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The True Impartial Hlstory and WARS of the Kingdom of IRELAND, DESCRIBING Its Situation, Division Into Provinces, Shires, &C 1 The True Impartial HlSTORY and WARS OF THE Kingdom of IRELAND, DESCRIBING Its Situation, Division into Provinces, Shires, &c. Its ancient Inhabitants, Manners, Customs, and the state it was in at its being first Invaded and Conquer'd by the English, in the Reign of K. Henry II. WITH THE Several Revolts and Rebellions of the Natives, and by what means they have been re•uced to Obedience in the Reign of our several Kings and Queens. BUT More particularly relating to all the Memorable Skirm•shes, Battels, Sieges, and other Extraordinary Transactions, since the Grand Revolution under the Reign of their present Majesties K. William and Q. Mary, to the Siege and Surrender of Lymerick, and that has since happened to Iune 1692. Being a History full of Variety, and worthy the perusal of the Ingenious Reader. The Second Edition with Additions. LONDON: Printed for Nicholas Boddington at the Golden Ball in Duck-Lane. 1692. 2 THE EPISTLE TO THE READER. Reader, IN this small Book you are presented with a long Prospect of an Opulent Kingdom, not only in its Dimension and Description, but Historically treated of from the time it was first known to be peopled, to this present Year 1691. as well before the English had any knowledge of it, or so much as navigated the rough Hibernian Seas, as after it allured them to its Conquest in the Reign of Henry II, since which time it has been a dependant Kingdom by Right of Conquest, and now inseparably annexed to the Imperial Crown of England. To shake off which Soveraignty it has often strugled in vain, and smarted under the many Wars and Rebellions that have been raised on that Account; yet, as if infatuated, those Warnings have been little available to the Natives, as will appear in the Relation we give you of what has happened worthy of Notice, in the Reigns of our Kings and Queens since its Subjection, but more particular in the Transactions for Three Years past, as relating to Councils, Policies, Skirmishes, Sieges, and what else materially happened. A History so full of variety, that we cannot conceive but it will give ample satisfaction beyond what has been published of this kind: And so not doubting but upon that score it will find Acceptance and Approbation in the hands of the Impartial and Vnprejudic'd Perusers, I make bold to subscribe my self the Candid Reader's Well wisher, and Most humble Servant, I.S. 3 THE INTRODUCTION# THat Ireland has been very anciently inhabited, it appears not only by their own, but many other Historians, to whom a greater Credit is to be given; and tho' (the Natives being little given to Navigation) its Fame has not much spread into the remoter parts of the World; yet for its Situation and Fertility, if the provident Care and Frugality of the Irish would but have help'd the Soil in any reasonable degree, it might be compared with most Islands in producing things necessary not only for the supplying its Inhabitants, but such as could command the most valuable Commodities of Europe; yet the People of the ancient Stock not accustoming themselves to Labour, but rather to Spoil and War, desirous to live idly upon the Product of the Country, and Manufacture of the industrious English, by such unlawful ways as opportunity has put into their hands, have in a great measure neglected their own Patrimonies, and suffered them in many places to become of no considerable value, as being eaten up by the encroachment of Boggs, and over-grown with such Excrements of Nature as hinder Fertility; and this mainly out of not altogether so much sloth and neglect, as their irreconcilable hatred to those of the Brittish Nation that inhabit amongst them, that they should get nothing by their Lands, tho' by their friendly Instruction and Conversation they might have been exceedingly bettered in their Fortunes and Manners, and such Manufactures of sundry kinds improved, as might have redounded, not only to their particular Interests, but to the Inhansment of the value of the Island among the neighbouring Nations; for it not only abounds in Iron, but other useful Minerals, and many other things that might, if well improved, set the poorer sort on work, and not only put an end to that Poverty that too much pinches the Natives, but likewise make their Traffick abroad considerable enough to be taken Notice of, and bring them a Trade, that in a short time would much contribut to the encrease of a greater Plenty, and prove a comfortable Maintenance to some thousands, who for several yearts past have been destitute of such a Livelyhood as might render them capable of subsisting, and for want of which they have been forced to travel abroad and serve other Nations, where they