Excerpt from A Defence of the Antient Historians: With a Particular Application of It to the History of Ireland Q t upon this Subj ee't, lintended only Eme {hort Obfervations upon the bill; Hg/iory And as Modern Facts are mofl ufeful to us in judging of the Obligations that are upon us from our Coven ants l and Laws, and finding out Examples and Rules for our own Behaviour, i de figned' only to inquire into the State of Ireland in, the Age immediately preceding that in which the Englg'jb were invited, and thought it neceitary to undertake that Attempt they made upon Ireland, and to {hew where the Fault lay, that it proved no better for both Nations; and as the only way of making it a Benefit to b'oth for, the future, lies (0 plainly before, us, that we cannot mifs it without unpardon able Perverlenefs, I defigned only to add a few plain Words upon that, and then. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.