FN 744 Story； Dumont MS， FN 745 Macariae Excidium. Boisseleau remarked the ebb and flow of courage among the Irish. I have quoted one of his letters to his wife. It is but just to quote another. "Nos Irlandois n'avoient jamais vu le feu； et cela les a surpris. Presentement， ils sont si faches de n'avoir pas fait leur devoir que je suis bien persuadé qu'ils feront mieux pour l'avenir."FN 746 La Hoguette， writing to Louvois from Limerick， July 31/Aug 10 1690， says of Tyrconnel： "Il a d'ailleurs trop peu de connoissance e des choses de notre metier. Il a perdu absolument la confiance des officiers du pays， surtout depuis le jour de notre deroute； et， en effet， Monseigneur， je me crois oblige de vous dire que des le moment ou les ennemis parurent sur le bord de la riviere le premier jour， et dans toute la journee du lendemain， il parut a tout le monde dans une si grande lethargie qu'il etoit incapable de prendre aucun parti， quelque chose qu'on lui proposat."FN 747 Desgrigny says of the Irish： "Ils sont toujours prets de nous egorger par l'antipathie qu'ils ont pour nous. C'est la nation du monde la plus brutale， et qui a le moins d'humanite."Aug. 1690.
FN 748 Story； Account of the Cities in Ireland that are still possessed by the Forces of King James， 1690. There are some curious old maps of Limerick in the British Museum.
FN 749 Story； Dumont MS.
FN 750 Story； James， ii. 416.； Burnet， ii. 58.； Dumont MS.
FN 751 Story； Dumont MS.
FN 752 See the account of the O'Donnels in Sir William Betham's Irish Antiquarian Researches. It is strange that he makes no mention of Baldearg， whose appearance in Ireland is the most extraordinary event in the whole history of the race. See also Story's impartial History； Macariae Excidium， and Mr.
O'Callaghan's note； Life of James， ii. 434.； the Letter of O'Donnel to Avaux， and the Memorial entitled， "Memoire donnee par un homme du Comte O'Donnel a M. D'Avaux."FN 753 The reader will remember Corporal Trim's explanation of radical heat and radical moisture. Sterne is an authority not to be despised on these subjects. His boyhood was passed in barracks； he was constantly listening to the talk of old soldiers who had served under King William used their stories like a man of true genius.
FN 754 Story； William to Waldeck， Sept. 22. 1690； London Gazette， Sept. 4， Berwick asserts that when the siege was raised not a drop of rain had fallen during a month， that none fell during the following three weeks， and that William pretended that the weather was wet merely to hide the shame of his defeat. Story， who was on the spot say， "It was cloudy all about， and rained very fast， so that every body began to dread the consequences of it；" and again "The rain which had already falled had soften the ways... This was one reason for raising the siege； for， if we had not， granting the weather to continue bad， we must either have taken the town， or of necessity have lost our cannon." Dumont， another eyewitness， says that before the siege was raised the rains had been most violent； that the Shannon was swollen； that the earth was soaked； that the horses could not keep their feet.
FN 755 London Gazette， September 11 1690； Narcissus Luttrell's Diary. I have seen a contemporary engraving of Covent Garden as it appeared on this night.
FN 756 Van Citters to the States General， March 19/29. 1689.
FN 757 As to Marlborough's expedition， see Story's Impartial History； the Life of James， ii. 419， 420.； London Gazette， Oct.
6. 13. 16. 27. 30. 1690； Monthly Mercury for Nov. 1690； History of King， William， 1702； Burnet， ii. 60.； the Life of Joseph Pike， a Quaker of Cork FN 758 Balcarras； Annandale's Confession in the Leven and Melville Papers； Burnet， ii. 35. As to Payne， see the Second Modest Inquiry into the Cause of the present Disasters， 1690.
FN 759 Balcarras； Mackay's Memoirs； History of the late Revolution in Scotland， 1690； Livingstone's Report， dated May 1；London Gazette， May 12. 1690.
FN 760 History of the late Revolution in Scotland， 1690.
FN 761 Mackay's Memoirs and Letters to Hamilton of June 20. and 24. 1690 Colonel Hill to Melville， July 10 26.； London Gazette， July 17. 21. As to Inverlochy， see among the Culloden papers， a plan for preserving the peace of the Highlands， drawn up， at this time， by the father of President Forbes.
FN 762 Balcarras.
FN 763 See the instructions to the Lord High Commissioner in the Leven and Melville Papers.
FN 764 Balcarras.
FN 765 Act. Parl. June 7. 1690.
FN 766 Balcarras.
FN 767 Faithful Contendings Displayed； Case of the present Afflicted Episcopal Clergy in Scotland， 1690.
FN 768 Act. Parl. April 25. 1690.
FN 769 See the Humble Address of the Presbyterian Ministers and Professors of the Church of Scotland to His Grace His Majesty's High Commissioner and to the Right Honourable the Estates of Parliament.
FN 770 See the Account of the late Establishment of Presbyterian Government by the Parliament of Scotland， Anno 1690. This is an Episcopalian narrative. Act. Parl. May 26. 1690.
FN 771 Act. Parl. June 7. 1690.
FN 772 An Historical Relation of the late Presbyterian General Assembly in a Letter from a Person in Edinburgh to his Friend in London licensed April 20. 1691.
FN 773 Account of the late Establishment of the Presbyterian Government by the Parliament of Scotland， 1690.
FN 774 Act. Parl. July 4. 1690.
FN 775 Act. Parl. July 19 1690； Lockhart to Melville， April 29.
1690.
FN 776 Balcarras； Confession of Annandale in the Leven and Melville Papers.
FN 777 Balcarras； Notes of Ross's Confession in the Leven and Melville Papers.
FN 778 Balcarras； Mary's account of her interview with Montgomery， printed among the Leven and Melville Papers.
FN 779 Compare Balcarras with Burnett， ii. 62. The pamphlet entitled Great Britain's Just Complaint is a good specimen of Montgomery's manner.
FN 780 Balcarras； Annandale's Confession.
