Vindiciæ Hibernicæ: Or, Ireland Vindicated:: An Attempt to Develop and Expose a Few of the Multifarious Errors and Falsehoods Respecting Ireland, in the Histories of May, Temple, Whitelock, Borlase, Rushworth, Clarendon, Cox, Carte, Leland, Warner, Macauley, Hume, and Others: Particularly in the Legendary Tales of the Conspiracy and Pretended Massacre of 1641 |
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... thousands and tens of thousands of liberal and enlightened men , who only require to have the fair and holy form of Truth placed before their eyes , properly authenticated , to in- duce them to clasp her to their bosoms . For such I ...
... thousands and tens of thousands of liberal and enlightened men , who only require to have the fair and holy form of Truth placed before their eyes , properly authenticated , to in- duce them to clasp her to their bosoms . For such I ...
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... thousand such scenes would fall incalculably short of the sufferings in- flicted on the Irish , in the Desmond war , or the * Encyclopædia Perthensis , I. 561 . insurrection of 1641 : and , in truth , the XXX PREFACE .
... thousand such scenes would fall incalculably short of the sufferings in- flicted on the Irish , in the Desmond war , or the * Encyclopædia Perthensis , I. 561 . insurrection of 1641 : and , in truth , the XXX PREFACE .
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... thousand acres forfeited , for the charitable purpose of civilizing the natives . · CHAP . IX . Projected spoliation of Connaught . Fury fined eighty thousand pounds sterling , for not perjuring themselves by a false verdict . Page 17 ...
... thousand acres forfeited , for the charitable purpose of civilizing the natives . · CHAP . IX . Projected spoliation of Connaught . Fury fined eighty thousand pounds sterling , for not perjuring themselves by a false verdict . Page 17 ...
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... thousand murdered in three months ; or as others , who carried the number to three hundred thousand ; or as Milton , who extends it E 1 to above six hundred thousand ! And yet , * 3 * HISTORICAL WRITING . * 19.
... thousand murdered in three months ; or as others , who carried the number to three hundred thousand ; or as Milton , who extends it E 1 to above six hundred thousand ! And yet , * 3 * HISTORICAL WRITING . * 19.
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... thousand ! And yet , won- derful to tell , when , towards the close of his work , he goes into the examination of the evidence , he finds it so ridiculous and inadmissible , that he rejects by far the greater part of it , and reduces ...
... thousand ! And yet , won- derful to tell , when , towards the close of his work , he goes into the examination of the evidence , he finds it so ridiculous and inadmissible , that he rejects by far the greater part of it , and reduces ...
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acres afford appear barbarous blood Borlase Carte castle CHAPTER Charles Clarendon committed conspiracy council court crown cruelty deponent deposeth depositions dropped letter Dublin earl England English estates evidence execution falsehood fraud hath Henry honour human hundred Idem insurrection Ireland Irish James Jurat jury killed king king's kingdom kingdom of Ireland labour lands Leland letter letters patents Long Parliament lord Clarendon lord deputy lord Strafford lords justices Mac-Mahon majestie's majesty majesty's massacre ment mercy Mountnorris Munster murdered nation natives O'Conally oath of supremacy offences oppression Papist pardon Parliament peace penalties perjury perpetrated persons plot plunder Popish present pretended priests prisoners Protestants rapine reader rebellion rebels religion rest Roman Catholics Rushworth saith seized Sir John Sir William Sir William Parsons slaughter soldiers statutes Strafford sword Temple thereof thousand tion town truth Tyrone Ulster Warner whole wholly wretched writers