Excerpt from A Letter to the Lord From Eustace Budgell Esq. Accomptant-General of Ireland, and Late Secretary to Their Excellencies the Lords Justices in That Kingdom There is fearce a Gentleman in Ireland who has not heard of the Difiiculties I lay under at my firl't coming into that Kingdom My predeceltor's Clerks, the only Ferfons who were acquainted with the Bn/z'ngfmefufed to ferve under me the very Boole: of the Ofiifre, out of which Iwas to learn and make my felf Mailer of all the Forms of aafimy}, were removed; nor was it without the utmolt Difficulty, nor until I had feveral Hearings before the Lords jul'rices and Council, that I was allowed to have a free Reeonrfi to them. Notwithllanding this, and tho I was obliged to work with Clerks who were entirely new to the Bufmefs, I made a ihift to beat out my Way and flatter my fish? 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.