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Cornelis Schut (13 May 1597– 29 April 1655) was a Flemish painter and engraver-The beheading of Saint George
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OTD 1597 Report that Tyrone and Red Hugh O'Donnell's meeting with Spanish at Killybeggs did not go well. Frustrated by lack of Spanish landing reported O'D accused Spain of deceitfulness. Despite promises nothing but a little powder sent 'which they reckon not of' #nineyearswar
'Thou hast light in dark, and shut'st in little room
Immensity, cloistered in thy dear womb.'
My favourite image of the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin by my favourite painter, El Greco. 1597 @museodelprado
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OTD 1597 news of Tyrone's proclamation in #Dungannon for the raising of 3,000 troops for 3 months. They would receive 1 month up front and be paid 12d per day. Morgan Kavanagh, a veteran of the Low Countries arrived to take up a command in the earl's army. #nineyearswar
OTD 1597 Conyers Clifford reported Irish in Connacht 'fast tied to Tyrone and O'Donnell' and that Irish resistance was emboldened by the prospect of reinforcements from Spain. His army was short of food and munitions but noted that the Irish 'will never be subjects but by force'
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OTD 1597 Geffrey Fenton fulminates about using Scots in Ulster 'They are a needy beggarly people not easily expelled out of a country where they have once taken a footing'. Irish rebels will not be pulled down by Scots from Kintyre & Islands as 'dogs will not eat dogs flesh'
Very cold weather in Antwerp but the skating is good & we've got a fire going on the bank for the non-skaters. By Lucas van Valckenborch, d. OTD 1597.
Jacob Matham, Perseus Freeing Andromeda, 1597 https://t.co/OjBIovMOHW #jacobmatham
OTD 1597 As Norreys gathered forces to break through to the garrison in Armagh, Tyrone suddenly relented, allowing English to pass. The earl had deliberately drawn the English out of Connacht, clearing Red Hugh O'Donnell's path to raid all the way to Galway suburbs #nineyearswar