This is
probably the passage which Messingham and Montalvan quote, though a
different reference is given.
'Maurolicus Siculus', who follows next in Messingham and Montalvan,
is omitted by Calderon.
"David Roto, y el prudente Primado de toda Hibernia," are one and the
same person. This was the famous David Rothe, Bishop of Ossory, so
intimately connected in 1642 with the Confederation of Kilkenny, of
which an excellent history has been written by the Rev. Charles
Meehan, M.R.I.A. The epithet "prudente" seems to have been a happy
condensation of the many terms of encomium lavished upon this
celebrated man by Messingham. Alluding again to his classification
of his authorities under the first four letters of the alphabet,
Messingham says:--
"Whatever then you shall find written under the letter A, until you
come to the next letter, is taken from the Right Reverend Father
David Roth, Lord Bishop of Ossory, and Vice Primate of all Ireland, a
Man excellently well read in all parts of literature, an eloquent
Rhetorician, a subtle Philosopher, a profound Divine, a celebrated
Historian, a zealous chastizer of Vice, a steady Defender of
Ecclesiastical Liberty, a constant Assertor of the Privileges of his
Country, most devoutly compassionate upon the calamities of his
Nation, a diligent Promoter of Peace and Unity among the Clergy, and,
for that end, instituted the Congregation commonly called Pacifick,
in the year 1620, which has, with no little fruit and advantage to
the Clergy, spread itself over all the Kingdom, -- a Man, in fine,
who has left to Posterity many rare Monuments of his excellent
talents, the Catalogue of which I shall not here, for good reasons,
insert, but hope for more soon from him.
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