" Some did in truth think that
the king was too much inclined to favour the Irish,
and in that respect were well content that this bill
should be a mortification to them : and there wanted
not others, who in dark expressions (which grew
clearer when the matter came into the house of peers)
seemed to think, " that the estates in Ireland were
" more than they were in England ; and that
" some noblemen of that kingdom lived in a higher
140 CONTINUATION OF THE LIFE OF
1666.
the king was too much inclined to favour the Irish,
and in that respect were well content that this bill
should be a mortification to them : and there wanted
not others, who in dark expressions (which grew
clearer when the matter came into the house of peers)
seemed to think, " that the estates in Ireland were
" more than they were in England ; and that
" some noblemen of that kingdom lived in a higher
140 CONTINUATION OF THE LIFE OF
1666.
Edward Hyde - Earl of Clarendon
