Here creeps out of Sainct Filchers denne a packe of prowling mates, Most hurtful to the English pale, and noysome to the states...

[graphic].
Bibliographic Details
Contributors: Derricke, John, artist
Summary:Three scenes (lettered A-C) in one plate. Scene A shows a band of kern armed with gallowglass axes and knives, led by a piper. Scene B shows the kern attacking and burning a farm, and scene C shows an Irish lord and his men departing with livestock looted from the farm.
Format: Prints & Drawings
Language:English
Published / Created: [Edinburgh] : [A. and C. Black], [1883].
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Notes:Originally published as woodcut Plate II in: The image of Irelande with a discovery of woodkarne by John Derrick. London : John Day, 1581.

Physical description: 1 print : photomechanical ; 28.6 x 44.7 cm.

Reproduction Note: Neg. no.: R14182 (B&W).

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