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chap, remained in that part of the country joined in greeting him, and■ — perhaps not insincerely. For, though an enemy of their religion,

he was not an enemy of their nation; and they might reasonablyhope that the worst ting would show somewhat more respectfor law and property than had been shown by the Merry Boysand Rapparees. The Vicar of Kinsale was among those whowent to pay their duty: he was presented by the Bishop ofChester, and was not ungraciously received.*

James learned that his cause was prospering. In the threesouthern provinces of Ireland the Protestants were disarmed,and were so etfectually bowed down by terror that he had no-thing to apprehend from them. In the North there was someshow of resistance: but Hamilton was marching against themalecontents; and there was little doubt that they would easilybe crushed. A day was spent at Kinsale in putting the armsand ammunition out of reach of danger. Horses sufficient tocarry a few travellers were with some difficulty procured; and,on the fourteenth of March, James proceeded to Cork.**cXrs s ^ ou ^ greatly err if we imagined that the road by which

cork. he entered that city bore any resemblance to the stately ap-proach which strikes the traveller of the nineteenth century withadmiration. At present Cork, though deformed by many mi-serable relics of a former age, holds no mean place among theports of the empire. The shipping is more than half what theshipping of London was at the time of the Revolution. Thecustoms exceed the whole revenue which the whole kingdom ofIreland, in the most peaceful and prosperous times, yielded tothe Stuarts. The town is adorned by broad and well builtstreets, by fair gardens, by a Corinthian portico which woulddo honour to Palladio, and by a Gothic college worthy to stand* A full and true Account of the Landing and Reception of the late KingJames at Kinsale, in a letter from Bristol, licensed April 4. 1689; Leslie’sAnswer to King; Ireland’s Lamentation; Avaux, March

** Avaux, March 1689; Life of James, ii. 327. Orig. Mem.