To
the
Right
Honourable
the
Earl
of
Thomond
"Henry O'Brien, seventh Earl of Thomond."
(Tucker [1992], 223)
,
at
Bath
;
who
charg'd
the
Author
with
making
an
Irish
Bull
.
Obrian
,
we're
in
Story
told
,
Thy
Ancestors
wore
Crowns
of
old
:
In
fair
Hibernia's
Isle
they
reign'd
;
A
Country
,
by
their
Sons
disdain'd
!
Too
apt
to
charge
their
Native
Isle
With
ev'ry
Vice
of
Speech
and
Style
:
Yet
thy
Elizabeth
Countess
of
Thomond
,
Daughter
of
Charles
Duke
of
Somerset
,
and
Lady
Elizabeth
Piercy
.
Eliza
,
great
and
good
,
Of
Seymour's
,
and
of
Piercy's
Blood
,
(
Whose
Ancestors
,
to
Fame
well
known
,
When
injur'd
,
shook
the
British
Throne
;
)
Will
not
thy
native
Isle
deride
,
Tho'
to
an
higher
Crown
ally'd
.
And
shall
Hibernia
fear
Disgrace
,
From
Thomond
,
of
Milesian
Race
?
It
ill
becomes
thee
thus
to
treat
Thy
Family's
Imperial
Seat
.
Great
Bryen
Boiroimke
,
King
of
Ireland
,
remarkable
in
History
for
his
Valour
in
Defence
of
his
Country
,
Hospitality
,
&c.
from
whom
the
present
Earl
of
Thoinond
is
lineally
descended
.
Boiroimke
!
look
down
and
see
This
Change
in
thy
Posterity
;
Who
quit
all
Titles
to
thy
Throne
,
But
Hospitality
alone
.