Excerpt from The History of the Rebellion and Civil-War in Ireland When it was feen that (0 great a progrefs had been made, and the Writer had given a fpecimen of the diligence and impartiality of which fome in Ireland had affected to doubt, it was prelumed that a fuf'ficient foundation was laid for a Public Application. The Duke of northum berland, then appointed Lord Lieutenant, was pleated, with his ufual public fpiritednefs, to countenance the defign: and as the bell regulated and politeft fiates have always afforded their patronage and afiifiance to tinder takings of this kind, and Ireland is the only Nation in Europe without its General Hifiory, a Cafe was printed, and prefented in the ulual form to the Irifh Houle of Commons; wherein it was fet forth, that befides the Ma nufcripts which I had collected from the public libraries and records at Dublin, there was an afionifhing number here relating to that Country, in the Council and Secretaries Offices, the Mufeum and the Tower, and in the Bodleian and Lambeth Libraries, the ufe of which towa1ds compleating a General Hiftory, would be attended with an Expence, that, without their allii'tance, it would be neither prudent nor practicable'to attempt. 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.