Romans transplanted whole nations out of Germany into France; the Spaniards lately removed all the Moors out of Grenada into Barbary, without providing them any new seats there. When the English Pale was first planted all the natives were clearly expelled, so as not one Irish family had so much as an acre of freehold in all the five counties of the Pale; and now, within those four years past, the Graemes were removed from the borders of Scotland to this kingdom, and had not one foot of land allotted unto them here; but these natives of Cavan have competent portions of land assigned unto them, many of them in the same barony where they dwelt before, and such as are removed are planted in the same county, so as His Majesty doth in this imitate the skilful husbandman, who doth remove his fruit-trees, not with a purpose to extirpate and destroy them, but that they may bring better and sweeter fruit after the transplantation.

Those and other arguments were used by the attorney to prove that His Majesty might justly dispose of those lands both in law, in conscience, and in honour; wherewith the natives seemed not unsatisfied in reason, though they remained in their passions discontented, being much grieved to leave their possessions to strangers, which they had so long after their manner enjoyed. Howbeit, my Lord Deputy did so mix threats with entreaty, precibusque minas regaliter addit, as they promised to give way to the undertakers, if the sheriff, by warrant of the Commissioners, did put them in possession, which they have performed like obedient and loyal subjects. Howbeit, we do yet doubt that some of them will appeal unto England, and therefore I have presumed to trouble your Lordship with this rude discourse at large, that your Lordship may understand upon what grounds we have proceeded, especially in that county where your Lordship's precinct doth lie.

The eyes of all the natives in Ulster were turned upon this county. Therefore, when they saw the difficulty of the business

overcome here, their minds were the better prepared to submit themselves to the course prescribed by His Majesty for the plantation; and the service was afterwards performed in the rest of the counties with less contradictions. The British undertakers are preparing their materials for the erection of their buildings the next spring; the servitors and natives are taking out their Letters Patent with as much expedition as is possible. The agents for London have made better preparation for the erection of their new city at Coleraine than expected; for we found there such store of timber and other materials brought in places, and such a number of workmen so busy in several places about their several tasks, as methought I saw Dido's colony erecting of Carthage in Virgil

'Instant ardentes Tyrii: pars ducere muros,

Molirique arcem, et manibus subvolvere saxa:
Pars optare locum tecto, et concludere sulco.

Fervet opus," &c.

Thus, craving pardon, and presenting my humble service to your Lordship, I leave the same to the Divine preservation, and continue your Lordship's in all humble duties,

DUBLIN, 8th November 1610.

POSTSCRIPT.

JO. DAVIES.

This worthy servitor, Sir Oliver Lambert, is like to prove a good planter in the county of Cavan; whereof he hath made better proof than any man of our nation, having at his own charge voluntarily made a singularly good plantation in the wild and most dangerous places in Leinster, more for the Commonwealth than his own profit.

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THE IRISH PARLIAMENT.

SIR JOHN DAVIES'S

SPEECH

TO THE

LORD DEPUTY OF IRELAND,

WHEN HE APPROVED OF HIM AS SPEAKER OF THE

COMMONS,

THE 2ND MAY 1613.

SPEECH

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THE LORD DEPUTY OF IRELAND.

MOST HONOURABLE AND RIGHT NOBLE LORD,→

SINCE your high wisdom, unto which I humbly made my

appeal, hath not thought it fit to repeal, but rather to ratify and confirm, the judgment of these worthy knights and burgesses in electing me, yet still unworthy in my own opinion, to be their Speaker, which your Lordship, I doubt not, hath been pleased to do, not in regard of any worthiness appearing in me, but for the honourable respect you worthily bear to that grave and wise assembly that made the election, I do humbly and absolutely submit myself to your Lordship's pleasure; and since these gentlemen have first conferred upon me, and now your Lordship hath confirmed unto me, the name and office of a Speaker, I will presume, with your Lordship's grace and favour, to speak somewhat in this great and entire assembly of all the states of this kingdom that shall be proper and agreeable to the circumstances of the time, of the place, and of the persons that are here assembled.

It is a saying and a rule of the wisest King that ever lived, “Ubi multa consilia, ibi salus populi ;" and it is the direction of the wisest King now living that a Common Council shall be holden