"GERALD, Chief in Ireland of the family of Gherardini, Earl of Kildare, Viceroy of the most serene Kings of England in Ireland."
Eight years after this letter was written, Ariosto writes thus of a brave old man, whose fame had passed long before to distant lands:
"Or guarda gl' Ibernisi: appresso il piano
Sono due squadre; e il Conte di Childera
Mena la pinna; e il Conte di Desmonda,
Da fieri monti ha tratta la seconda."
ROUND TOWER, DONAGHMORE, CO. MEATH.
