Excerpt from The History of the Principal Transactions of the Irish Parliament, From the Year 1634 to 1666, Vol. 1 of 2: Containing Proceedings of the Lords of Commons, During the Administration of the Earl of Strafford, and of the First Duke of Ormond Sir Robert Southwell had been minifier to Portugal in one thoufand fix hundred and fixty-feven, of which critical period in that country he has left us the belt se count: he was afterwards plenipotentiary to the court of the emperor Leopold; fecre tary of Rate in Ireland during life, which office was continued in his family for three generations; and he was, till his death in one thoufand feven hundred and two, prefident of the royal fociety. 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.