In order to make war against a son of his
Who wished to despoil him.
War had the rich King
With the French in Normandy.
In Ireland remained
The noble earl with his friends.
THE CONSTITUTIONS OF THE SYNOD OF CASHEL (1172).
Source.—Giraldus Cambrensis, p. 232. Bohn's Libraries. G. Bell & Sons.
First. It is decreed that all the faithful throughout Ireland shall eschew concubinage with their cousins and kinsfolk, and contract and adhere to lawful marriages.
Second. That children be catechised outside the church doors, and infants baptised at the consecrated fonts in the baptisteries of the churches.