>Robin Hood</keyword> to seek to weed out and extirpate the English; and the canker of this humour will not be cured but by a sharp corsey." [...]<ref>{{:Atkinson, Ernest George 1893a}}, p. 313.</ref>}}</onlyinclude>
{{quote|[...] His brother [Sir Thomas Norreys] has happily cut off, both by prosecution and justice, many of the most dangerous rebels in the province; and lately had the head of Rory M'Murrough, brother to Murrough Oge, brought to him. He doubts not to have the other's head very shortly, "but as fast as they are consumed, there springs up an ill in their places; there continuing a malicious disposition in most of this country to have still some <keyword>Robin Hood</keyword> to seek to weed out and extirpate the English; and the canker of this humour will not be cured but by a sharp corsey." [...]<ref>{{:Atkinson, Ernest George 1893a}}, p. 313.</ref>}}</onlyinclude>
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MS ref.: Vol. CXCIX, No. 94. Marginal note: "June 10. Waterford." The cited text is part calendar summary or paraphrase of the original, part quote.
MS ref.: Vol. CXCIX, No. 94. Marginal note: "June 10. Waterford." The cited text is part calendar summary or paraphrase of the original, part quote.


=== IRHB comments ===
== IRHB comments ==
The writer of this letter, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Norreys Lord General Sir John Norreys (c.1547-3 July 1597)], was the foremost military leader during the reign of Elizabeth II, infamous for the massacre of women and children on the island of Rathlin (1575). He died less than a month after sending the letter. Its recipient, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cecil,_1st_Earl_of_Salisbury Robert Cecil], 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563?-1612) was Lord High Treasurer May 1598-24 May 1612, Lord Privy Seal 1598-1612, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 8 October 1597-1599, and Secretary of State 5 July 1590-24 May 1612. The allusion has not been noted in previous lists or studies.
The writer of this letter, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Norreys Lord General Sir John Norreys (c.1547-3 July 1597)], was the foremost military leader during the reign of Elizabeth II, infamous for the massacre of women and children on the island of Rathlin (1575). He died less than a month after sending the letter. Its recipient, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cecil,_1st_Earl_of_Salisbury Robert Cecil], 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563?-1612) was Lord High Treasurer May 1598-24 May 1612, Lord Privy Seal 1598-1612, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 8 October 1597-1599, and Secretary of State 5 July 1590-24 May 1612. The allusion has not been noted in previous lists or studies.
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=== Lists ===
== Lists ==
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 315-19.
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-11.
* Not included in {{:Sussex, Lucy 1994a}}.
* Not included in {{:Sussex, Lucy 1994a}}.


=== Sources ===
== Sources ==
* {{:Atkinson, Ernest George 1893a}}, p. 313.
* {{:Atkinson, Ernest George 1893a}}, p. 313.
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=== Also see ===
* [[:1593 - Atkinson, Anthony - To Robert Cecil]]
* [[:1596 - Fenton, Geoffrey - To Robert Cecil (1)]]
* [[:1596 - Fenton, Geoffrey - To Robert Cecil (2)]]
* [[:1597 - Cecil, Robert - To Thomas Burgh]]
* [[:1597 - Fenton, Geoffrey - To Robert Cecil (1)]]
* [[:1597 - Fenton, Geoffrey - To Robert Cecil (2)]]
* [[:1600 - Carew, George - To Robert Cecil (1)]]
* [[:1600 - Cecil, Robert - To George Carew]]
* [[:1600 - Carew, George - To Robert Cecil (2)]]
* [[:1602 - Gilbert, Adrian - To Robert Cecil]]




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By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-01. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-02-21.

Allusion

[...] His brother [Sir Thomas Norreys] has happily cut off, both by prosecution and justice, many of the most dangerous rebels in the province; and lately had the head of Rory M'Murrough, brother to Murrough Oge, brought to him. He doubts not to have the other's head very shortly, "but as fast as they are consumed, there springs up an ill in their places; there continuing a malicious disposition in most of this country to have still some Robin Hood to seek to weed out and extirpate the English; and the canker of this humour will not be cured but by a sharp corsey." [...][1]

Source notes

MS ref.: Vol. CXCIX, No. 94. Marginal note: "June 10. Waterford." The cited text is part calendar summary or paraphrase of the original, part quote.

IRHB comments

The writer of this letter, Lord General Sir John Norreys (c.1547-3 July 1597), was the foremost military leader during the reign of Elizabeth II, infamous for the massacre of women and children on the island of Rathlin (1575). He died less than a month after sending the letter. Its recipient, Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563?-1612) was Lord High Treasurer May 1598-24 May 1612, Lord Privy Seal 1598-1612, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 8 October 1597-1599, and Secretary of State 5 July 1590-24 May 1612. The allusion has not been noted in previous lists or studies.

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