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the duty of 50 sols per ton, in favour of this commerce, so as to draw into it the merchants on both sides, and also thus to establish secure communication between my kingdom and Ireland." (Translated.)
3 D'Avaux to Louis, Dublin, 4 Apr., 1689: "His Britannic Majesty believes that the English are ready to receive him, and in that view he is not only afraid to vex them in the least matter, but moreover he will do nothing that can prejudice the English merchants or their commerce. He thinks himself secure of Scotland, and is not disposed to give Ireland the independence which she ought to have. The Irish recognise that the English who are about the King, even the Catholics, are their greatest enemies, the strongest opponents of Irish liberty, especially in the matter of commerce, which they wish to keep for England." (Translated.)
4 Cal. State Papers, Domestic Series, 10 Aug., 1689.
5 Ibid., 17 Feb., 1691.
6 For instance, D'Avaux to Louis, Dublin, 4 Apr., 1689, p. 50: "Another trouble is that the Prince of Orange has persons in Ireland who send him word, and even go to tell him, of all that is going on, while the King of England has no source of information (aucune correspondance) in England." See also Cal. S. P., Nov. 30th, 1689. Letter from Sheridan to say that Schomberg, "had been infallibly cut off at landing, if the King had expected him."
7 Cal. State Papers, Schomberg to William, Dundalk, Sep. 12, 1689.
8 I take the traditional phrase from Dr. Todhunter. There is no doubt as to Lauzun's view.
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