Accordingly sacks full of the heads of reputed rebels were brought in daily.

Yet concerning him Mr.Froude makes this singular remark: 'To Ormond the Irish were human beings with human rights.

To the English they were _vermin, to be cleared from off the earth_ by any means that offered.' Consequently, when it was proposed to make Ormond viceroy, the Pale was in a ferment.

How could any man be fit to represent English power in Dublin Castle, who regarded the Irish as human beings! Not less curious is the testimony which the historian bears to the character of the English exterminators.

He says, 'They were honourable, high-minded men, full of natural tenderness and gentleness, to every one with whom they were placed in _human relations_.