[139] Archbishop King in his State of the Protestants of Ireland, pp. 52, 53, 445, 446; Lord Chief Justice Keating’s Address to James the Second, and his Letters to Sir John Temple. Ib.
The prohibition of the exportation of our cattle to England, though a great, was but a temporary distress; and in its consequences greatly promoted the general welfare of this country.
[140] Lord Sydney’s words, in his speech from the throne in 1692, from his own former knowledge of this country. Ir. Com. Journ., vol. ii., p. 577.
[141] Carte, vol. ii., pp. 342, 344.
[142] Lord Strafford laid the foundation of the linen manufacture in Ireland, but the troubles which soon after broke out had entirely stopped the progress of it.
[143] Harris’s Life of K. W., 116.
[144] The words of Lord Sydney, in his speech from the throne in 1692. Com. Journ., vol. ii., p. 576.
[145] Ir. Com. Journ., vol. iii., pp. 45 and 65, that great supplies were given during this period.
[146] Dobbs, pp. 5, 6, 7, 19.
[147] Com. Journ., vol. iii., p. 45.