An impartial history of the wars of Ireland, with a continuation thereof . red it. 318 ? I i Continuation of the Impartial Hiftory o F T H E W A R s of Ireland. CHAP. I. A hrkf Account^ hy way of IntrodttBioft^ of the Caufe of theWar, The fiitt of the Prat eft ants in that Kjngdom, The. Late KJn£s Landing there. The Sefjions of Payliament inIreland. Proteflmts Routed at Drammore, and otherPlaces. Deny Befieged; and Relieved. The Irifh beatat Croom Calile. Duke Sconberg lands in Auguft Surrendred, Ntwry Burnt, The Armymarchd to Dundalk. And Encai^p there nigh ten Weeks,Sligo ta
An impartial history of the wars of Ireland, with a continuation thereof . red it. 318 ? I i Continuation of the Impartial Hiftory o F T H E W A R s of Ireland. CHAP. I. A hrkf Account^ hy way of IntrodttBioft^ of the Caufe of theWar, The fiitt of the Prat eft ants in that Kjngdom, The. Late KJn£s Landing there. The Sefjions of Payliament inIreland. Proteflmts Routed at Drammore, and otherPlaces. Deny Befieged; and Relieved. The Irifh beatat Croom Calile. Duke Sconberg lands in Auguft Surrendred, Ntwry Burnt, The Armymarchd to Dundalk. And Encai^p there nigh ten Weeks,Sligo taken hy the Irifh. A Party of theirs Repulfed atNewry. The Battel t?/Cavan. The Danes land in Ire-land. 5000 French Foot land at Kinlale. CharlemontSarrendred, H E Actions of Great Meh have gene-rally been efteemed fo powerful forthe inftruding of thofe that come af-ter, that moft Civil States have madeit their Bufinefs to Tranfcribe, andpreferve them to pofterity for theirExample and Imitation. Even the Irifhthemfelves, when they were far from being one of the C moft. 1689. 2 A Contmuatton of the Hijlorj 1689. mofl: Reformed Nations in the World, had their Bards,^-^^^- and Ballad-makers, who have taken no fhiall pains intheir way to render the Chieftains of their own Coun-try as famous as others. Nay, the Greatefl: Generalsand Emperors have in the midft of their Conqueftsimployed feme of their time to leave the immortalMemory of their own, and other Great Mens Adionsin writing ; the omiflion of which has been a greatdefe£t in the middle Age of the World, fince thole arqcommonly the moft Competent Judges of the ma-nagement of Affairs, and ableft to give a true Ac-count. — - But becaufe intTiis Fighting Age, wherein we nowlive, their time is other ways imployed ; and GreatMen have fcarce leifure to read, much lefs to writegreat Books; we muft be contented to take the beftAccounts we can get of their Actions from meaner Hands,fuch as have been Eye-witneffes of them, or at leaf
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