The closing years of the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603) saw a hardening of attitudes among many of the New English in Ireland towards the Irish and Old English communities there. Historians have concentrated on a number of works which exemplify this attitude, notably Edmund Spenser’s A View of the Present State of Ireland. This article focuses on an earlier proponent of this outlook, a wandering lawyer, Andrew Trollope. In the 1580s, Trollope composed two extensive treatises on Ireland which contain some of the most vituperative attacks written by a Tudor commentator on the Irish, their character, religion and society. Often commented upon, though never examined in detail, this article provides the first in-depth assessment of Trollope’s writings.

在伊丽莎白一世 (1558-1603) 统治的最后几年，爱尔兰的许多新英格兰人对那里的爱尔兰和古英语社区的态度变得更加强硬。历史学家集中研究了许多体现这种态度的作品，特别是埃德蒙·斯宾塞的《爱尔兰现状》。本文重点介绍这种观点的早期支持者，流浪律师安德鲁·特罗洛普 (Andrew Trollope)。在 1580 年代，特罗洛普撰写了两篇关于爱尔兰的广泛论文，其中包含一些由都铎评论员撰写的关于爱尔兰人、他们的性格、宗教和社会的最谩骂的攻击。这篇文章经常被评论，虽然从未详细研究过，但它首次对特罗洛普的著作进行了深入评估。