Rebellion in Ireland
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the rebellion of Ireland · commotions and rebellions...in Ireland · rebellion · rebellious · revolt
spoken of as
1 expressionthe rebellion of Ireland3 mentions
The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660 (English)
That likewise there shall be an exception of offences committed by any person or persons, which hath or have had any hand or practice in the rebellion of Ireland, which hath or have given any counsel, assistance or encouragement to the rebels there for the maintenance of that rebellion, as likewise an exception of William, Earl of Newcastle, and George, Lord Digby.
in the texts
The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660
The 1641 Irish Rebellion, repeatedly cited as the justification for military levies and fear of a wider Catholic conspiracy.
Howsoever, we cannot but thank you for this care, and your cheerful engagement for the suppression of that rebellion;
Whereas there hath been of late a most dangerous and desperate design upon the House of Commons, which we have just cause to believe to be an effect of the bloody counsels of Papists and other ill-affected persons, who have already raised a rebellion in the kingdom of Ireland;
Forasmuch as great commotions and rebellions have been lately raised and stirred up in His Majesty’s kingdom of Ireland by the wicked plots and conspiracies of divers of His Majesty’s subjects there (being traitorously affected), to the great endangering not only of the said kingdom, but also of this kingdom of England, unless a speedy course be taken for the preventing thereof, and for the raisin …
Cyropaedia
Resistance or revolt against imperial authority, controlled under Cyrus's system but spreading after his death.
Still, as soon as Cyrus was dead, his children at once fell into dissension, states and nations began to revolt, and everything began to deteriorate.
year by year a man makes the circuit of the provinces with an army, to help any satrap that may need help, to humble any one that may be growing rebellious, and to adjust matters if any one is careless about seeing the taxes paid or protecting the inhabitants, or to see that the land is kept under cultivation, or if any one is neglectful of anything else that he has been ordered to attend to;