Excerpt from The History of England, Vol. 5 of 6: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the Revolution in MDCLXXXVIII Strafford, firlt as deputy, then as lord lieutenant, had governed Ireland during eight years with great vigi lance, aftivity, and prudence, but with very littie p0pulari ty. In a nation fo averfe to the Englifli government and. Religion, thefe very virtues were fufiicient to draw on hill}: the public hatred. The manners too and charat'lerof this. Great man, though, to all full of eourtefy, and to his friends full of affeetion, were, at bottom, haughty, rigid, and vere. His authority and influence, during the time of his government, had been unlimited; but no fooner did ad rerlity feize him, than the concealed averfion of the na tion blazed up at once, and the Irifh parliament ufed every expedient to aggravate the charge againit him. 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.