Description

This rare 1690 pamphlet captures a tense moment in British‑Irish history, presenting a formal address delivered by the titular Archbishop of Dublin to the late King James II. Drawn from the king’s own closet and the archbishop’s lodgings, the text reveals a gathering of Irish Catholic bishops who outline their “designs” for reinstating Roman worship across the three kingdoms. The accompanying reflections, written in the same preserved spelling, unpack each paragraph with a sharp, polemical edge, offering modern listeners a glimpse into the fervent polemics that followed James’s brief Irish sojourn.

The narrative lays out the bishops’ claims of royal encouragement, the rescinding of Protestant safeguards, and the dramatic removal of the Act of Settlement – all before any decisive royal response is recorded. Listeners will hear the charged language of a period when religious allegiance and political power were inseparably linked, and the document’s commentary provides a candid, contemporaneous critique that brings the urgency of the era to life.

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Full title

An Address Given in to the Late King James by the Titular Archbishop of Dublin From the General Meeting of the Romish Bishops and Clergy of Ireland, Held in May Last, by That King's Order. Wherein Several Things Relating to the Popish Designs upon These Three Kingdoms, Are Discovered. The Original Whereof Was Found in the Late King James's Closet, in the Castle of Dublin, at His Leaving That City: And the Copy Whereof Was Found in the Titular Archbishop's Lodgings. Now Publish'd with Reflections on Each Paragraph. From the General Meeting of the Romish Bishops and Clergy of Ireland, Held in May Last, by That King's Order. Wherein Several Things Relating to the Popish Designs upon These Three Kingdoms, Are Discovered. The Original Whereof Was Found in the Late King James's Closet, in the Castle of Dublin, at His Leaving That City: And the Copy Whereof Was Found in the Titular Archbishop's Lodgings. Now Publish'd with Reflections on Each Paragraph.

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Duration

~42 minutes (40K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2018-12-06

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58419