Next Talbot must by his great master stand,
Laden with folly, flesh, and ill-got land;
He’s of a size indeed to fill a porch,
But ne’er can make a pillar of the Church.
Marvell’s Advice to a Painter, p. 67.
[205] Burnet, i. 602, information from Halifax himself. Clarendon and Rochester Corr. ‘Colonel MacCarthy’s carriage has been so differing from the others that he has by his great civility recommended himself highly to the affections of the people of Cork, though they are notoriously fanatic.’ Longford to Ormonde, September 7, 1685, in Ormonde Papers, vii. 358. When Boisseleau was governor there he treated the ‘fanatics’ very harshly.
[206] ‘Sarsfield n’est pas un homme de la naissance de Milord Galmoy, ny de Makarty, mais c’est un gentilhomme distingué par son mérite, qui a plus de crédit dans ce royaume qu’aucun homme que je connoisse,’ Avaux to Louvois, October 21, 1689. Berwick married Sarsfield’s widow.
[207] Melfort’s letters, cited in note, p. 142, to O’Callaghan’s Macariæ Excidium. Sheridan MS. Madame de Sévigné, July 1, 1676. For an estimate of Anthony Hamilton, see Sainte-Beuve’s article, Causeries du Lundi, vol. i. For the early adventures of the brothers, see the Mem. de Grammont. Melfort told Avaux that the Tyrconnels had hunted him out of Ireland, ‘pour sauver Antoine et Richard Hamilton, qu’on avait peur qu’il n’accusast.’ Avaux to Louis XIV., August 20/30, 1689. Madame de Lafayette says Anthony was driven from the French Court for making love to the Princesse de Conti, who liked talking to him better than to anyone else. ‘Richard alla mourir chez sa nièce, quoique pauvre elle-même, mais moins pauvre que lui, pour ne pas mourir de faim,’ St. Simon’s addition to Dangeau, December 20, 1717.
[208] A catalogue of the Acts of this Parliament, numbered from 1 to 35, was published in London with an ‘Exact List of the Lords, &c.,’ licensed November 13, 1689. The text of many of them is in a List of Such of the Names, &c., licensed March 26, 1690. The Act of Attainder is in an ‘Account of the Transactions of the late King James in Ireland’, licensed July 7, 1690.
[209] James’s speech to both Houses, published by his order, May 10, and the Parliament’s address in reply are in the appendix to Leslie’s Answer to King. The latter document has no allusion to the King’s pronouncement about the Act of Settlement. A French version of the speech was sent by Avaux to Louis XIV. on May 8/18.
[210] Keating’s address (early in May 1689) is in King’s appendix no. 22 and in other places. Avaux to Louis XIV., May 26/June 5, 1689. King James to Clarendon, April 6, 1686, in Clarendon and Rochester Corres., vol. i. Clarendon to Rochester and to the King, April 17: ‘Your Majesty’s often gracious professions that the Acts of Settlement shall not be touched, does extremely quiet the minds of men,’ ib. Sunderland to Clarendon, June 14, ib. Writing to Rochester on October 12, Clarendon says: ‘In almost every letter I have had the honour to receive from the King he has declared the Acts of Settlement must not be touched, and that he will support the English interest,’ ib. vol. ii. After this date he began to see more clearly, and on January 4 received a copy of the Coventry letter, which left no doubt as to Tyrconnel’s plans, ib. ii. 142.
[211] Avaux to Louis XIV., May 26/June 5, 1689. Journal of the Proceedings of the Parliament in Ireland from May 7 to June 11, and a letter appended carrying the narrative nearly to the end of July, London, licensed July 6, 1689. The journal and letter are reprinted in Somers Tracts as if they had been published separately. There is also a journal by another hand ending May 20, Somers Tracts, xi. 426. Bishop Dopping’s speech, June 4, is in King, appx. no. 23. A True Account of the Present State of Ireland, by a person that with great difficulty left Dublin, June 8, 1689.
[212] The Act of Repeal is in a List of Names, &c., licensed March 26, 1690. Journal of Proceedings, ut sup. Avaux to Louis XIV., May 16/26.