are for the most part treated little better than Slaves, as well in War as other Employments, many of them, if we impartially consider their Merits, as to Education, Natural Endowments, deserving better usage; for it must be confessed by all unbiafied Persons, that the Irish Gentry are qualified sufficiently (at least the greatest number of them) for great Undertakings, if they would, according to what they understand, labour to improve their own advantage, by putting themselves forward in the World to acquire those Preferments and Undertakings they are capable of, and might be very serviceable to the Government, but that most of them being Roman Catholicks, and so superstitiously zealous in their way, that they are absolutely swayed and guided in all their Undertakings by their Priests, who labour all that in them lies to keep up their Idolatrous Traditions, and themselves in esteem to their great advantage, in gathering the Wealth of the Kingdom, and as they see their opportunity, stir them up to a disesteem of the Government, which has been the occasion of much Bloodshed, and brought Misery and Desolation upon the Land, that at sundry times has made it uneasie for many years; and we are not insensible that in the last Revolt, which has been a smarting one to the Irish, the Priests hurried them, especially the meaner sort, into a fruitless Rebellion by Threats of Excommunication, and all the bugbear Fulminations of the Romish Church. Tho' at last it is hoped, seeing the Stream of Blood is now so kindly stopped in the Kingdom, that the Natives will see their former Errors, and stick to their Obedience, notwithstanding any Insinuations or under-hand Dealings that may hereafter be inculcated, or cladestinely carried on. 4 Never had the Irish Nation a better opportunity to lay hold on, for settling a lasting happiness to themselves and their Posterities, under the Auspicious Reign of a King and Queen, who make it their utmost Endeavours, and think it their greatest Felicity, to do their Subjects good, sparing no Charge, nor shunning any Hazard or Danger that may conduce to the Settlement of a glorious Peace, not only in their own Dominions, but in all Europe, and restore thereby, as far as lies in Human possibility, the Golden Age, wherein all appeared serene and calm, whilst universal Joy spread her downy Wings to shelter the delighted Nations from the Storms of Discontent and Trouble. From all which we may conclude, That if Ireland ever was desirous to be in a prosperous state, the time is come that puts that Opportunity into the hands of her Inhabitants to become a happy People. When on the other hand, had things succeeded, as too many of them unadvisedly wished some few Months since, they might, instead of being at perfect Liberty, been the Sons and Daughters of Slavery, and the most severest of Bondages, under the French Tyranny; which how easie that Yoke is to bear, the Subjects of France have fatally experienced in the Reigns of many of their former Kings, but more especially under Lewis XIV. to avoid which, the more discerning part have undergone a voluntary Exile, and become a scattered People over the Face of the Earth, finding better usage in barbarous Nations. This, I hope, may suffice to warn the Irish, to consider where their Interest lies, and to embrace their Majesties Protection, as their true Asylum. 5 A TRUE and IMPARTIAL HISTORY OF THE Kingdom of Ireland, DESCRIBING Its Situation, Ancient Inhabitants, Manners, Customs, and the State it was found in at the Time it was Invaded and Conquered by the English, in the Reign of King Henry II. &c. THE Kingdom of Ireland is of no mean Extent, but rather very large and considerable; It is an Island, it is bounded on the East with England and Scotland, on the West with the main Ocean, on the South with part of France and Normandy, and on the North with the Ducalidonian Sea. It is, as all other Islands, sur•ounded with Water, containing in Length 40• and in Breadth 200 Miles, and is especially parted or divided into four Provinces#viz. Munster, which is again divided into the Counties of Limerick, Kerrey, Waterford, Cork, Desmon, and the Holy Cross in Tipperary. 2. The Province of Leinster, divided into the Counties of the East and West Meaths, Kilkenney, Caterlough, King's County, Kildare, Wexford, Dublin and Wicklow. 3. The Province of Conno••••, divided into the Counties of Clare, Thumond, Majo, Sligo, Letarim, and Roscomon. 4. The Province of Vlster, divided into the Counties of Tyrconnel, Tyrone, Cavan, Coleraine, Monaghan, Antrim, Down, Armah, and Lough; and these are for the most part at this day replenished with many considerable Cities and Towns, of which I shall have occasion to speak in the Series of this History, as they shall fall in their proper places.
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