The State Letters of Henry Earl of Clarendon: Lord Lieutenant of Ireland During the Reign of K. James the Second; and His Lordship's Diary for the Years 1687, 1688, 1689 and 1690. From the Originals in the Possession of Richard Powney, Esq. with an Appendix from Archbishop Sancroft's Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Volume 2Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1765 |
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... wednesday the 25th of anguft was the firft , and only time my lord Tyrconnel faid any thing to me of putting any more men out of the regiment of guards . And what he then told me ( for I writ down imme- diately all he then faid , as I ...
... wednesday the 25th of anguft was the firft , and only time my lord Tyrconnel faid any thing to me of putting any more men out of the regiment of guards . And what he then told me ( for I writ down imme- diately all he then faid , as I ...
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... wednesday laft : but who the other was , by whom you writ , I know not ; for I have as yet received no other . I think , I fee every thing in the fame light you do , and I will carry myfelf accordingly , as far as I can ; but yet in ...
... wednesday laft : but who the other was , by whom you writ , I know not ; for I have as yet received no other . I think , I fee every thing in the fame light you do , and I will carry myfelf accordingly , as far as I can ; but yet in ...
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... wednesday : he is much dif fatisfied , in the late disorder at Kilkenny , that the mayor should fend his warrant for an officer in cafe of murder , without firft applying to the officer commanding in chief upon the place . I told him ...
... wednesday : he is much dif fatisfied , in the late disorder at Kilkenny , that the mayor should fend his warrant for an officer in cafe of murder , without firft applying to the officer commanding in chief upon the place . I told him ...
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... wednesday laft fir Tho . Newcomen being with me upon fome affairs relating to his re- giment , when he had done what he came about , ( the major general was prefent ) I told him , I heard , there were complaints , that his men wanted ...
... wednesday laft fir Tho . Newcomen being with me upon fome affairs relating to his re- giment , when he had done what he came about , ( the major general was prefent ) I told him , I heard , there were complaints , that his men wanted ...
Page 128
... wednesday we had four packets together from England , with which I received your lordship's of the 4th inftant . I have not much to entertain your lordship with at prefent , but only to acquaint you , that there are fometimes exceffes ...
... wednesday we had four packets together from England , with which I received your lordship's of the 4th inftant . I have not much to entertain your lordship with at prefent , but only to acquaint you , that there are fometimes exceffes ...
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Page 466 - if I should publish it, the people would not believe me." " Sir," replied the bishops, " the word of a king is sacred, and it ought to be believed on its own authority. It would be presumptuous in us to pretend to strengthen it ; and the people cannot but believe your majesty in this matter.