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| PAGE. | |
| Meeting of the Scotch Estates; They prove refractory | 116 |
| They are adjourned; Arbitrary System of Government in Scotland | 120 |
| Ireland; State of the Law on the subject of Religion | 122 |
| Hostility of Races | 123 |
| Aboriginal Peasantry; Aboriginal Aristocracy | 124 |
| State of the English Colony | 126 |
| Course which James ought to have followed | 128 |
| His Errors | 130 |
| Clarendon arrives in Ireland as Lord Lieutenant | 132 |
| His Mortifications; Panic among the Colonists | 133 |
| Arrival of Tyrconnel at Dublin as General | 136 |
| His Partiality and Violence | 137 |
| He is bent on the Repeal of the Act of Settlement; He returns to England | 138 |
| The King displeased with Clarendon | 139 |
| Rochester attacked by the Jesuitical Cabal | 140 |
| Attempts of James to convert Rochester . | 142 |
| Dismission of Rochester | 146 |
| Dismission of Clarendon; Tyrconnel Lord Deputy | 148 |
| Dismay of the English Colonists in Ireland | 150 |
| Effect of the Fall of the Hydes | 151 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| William, Prince of Orange; His Appearance | 152 |
| His early Life and Education | 153 |
| His theological Opinions | 154 |
| His military Qualifications | 156 |
| His Love of Danger: his bad Health | 158 |
| Coldness of his Manners and Strength of his Emotions; His Friendship for Bentinck | 158 |
| Mary, Princess of Orange | 162 |
| Gilbert Burnet | 163 |
| He brings about a good Understanding between the Prince and Princess | 167 |
| Relations between William and English Parties | 169 |
| His Feelings towards England; His Feelings towards Holland and France | 169 |
| His Policy consistent throughout | 174 |
