After Limerick
meal and very good; therefore you shall not eat a bit."—Letter from the Bishop of Derry (afterwards Archbishop King) to Mr. Annesley. June 15th, 1698. (King MSS., Trin. Coll., Dublin.)
"I see no remedy … but to allow us to transport nothing, and so I was told near 6 years ago by a great man in the House of Commons yt we shou'd be allowed to eat our potatoes, but shou'd not look at ye sea, though in time perhaps we may be forbid ye use of ym as hindering our taking off some commoditys from England."— Letter from Same to the Bishop of Killaloo. May 13th, 1698. (King MSS.)
"Let me know whether there be any design of passing a Bill against the use of stirabout and flummery for breakfasts in Ireland, for such a law would be a great hardship on the poor people in the North of Ireland, the reason of the Surmise is because if they were hindered from these, it might very much advantage the Jamaica merchants' trade in London, and help them much in vending their chocolate, if the poor people were obliged to use that instead of stirabout."—Archbishop King to Lord Southwell, December 4th, 1719. (King MSS.) (The Bill was suggested, but was fortunately never actually brought in.)
10 By 19 Geo. II., c. 12, sect. 14 (Brit.).
11 By 10 Geo. III., c. 12 (Brit.)
12 9 Anne, c. 12 (Brit.).
13 12 Ch. II., c. 18 (Eng.); 15) Ch. Sie (Eng.); 22 & 23 Ch. II., c. 26 (Eng,), continued and extended by subsequent Acts.
14 i.e., Plain linen cloth. Stamped, striped, checked, and dyed linens were excluded from the British markets.
Che Irish linen industry only met with a par-
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