CHAPTER VIII

“The Curse of Cromwell”—Massacres of Drogheda and Wexford—Death of Sir Phelim O’Neill[230]

CHAPTER IX

Sad Fate of the Vanquished—Cruel Executions and Wholesale Confiscations[236]

CHAPTER X

Ireland Further Scourged Under Charles II—Murder of Archbishop Plunket—Accession of James II[240]

CHAPTER XI

Well-Meant but Imprudent Policy of King James—England Invites William of Orange to Assume the Throne[245]

CHAPTER XII

Irish Soldiers Ill-Treated in England—Policy of Tyrconnel—King James Chosen by the Irish Nation[253]